Federal · Title 29 — Labor

29 U.S.C. § 106: Responsibility of officers and members of associations or their organizations for unlawful acts of individual officers, members, and agents

Civil

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Officers and members of associations are not liable for unlawful acts of others unless they directly participated in, authorized, or ratified those acts with actual knowledge.

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No officer or member of any association or organization, and no association or organization participating or interested in a labor dispute, shall be held responsible or liable in any court of the United States for the unlawful acts of individual officers, members, or agents, except upon clear proof of actual participation in, or actual authorization of, such acts, or of ratification of such acts after actual knowledge thereof.

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