NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1981 › Litigation for enforcement and/or review of Board orders
Litigation for enforcement and/or review of Board orders
| Fiscal year 1981 | Fiscal year 1981 | Fiscal year 1981 | Fiscal year 1981 | Fiscal year 1981 | Fiscal year 1981 | Fiscal year 1981 | Fiscal year 1981 | Fiscal year 1981 | July 1, 1935 - Sept. 30, 1981 | July 1, 1935 - Sept. 30, 1981 | |
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| Number of proceedings | Number of proceedings | Number of proceedings | Number of proceedings | Number of proceedings | Percentages | Percentages | Percentages | Percentages | July 1, 1935 - Sept. 30, 1981 | July 1, 1935 - Sept. 30, 1981 | |
| 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 | 515 | 452 | 51 | 10 | 2 | 8,145 | |||||
| On petitions for review and/or enforcement | 479 | 421 | 46 | 10 | 2 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 5,176 | 100 |
| Board orders affirmed in full | 306 | 263 | 36 | 7 | 0 | 62.5 | 78.3 | 70 | 1,262 | 13.5 | |
| Board orders affirmed with modification | 67 | 63 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 8.7 | 1,202 | 13.5 | ||
| Remanded to Board | 29 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5.7 | 6.5 | 10 | 50 | 373 | 4.6 |
| Board orders partially affirmed and partially remanded | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.6 | 131 | 1.6 | |||
| Board orders set aside | 66 | 60 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14.2 | 6.6 | 20 | 50 | 1,203 | 14.7 |
| On petitions for contempt | 36 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 100 | ||||
| Compliance after filing of petition, before court order | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32.3 | 20 | ||||
| Court orders holding respondent in contempt | 16 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 41.9 | 60 | ||||
| Court order directing compliance, without contempt adjudication | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.1 | |||||
| Contempt petitions withdrawn without compliance | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.5 | |||||
| Court order denying petition | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | |||||
| Proceedings decided by U.S. Supreme Court | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 231 | 100 | |||
| Board orders affirmed in full | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 138 | 59.7 | |||
| Board orders affirmed with modification | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 7.4 | ||||
| Board orders set aside | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 38 | 16.5 | |||
| Remanded to Board | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 8.2 | ||||
| Remanded to court of appeals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6.9 | ||||
| Board's request for remand or enforcement of enforcement order denied | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.4 | ||||
| Contempt cases remanded to court of appeals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.4 | ||||
| Contempt cases enforced | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.4 |
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Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.