29 U.S.C. § 1852
Section 1852 · Judicial enforcement
This is the Labor Management Relations Act of 1947 (Taft-Hartley Act)
Amended 1 time on record
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case McLaughlin US v. Elsberry Inc E (1988)
Most recently applied in 7 F. Supp. 3d 715 - Perez v. Howes (March 2014)
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.
The Secretary may petition any appropriate district court of the United States for temporary or permanent injunctive relief if the Secretary determines that this chapter, or any regulation under this chapter, has been violated.
Except as provided in section 518(a) of title 28, relating to litigation before the Supreme Court, the Solicitor of Labor may appear for and represent the Secretary in any civil litigation brought under this chapter, but all such litigation shall be subject to the direction and control of the Attorney General.