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Litigation for enforcement and/or review of NLRB orders

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	Fiscal year 1972	Fiscal year 1972	Fiscal year 1972	Fiscal year 1972	Fiscal year 1972	Fiscal year 1972	Fiscal year 1972	Fiscal year 1972	Fiscal year 1972	July 5, 1935 - June 30, 1972	July 5, 1935 - June 30, 1972
	Number of proceedings	Number of proceedings	Number of proceedings	Number of proceedings	Number of proceedings	Percentages	Percentages	Percentages	Percentages	July 5, 1935 - June 30, 1972	July 5, 1935 - June 30, 1972
	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 appeals	361	283	64	2	12
On petitions for review and/or enforcement	341	268	61	0	12	100	100		100	5,049	100
Board orders affirmed in full	239	190	49	0	0	67.2	80.3			3,062	60.6
Board orders affirmed with modification	39	30	8	0	0	13.4	4		83.3	765	15.1
Remanded to Board	16	11	3	0	0	0
Board orders partially affirmed and partially remanded	5	4	1	0	0	1.1	3.2
Board orders set aside	42	33	9	0	0	14.7				775	15.4
On petitions for contempt	21	16	3	2	0	100	100	100
Compliance after filing of petition, before court order	13	13	0	0	0	81.3
Court orders holding respondent in contempt	5	2	1	2	0			100
Court orders denying petition	3	1	2	0	0
Proceedings decided by U.S. Supreme Court	8	4	1	0	0	100	100
Board orders affirmed in full	2	1	1	0	0
Board orders affirmed with modification
Board orders set aside
Remanded to court of appeals
Board's request for modification of enforcement order denied
Contempt cases remanded to court of appeals
Contempt cases enforced

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Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.