--- /dev/null
+/**
+ * @fileoverview Rule to flag labels that are the same as an identifier
+ * @author Ian Christian Myers
+ */
+
+"use strict";
+
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Requirements
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+const astUtils = require("./utils/ast-utils");
+
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Rule Definition
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+module.exports = {
+ meta: {
+ type: "suggestion",
+
+ docs: {
+ description: "disallow labels that share a name with a variable",
+ category: "Variables",
+ recommended: false,
+ url: "https://eslint.org/docs/rules/no-label-var"
+ },
+
+ schema: []
+ },
+
+ create(context) {
+
+ //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ // Helpers
+ //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+ /**
+ * Check if the identifier is present inside current scope
+ * @param {Object} scope current scope
+ * @param {string} name To evaluate
+ * @returns {boolean} True if its present
+ * @private
+ */
+ function findIdentifier(scope, name) {
+ return astUtils.getVariableByName(scope, name) !== null;
+ }
+
+ //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ // Public API
+ //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+ return {
+
+ LabeledStatement(node) {
+
+ // Fetch the innermost scope.
+ const scope = context.getScope();
+
+ /*
+ * Recursively find the identifier walking up the scope, starting
+ * with the innermost scope.
+ */
+ if (findIdentifier(scope, node.label.name)) {
+ context.report({ node, message: "Found identifier with same name as label." });
+ }
+ }
+
+ };
+
+ }
+};