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2003 U.S. Code
Title 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 1 - MONOPOLIES AND COMBINATIONS IN RESTRAINT OF TRADE
Sec. 17 - Antitrust laws not applicable to labor organizations

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Publication TitleUnited States Code, 2000 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE
CategoryBills and Statutes
CollectionUnited States Code
SuDoc Class NumberY 1.2/5:
Contained WithinTitle 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 1 - MONOPOLIES AND COMBINATIONS IN RESTRAINT OF TRADE
Sec. 17 - Antitrust laws not applicable to labor organizations
Containssection 17
Date2003
Laws in Effect as of DateJanuary 19, 2004
Positive LawNo
Dispositionstandard
Source CreditOct. 15, 1914, ch. 323, §6, 38 Stat. 731.
Statutes at Large Reference38 Stat. 731

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§17. Antitrust laws not applicable to labor organizations

The labor of a human being is not a commodity or article of commerce. Nothing contained in the antitrust laws shall be construed to forbid the existence and operation of labor, agricultural, or horticultural organizations, instituted for the purposes of mutual help, and not having capital stock or conducted for profit, or to forbid or restrain individual members of such organizations from lawfully carrying out the legitimate objects thereof; nor shall such organizations, or the members thereof, be held or construed to be illegal combinations or conspiracies in restraint of trade, under the antitrust laws.

(Oct. 15, 1914, ch. 323, §6, 38 Stat. 731.)

References in Text

The antitrust laws, referred to in text, are defined in section 12 of this title.

Section Referred to in Other Sections

This section is referred to in title 18 section 1951; title 29 section 186; title 47 section 606.

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