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Litigation for enforcement and/or review of Board orders

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Proceedings	Fiscal year 1976	Fiscal year 1976	Fiscal year 1976	Fiscal year 1976	Fiscal year 1976	Fiscal year 1976	Fiscal year 1976	Fiscal year 1976	Fiscal year 1976	July 5, 1935 - June 30, 1976	July 5, 1935 - June 30, 1976
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, 1976	July 5, 1935 - June 30, 1976
Proceedings	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	Number	Percent
Proceedings decided by U.S. courts of appeals	250	223	49	0	10
On petitions for review and/or enforcement:	250	196	44	0	10	100	100		100	6,208	100
Board orders affirmed in full	183	148	32	0	3	75.5	72.7			3,918	63.1
Board orders affirmed with modification	17	13	4	0	0	6.6	9.1			1,023	16.5
Board orders remanded to Board	30	11	6	0	0		40			172	2.8
Board orders partially affirmed and partially remanded	0	0	0	0	0	3.6	4.5			97	1.6
Board orders set aside	20	7	17	0	2	8.6				899	14.4
On petitions for contempt:
Compliance secured after filing of petition, before court action	30	25	5	0	0	100	100
Court orders holding respondent in contempt	0	0	0	0	0
Court orders denying petition	0	0	0	0	0
Proceedings decided by U.S. Supreme Court	2	2	0	0	0	100				215	100
Detail rows (Board orders affirmed in full, with modification, set aside, remanded, etc. + contempt subcategories)

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