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Litigation for enforcement and/or review of Board orders

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	Fiscal year 1977	Fiscal year 1977	Fiscal year 1977	Fiscal year 1977	Fiscal year 1977	Fiscal year 1977	Fiscal year 1977	Fiscal year 1977	Fiscal year 1977	July 5, 1935-Sept. 30, 1977	July 5, 1935-Sept. 30, 1977
	Number of proceedings	Number of proceedings	Number of proceedings	Number of proceedings	Number of proceedings	Percentages	Percentages	Percentages	Percentages
	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	289	240	41	4	4					6,523
On petitions for review and/or enforcement	260	215	37	4	4	100	100	100	100
Board orders affirmed in full	177	148	27	4		67.9	73	100		4,118	63.3
Board orders affirmed with modification	31	28	3			13	8.1			1,059	16.2
Remanded to Board	10	3	3			1.4	8.1			288	4.4
Board orders partially affirmed and partially remanded	2	0	0	0		0.9	0			99	1.5
Board orders set aside	40	36	4			16.7	10.8			949	14.6
On petitions for contempt	29	25	4			100	100
Compliance secured after filing of petition, before court action	6	5	1			20	25
Court orders holding respondent in contempt	23	20	3			80	75
Court orders denying petition	0	0	0			0	0
Proceedings decided by U.S. Supreme Court	2	1	1							217
Board orders affirmed in full	2	1	1							130	59.9
Board orders affirmed with modification	0	0	0							16	7.3
Board orders set aside	0	0	0							34	15.6
Remanded to Board	0	0	0							18	8.3
Remanded for repeal or modification of enforcement order denied	0	0	0							16	7.3
Contempt cases remanded to courts of appeals	0	0	0							1	0.5
Contempt cases enforced	0	0	0							2	0.9

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