NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1970 › Litigation for enforcement and/or review of Board orders
Litigation for enforcement and/or review of Board orders
| Proceedings | Fiscal year 1970 | Fiscal year 1970 | Fiscal year 1970 | Fiscal year 1970 | Fiscal year 1970 | Fiscal year 1970 | Fiscal year 1970 | Fiscal year 1970 | Fiscal year 1970 | July 5, 1935- June 30, 1970 | July 5, 1935- June 30, 1970 |
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| Proceedings | Number of proceedings | Number of proceedings | Number of proceedings | Number of proceedings | Number of proceedings | Percentages | Percentages | Percentages | Percentages | July 5, 1935- June 30, 1970 | July 5, 1935- June 30, 1970 |
| Proceedings | Total | Vs. employers only | Vs. unions only | Vs. both employers and unions | Board dismissal | Vs. employers only | Vs. unions only | Vs. both employers and unions | Board dismissal | Number | Percent |
| Proceedings decided by U.S. courts of appeal | 338 | 297 | 35 | 2 | 6 | ||||||
| On petitions for review and/or enforcement | 322 | 283 | 31 | 2 | 6 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 4,337 | 100 |
| Board orders affirmed in full | 219 | 188 | 24 | 2 | 66.4 | 77.4 | 100 | 2,545 | 58.8 | ||
| Board orders affirmed with modification | 38 | 29 | 4 | 10.2 | 83.3 | 535 | 12.3 | ||||
| Remanded to Board | 20 | 19 | 1 | 6.7 | 3.2 | ||||||
| Board orders partially affirmed and partially remanded | 19 | 16 | 1 | 5.7 | 16.7 | 385 | 8.9 | ||||
| Board orders set aside | 19 | 32 | 1 | 11 | 700 | 16.1 | |||||
| On petitions for contempt | 16 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 100 | 100 | |||||
| Compliance after filing of petition before court | 8 | 6 | 2 | 42.9 | 100 | ||||||
| Court orders holding respondent in contempt | 5 | 5 | 0 | 35.7 | |||||||
| Court orders denying petition | 3 | 3 | 0 | 21.4 | |||||||
| Proceedings decided by U.S. Supreme Court | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 185 | 100 | ||||
| Board orders affirmed in full | 2 | 2 | 113 | 61.1 | |||||||
| Board orders affirmed with modification | 0 | 3 | 1.6 | ||||||||
| Board orders set aside | 1 | 1 | 16.7 | 29 | 15.7 | ||||||
| Remanded to court of appeals | 2 | 2 | 33.3 | 12 | 6.5 | ||||||
| Board's request for reversal or modification of enforcement order denied | 23 | 12.4 | |||||||||
| Contempt cases remanded to court of appeals | 1 | 0.5 | |||||||||
| Contempt cases enforced | 1 | 0.5 |
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Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.