NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1971 › Litigation for enforcement and/or review of Board orders
Litigation for enforcement and/or review of Board orders
| Fiscal year 1971 | Fiscal year 1971 | Fiscal year 1971 | Fiscal year 1971 | Fiscal year 1971 | Fiscal year 1971 | Fiscal year 1971 | Fiscal year 1971 | Fiscal year 1971 | July 5, 1935 – June 30, 1971 | July 5, 1935 – June 30, 1971 | |
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| Number of proceedings | Number of proceedings | Number of proceedings | Number of proceedings | Number of proceedings | Percentages | Percentages | Percentages | Percentages | Number | Percent | |
| Total | Vs. employers only | Vs. unions only | Vs. both employers and unions | Board dismissed | Vs. employers only | Vs. unions only | Vs. both employers and unions | Board dismissed | |||
| Proceedings decided by U.S. courts of appeals | 392 | 330 | 52 | 1 | 9 | ||||||
| On petitions for review and/or enforcement | 371 | 314 | 47 | 1 | 9 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 4,708 | 100 |
| Board orders affirmed in full | 275 | 227 | 40 | 0 | 8 | 72.3 | 85.1 | 88.9 | 2,823 | 60 | |
| Board orders affirmed with modification | 46 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 4.3 | 881 | 18.7 | ||
| Remanded to Board | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3.2 | 8.5 | 100 | 200 | 4.2 | |
| Board orders partially affirmed and partially reversed | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Board orders set aside | 34 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10.2 | 2.1 | 11.1 | 734 | 15.6 | |
| On petitions for contempt | 21 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Compliance after filing of petition, before court order | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.3 | 40 | ||||
| Court orders holding respondent in contempt | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 82.5 | 60 | ||||
| Court orders denying petition | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Proceedings decided by U.S. Supreme Court | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 100 | ||||
| Board orders affirmed in full | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 50 | ||||
| Board orders affirmed with modification | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Board orders set aside | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Remanded to Board | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | |||||
| Remanded to court of appeals | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50 | |||||
| Board's request for remand or modification of enforcement order denied | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Contempt cases remanded to court of appeals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Contempt cases enforced | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.