NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1984 › Litigation for enforcement and/or review of NLRB orders
Litigation for enforcement and/or review of NLRB orders
| Type of proceeding / disposition | Fiscal year 1984 — Number of proceedings — Total | Vs employers only | Vs unions only | Vs both employers and unions | Board dismissal | Fiscal year 1984 — Percentages — Vs employers only | Vs unions only | Vs both employers and unions | Board dismissal | Cumulative July 5, 1935 — Sept. 30, 1984 — Number | Cumulative — Percent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proceedings decided by U.S. courts of appeals | 286 | 243 | 28 | 12 | 3 | 9,166 | 100 | ||||
| On petitions for review and/or enforcement | 259 | 220 | 24 | 12 | 3 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | ||
| Board orders affirmed in full | 175 | 145 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 65.9 | 70.8 | 91.7 | 66.7 | 5,861 | 63.9 |
| Board orders affirmed with modification | 22 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 12.5 | 0 | 33.3 | 1,047 | 10 |
| Remanded to Board | 22 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4.2 | 0 | 0 | 448 | 4.9 |
| Board orders partially affirmed and partially remanded | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 172 | 1.9 |
| Board orders set aside | 27 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10.5 | 12.5 | 8.3 | 0 | 1,325 | 14.5 |
| On petitions for contempt | 27 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 100 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Contempt — Compliance after filing of petition, before court order | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Contempt — Court orders holding respondent in contempt | 22 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 78.3 | 100 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Contempt — Court orders denying contempt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Contempt — Court orders directing compliance without contempt adjudication | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Contempt petitions withdrawn without compliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Proceedings decided by U.S. Supreme Court | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 243 | 100 | ||||
| SCOTUS — Board orders affirmed in full | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33.4 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 146 | 60.1 |
| SCOTUS — Board orders affirmed with modification | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 7.8 |
| SCOTUS — Board orders set aside | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 18.9 |
| SCOTUS — Remanded to Board | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6.6 |
| SCOTUS — Petition for remand or modification of enforcement order denied | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 |
| SCOTUS — Contempt remanded to court of appeals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.4 |
| SCOTUS — Contempt cases enforced | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2.1 |
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Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.