NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1985 › Litigation for enforcement and/or review of Board orders
| Proceedings decided by US courts of appeals | 212 | 160 | 46 | 1 | 5 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On petitions for review and/or enforcement | 189 | 141 | 42 | 1 | 5 | 100 0 | 100 0 | 100 0 | 100 0 | 9,096 | 100 0 |
| Board orders affirmed in full | 158 | 118 | 35 | 1 | 4 | 837 | 833 | 100 0 | 800 | 5,844 | 642 |
| Board orders affirmed with modification | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 1,343 | 148 |
| Remanded to Board | 12 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 2 | 11 9 | 0 | 200 | 438 | 4 8 |
| Board orders partially affirmed and partially remanded | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165 | 18 |
| Board orders set aside | 8 | 8 | 0 | (3 | 0 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,306 | 144 |
| On petitions for contempt | 23 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1,000 | 10() 0 | ||||
| Compliance after filing of petition, before court order | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 1 | 0 | ||||
| Court orders holding respondent in contempt | 17 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 684 | 11,830 | ||||
| Court orders denying petition | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 105 | 0 | ||||
| Court orders directing compliance without contempt adjudication | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Contempt petitions withdrawn without compliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Proceedings decided by U S Supreme Court | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 242 | 1,000 | |
| Board orders affirmed in full | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 0 | 100 0 | 0 | 146 | 603 | |
| Board orders affirmed with modification | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 7 5 | |
| Board orders set aside | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,000 | 40 | 16 5 | |
| Remanded to Board | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 79 | |
| Remanded to court of appeals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6 6 | |
| Board's request for remand or modification of enforcement order denied | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| Contempt cases remanded to court of appeals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Contempt cases enforced |
Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.