29 U.S.C. § 162
Section 162 · Offenses and penalties
This is § 12 of the National Labor Relations Act
Amended 2 times on record
Applied in 18 court decisions — leading case United States v. Petrillo (1947)
Most recently applied in 479 F. Supp. 2d 60 - Udoh v. Trade Center Management Associates (March 2007)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Any person who shall willfully resist, prevent, impede, or interfere with any member of the Board or any of its agents or agencies in the performance of duties pursuant to this subchapter shall be punished by a fine of not more than $5,000 or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.
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Amendments
1947—Act June 23, 1947, reenacted section without change.
Effective Date of 1947 Amendment
For effective date of amendment by act June 23, 1947, see section 104 of act June 23, 1947, set out as a note under section 151 of this title.