NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1978 › Litigation for enforcement and/or review of NLRB orders
Litigation for enforcement and/or review of NLRB orders
| Fiscal year 1978 | Fiscal year 1978 | Fiscal year 1978 | Fiscal year 1978 | Fiscal year 1978 | Fiscal year 1978 | Fiscal year 1978 | Fiscal year 1978 | Fiscal year 1978 | July 5, 1935 - June 30, 1978 | July 5, 1935 - June 30, 1978 | |
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| Number of proceedings Total | Number of proceedings Vs employers only | Number of proceedings Vs unions only | Number of proceedings Vs both employers and unions | Number of proceedings Board dismissal | Percentages Vs employers only | Percentages Vs unions only | Percentages Vs both employers and unions | Percentages Board dismissal | Number | Percent | |
| Proceedings decided by U.S. courts of appeals | 360 | 303 | 48 | 2 | 7 | ||||||
| On petitions for review and/or enforcement | 333 | 284 | 41 | 2 | 6 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 6,506 | 100 |
| Board orders affirmed in full | 218 | 176 | 36 | 1 | 65.5 | 87.8 | 50 | 4,180 | 63.4 | ||
| Board orders affirmed with modification | 51 | 51 | 18 | 1,112 | 16.3 | ||||||
| Remanded to Board | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2.1 | 4.9 | 296 | 4.3 | ||||
| Board orders partially affirmed and partially remanded | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2.5 | 4.9 | 106 | 1.4 | ||||
| Board orders set aside | 47 | 44 | 2 | 1 | 15.4 | 50 | 17 | 996 | 14.5 | ||
| On petitions for contempt | 27 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 100 | 100 | 100 | ||||
| Compliance after filing of petition, before court decision | 9 | 9 | 47.4 | ||||||||
| Court orders holding respondent in contempt | 16 | 10 | 6 | 52.6 | 85.7 | ||||||
| Court orders denying contempt | 1 | 1 | 14.3 | ||||||||
| Proceedings decided by U.S. Supreme Court | 5 | 3 | 2 | 100 | 100 | 222 | 100 | ||||
| Board orders affirmed in full | 3 | 3 | 2 | 100 | 135 | 60.7 | |||||
| Board orders affirmed with modification | 16 | 7.2 | |||||||||
| Board orders set aside | 2 | 2 | 100 | 34 | 15.3 | ||||||
| Remanded to Board | 18 | 8.1 | |||||||||
| Remanded to court of appeals | 16 | 7.2 | |||||||||
| Board's request for remand or modification of enforcement order denied | 1 | 0.5 | |||||||||
| 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.