NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1986 › Litigation for enforcement and/or review of NLRB orders
Litigation for enforcement and/or review of NLRB orders
| Disposition | FY1986 — Total — Number | FY1986 — Vs employers only — Number | FY1986 — Vs unions only — Number | FY1986 — Vs both employers and unions — Number | FY1986 — Board dismissal — Number | FY1986 — Total — Percent | FY1986 — Vs employers only — Percent | FY1986 — Vs unions only — Percent | FY1986 — Vs both employers and unions — Percent | FY1986 — Board dismissal — Percent | July 5, 1935-Sept 30, 1986 cumulative — Number | July 5, 1935-Sept 30, 1986 cumulative — Percent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proceedings decided by US courts of appeals | 214 | 140 | 60 | 0 | 14 | 9,293 | 100 | |||||
| On petitions for review and/or enforcement | 197 | 129 | 54 | 0 | 14 | 100 | 100 | 9,051 | 100 | |||
| Board orders affirmed in full | 146 | 105 | 35 | 0 | 6 | 81.4 | 64.8 | 42.9 | 5,990 | 64.5 | ||
| Board orders affirmed with modification | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5.4 | 5.6 | 14.3 | 1,335 | 14.4 | ||
| Remanded to Board | 16 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 14.8 | 0 | 854 | 9.4 | ||
| Board orders partially affirmed and partially remanded | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2.3 | 7.4 | 472 | 5.2 | |||
| Board orders set aside | 16 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4.7 | 7.4 | 1,322 | 14.2 | |||
| On petitions for contempt | 17 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 100 | |||||
| Compliance after filing of petition, before court order | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Board orders holding respondent in contempt | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 81.8 | 83.1 | |||||
| Court orders denying petition | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Court orders denying review without contempt adjudication | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16.7 | ||||||
| Contempt petitions withdrawn without compliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Proceedings decided by US Supreme Court | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100 | 243 | 100 | ||||
| Board orders affirmed in full (SCOTUS) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 146 | 60.1 | |||||
| Board orders affirmed with modification (SCOTUS) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 7.4 | |||||
| Board orders set aside (SCOTUS) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 11.5 | |||||
| Remanded to Board (SCOTUS) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 7 | |||||
| Remanded to court of appeals (SCOTUS) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 7.8 | |||||
| Board's request for remand or modification of enforcement order denied (SCOTUS) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100 | 6 | 2.5 | ||||
| Contempt cases reviewed (SCOTUS) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2.9 |
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Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.