# Labor and Employment (GLE)

## Title 4. Bargaining Representatives; Labor Disputes

### Subtitle 3. Injunctions

#### Section 4-314

In addition to any other limitation under this Part III of this subtitle, a court may not issue a temporary or permanent injunction in a case that involves or grows out of a labor dispute unless:

(1) each known person against whom relief is sought and each public officer who has a duty to protect the property of the plaintiff is given, in the manner that the court directs, personal notice that the court will hold a hearing on issuance of a temporary or permanent injunction;

(2) at the hearing, the court takes, in open court, testimony offered against the temporary or permanent injunction and affords the opportunity for cross-examination; and

(3) as a result of the hearing, the court finds that:

  (i) an unlawful act:

    (1) has been threatened and, unless restrained, will be committed; or

    (2) has been committed and, unless restrained, will be continued;

  (ii) unless it grants the relief requested, the property of the plaintiff will be injured substantially and irreparably;

  (iii) greater injury will be inflicted on the plaintiff for each item of relief that the court denies than will be inflicted on the defendant if the court grants the item;

  (iv) it is not granting any item of relief for which a court lacks jurisdiction under Sec. 4-307 of this subtitle;

  (v) the plaintiff has no adequate remedy at law; and

  (vi) each public officer who has a duty to protect the property of the plaintiff has failed or is unable to give adequate protection.

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Md. Code Ann., Lab. & Empl. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)