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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-114 (2026)

Responsibility for unlawful acts

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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 for the unlawful acts of individual officers, members or agents, except upon proof of actual participation in, or actual authorization of, such acts, or ratification of such acts after actual knowledge thereof.

(1949 Rev., S. 7410.)

Mere fact that persons committing the unlawful acts are acting within the scope of their general authority is not enough; it must appear that authority to do the particular acts charged, or acts generally of that type or quality, was expressly granted or necessarily followed from a granted authority. 150 C. 266. Cited. 186 C. 247; 190 C. 371; 203 C. 624.

Cited. 42 CS 336.

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases, 1963–2001 · leading case: Hartford Div., Emhart Indus., Inc. v. Amalgamated Local Union 376, 461 A.2d 422 (Conn. 1983).
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Hartford Div., Emhart Indus., Inc. v. Amalgamated Local Union 376, 461 A.2d 422 (Conn. 1983). · cites it 17× “2 Their first claim is that, pursuant to the criteria set forth in General Statutes §§ 31-114 3 and 31-115, 4 there was insufficient evidence to justify *375 the issuance of a temporary injunction against any of the individually named defendants or the union.”
United Aircraft Corp. v. Int'l Ass'n of Machinists, 77 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 2436 (Conn. 1971). · cites it 17× “Since these acts occurred in the course of a labor dispute, § 31-114 of the (General Statutes becomes pertinent.”
Cahoon v. Int'l Bhd. of Elec. Workers Local 261, 175 F. Supp. 2d 220 (D. Conn. 2001). · cites it 8× “§ 106 (the Norris-LaGuardia Act); Conn. Gen.Stat. § 31-114 (a Connecticut analogue).”
Hartford Accident & Indem. Co. v. Sena, 619 A.2d 489 (Conn. Super. Ct. 1992). · cites it 6× “Section 31-114 limits the legal responsibility of members of an association or organization participating in a labor dispute for unlawful acts by providing that they may not be held liable for any such acts unless they participated in them or authorized them, or after actual…”
Benoit v. Amalgamated Local 299 United Elec. Radio Workers of Am., 52 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 2658 (Conn. 1963). · cites it 7× “t the plaintiff could not recover from the union because, as a member of a voluntary association, he had no common-law right of action against it; that §52-76 of the General Statutes, which permits a voluntary association to be sued in its distinguishing name, creates no…”
French v. Amalgamated Local Union 376, UAW, 125 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 2709 (Conn. 1987). · cites it 2× “Such conduct may also be enjoined in the proper circumstances pursuant to General Statutes §§ 31-114 and 31-115.”
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