Opinion ID: 1478664
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Heading: Violence and Threats of Violence.

Text: The sections of the Norris-LaGuardia Act controlling upon the question of the power of the District Court to enjoin the appellees on appellants' allegations of violence and threats of violence are: Sec. 6. Responsibility of officers and members of associations or their organizations for unlawful acts of individual officers, members, and agents. No officer or member of any association or organization    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. Sec. 7. Issuance of injunctions in labor disputes; hearing; findings of court; notice to affected persons; temporary restraining order; undertakings. No court of the United States shall have jurisdiction to issue a temporary or permanent injunction in any case involving or growing out of a labor dispute    except after findings of fact by the court, to the effect  (a) That unlawful acts have been threatened and will be committed unless restrained or have been committed and will be continued unless restrained, but no injunction or temporary restraining order shall be issued on account of any threat or unlawful act excepting against the person or persons    making the threat or committing the unlawful act or actually authorizing or ratifying the same after actual knowledge thereof;