29 U.S.C. § 144
Section 144 · Separability
This is § 503 of the Labor Management Relations Act of 1947 (Taft-Hartley Act)
Amended 1 time on record
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case National Labor Relations Board v. Edward G. Budd Mfg. Co. (1948)
Most recently applied in Briones v. Bon Secours Health System (June 2003)
How often courts cite this section
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If any provision of this chapter, or the application of such provision to any person or circumstance, shall be held invalid, the remainder of this chapter, or the application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby.