NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1980 › Litigation for enforcement and/or review of NLRB orders
| Fiscal year 1980 — Number of proceedings — Total | Fiscal year 1980 — Number of proceedings — Vs employers only | Fiscal year 1980 — Number of proceedings — Vs unions only | Fiscal year 1980 — Number of proceedings — Vs both employers and unions | Fiscal year 1980 — Number of proceedings — Board dismissal | Fiscal year 1980 — Percentages — Vs employers only | Fiscal year 1980 — Percentages — Vs unions only | Fiscal year 1980 — Percentages — Vs both employers and unions | Fiscal year 1980 — Percentages — Board dismissal | July 5, 1935 — Sept 30, 1980 — Number | July 5, 1935 — Sept 30, 1980 — Percent | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proceedings decided by US courts of appeals | 478 | 447 | 29 | 2 | 7 | ||||||
| On petitions for review and/or enforcement | 449 | 419 | 21 | 2 | 7 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 7,666 | 100 |
| Petitions review/enforcement — Board orders affirmed in full | 291 | 272 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 64.9 | 61.9 | 100 | 57.1 | 4,870 | 63.5 |
| Petitions review/enforcement — Board orders affirmed with modification | 48 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9.5 | 0 | 0 | 1,196 | 15.6 |
| Petitions review/enforcement — Remanded to Board | 23 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9.5 | 0 | 0 | 344 | 4.5 |
| Petitions review/enforcement — Board orders partially affirmed and partially remanded | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.7 | 4.7 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 1.3 |
| Petitions review/enforcement — Board orders set aside | 79 | 73 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 17.4 | 14.3 | 0 | 42.8 | 1,137 | 14.8 |
| On petitions for contempt | 29 | 21 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 100 | ||||
| Contempt — Compliance after filing of petition, before court order | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.8 | 0 | ||||
| Contempt — Court orders holding respondent in contempt | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 52.4 | 87.5 | ||||
| Contempt — Court orders denying contempt | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.8 | 0 | ||||
| Proceedings decided by US Supreme Court | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 229 | 100 |
Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.