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Litigation for enforcement and/or review of Board orders

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	Number of proceedings	Number of proceedings	Number of proceedings	Number of proceedings	Number of proceedings	Number of proceedings	Fiscal year 1987 Percentage	Fiscal year 1987 Percentage	Fiscal year 1987 Percentage	Fiscal year 1987 Percentage	Fiscal year 1987 Percentage	July 5, 1935 - Sept. 30, 1987	July 5, 1935 - Sept. 30, 1987
	Total	Vs. unions only	Vs. employers only	Vs. both unions and employers	Board orders only	Vs. employer only	Total	Vs. unions only	Vs. employers only	Vs. both unions and employers	Board orders only	Number	Percent
Proceedings decided by U.S. courts of appeals	226	182	38	0	6		100	100	100		100	9,492	100
On petitions for review and/or enforcement	199	164	29	0	6		100	100	100		100
Board orders affirmed in full	158	133	22	0	3		81.1	73.9			50	6,148	64.6
Board orders affirmed with modification	16	9	5	0	1		4.5	3.5			16.6	1,365	14.4
Remanded to Board	9	8	1	0	0		4.7				0	179	1.9
Board orders partially affirmed and partially remanded	11	9	1	0	1		5.5	5.4			16.7	1,333	14
Board orders set aside
On petitions for contempt	27	18	9	0	0		100	100	100
Compliance after filing of petition, before court order							0	0	0
Court orders holding respondent in contempt	23	14	9	0	0		77.8	100
Court orders directing compliance without contempt adjudication	2	2	0	0	0		11.1		0
Contempt petitions withdrawn without compliance	2	2	0	0	0		11.1		0
Proceedings decided by U.S. Supreme Court	2	1	1	0	0		100	100	100			245	100
Board orders affirmed in full	2	1	1	0	0		100	100	100			147	60
Board orders affirmed with modification												18	7.4
Remanded to Board												19	7.8
Board orders set aside												16	6.5
Board orders partially affirmed and partially remanded
Contempt cases reviewed

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Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.