2015 US Code
Title 29 - Labor (Sections 1 - 3361)
Chapter 7 - Labor-Management Relations (Sections 141 - 197)
Subchapter IV - Liabilities of and Restrictions on Labor and Management (Sections 185 - 188)
Sec. 187 - Unlawful activities or conduct; right to sue; jurisdiction; limitations; damages

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Publication TitleUnited States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 29 - LABOR
CategoryBills and Statutes
CollectionUnited States Code
SuDoc Class NumberY 1.2/5:
Contained WithinTitle 29 - LABOR
CHAPTER 7 - LABOR-MANAGEMENT RELATIONS
SUBCHAPTER IV - LIABILITIES OF AND RESTRICTIONS ON LABOR AND MANAGEMENT
Sec. 187 - Unlawful activities or conduct; right to sue; jurisdiction; limitations; damages
Containssection 187
Date2015
Laws In Effect As Of DateJanuary 3, 2016
Positive LawNo
Dispositionstandard
Source CreditJune 23, 1947, ch. 120, title III, §303, 61 Stat. 158; Pub. L. 86-257, title VII, §704(e), Sept. 14, 1959, 73 Stat. 545.
Statutes at Large References61 Stat. 158
73 Stat. 545
Public and Private LawsPublic Law 86-257

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29 U.S.C. § 187 (2015)
§187. Unlawful activities or conduct; right to sue; jurisdiction; limitations; damages

(a) It shall be unlawful, for the purpose of this section only, in an industry or activity affecting commerce, for any labor organization to engage in any activity or conduct defined as an unfair labor practice in section 158(b)(4) of this title.

(b) Whoever shall be injured in his business or property by reason or 1 any violation of subsection (a) may sue therefor in any district court of the United States subject to the limitations and provisions of section 185 of this title without respect to the amount in controversy, or in any other court having jurisdiction of the parties, and shall recover the damages by him sustained and the cost of the suit.

(June 23, 1947, ch. 120, title III, §303, 61 Stat. 158; Pub. L. 86–257, title VII, §704(e), Sept. 14, 1959, 73 Stat. 545.)

AMENDMENTS

1959—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 86–257 struck out provisions which specified particular practices that were unlawful, and inserted reference to practices defined in section 158(b)(4) of this title, which section defines the unfair labor practices formerly enumerated in this subsection.

1 So in original. Probably should be "of".

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