NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1980 › Miscellaneous litigation involving NLRB
Miscellaneous litigation involving NLRB
| Number of proceedings — Total all courts — Number decided | Number of proceedings — Total all courts — Court determination — Upholding Board position | Number of proceedings — Total all courts — Court determination — Contrary to Board position | Number of proceedings — In courts of appeals — Number decided | Number of proceedings — In courts of appeals — Court determination — Upholding Board position | Number of proceedings — In courts of appeals — Court determination — Contrary to Board position | Number of proceedings — In district courts — Number decided | Number of proceedings — In district courts — Court determination — Upholding Board position | Number of proceedings — In district courts — Court determination — Contrary to Board position | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total—all types | 94 | 87 | 7 | 37 | 36 | 1 | 57 | 51 | 6 |
| NLRB-instituted actions or interventions | 11 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 1 |
| NLRB-instituted — To enforce subpenas | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| NLRB-instituted — To defend Board's jurisdiction | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| NLRB-instituted — To prevent conflict between NLRA and Bankruptcy Code | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Action by other parties | 83 | 77 | 6 | 33 | 32 | 1 | 50 | 45 | 5 |
| Action by other parties — To review non-final orders | 9 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Action by other parties — To restrain NLRB from | 42 | 39 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 32 | 29 | 3 |
| Restrain NLRB — Proceeding in R case | 21 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 13 | 3 |
| Restrain NLRB — Proceeding in unfair labor practice case | 21 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 16 | 0 |
| Action by other parties — To compel NLRB to | 32 | 29 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 18 | 16 | 2 |
| Compel NLRB — Issue complaint | 11 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| Compel NLRB — Take action in R Case | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Compel NLRB — Comply with Freedom of Information Act | 14 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| Compel NLRB — Other | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.