NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1996 › Litigation for enforcement and/or review of Board orders
Litigation for enforcement and/or review of Board orders
| Fiscal year 1996 | Fiscal year 1996 | Fiscal year 1996 | Fiscal year 1996 | Fiscal year 1996 | Fiscal year 1996 | Fiscal year 1996 | Fiscal year 1996 | July 5, 1935-Sept. 30, 1996 | July 5, 1935-Sept. 30, 1996 | |
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| Number of proceedings | Number of proceedings | Number of proceedings | Number of proceedings | Number of proceedings | Proceedings | Proceedings | Proceedings | Number | Percent | |
| Total | Vs. employers only | Vs. unions only | Vs. both employers and unions | Board dismissals | Vs. employers only | Vs. unions only | Vs. both employers and unions | Number | Percent | |
| Proceedings decided by U.S. courts of appeals | 185 | 167 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 10,926 | 100 | |||
| On petitions for review and/or enforcement | 147 | 133 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 100 | 0 | 100 | |
| Board orders affirmed in full | 97 | 84 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 63.2 | 92.9 | 0 | 7,193 | 65.8 |
| Board orders affirmed with modification | 19 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13.5 | 7.1 | 0 | 1,473 | 13.5 |
| Remanded to Board | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 544 | 5 |
| Board orders partially affirmed and partially remanded | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.3 | 0 | 0 | 228 | 2.1 |
| Board orders set aside | 18 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.5 | 0 | 0 | 1,488 | 13.6 |
| On petitions for contempt | 38 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 100 | |||
| Compliance after filing of petition, before court order | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35.3 | 0 | |||
| Court orders holding respondent in contempt | 16 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 41.3 | 50 | |||
| Court orders denying petition | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11.8 | 25 | |||
| Contempt petitions without compliance adjudication | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.8 | 0 | |||
| Contempt petitions without resolution | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | |||
| Proceedings decided by U.S. Supreme Court | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 256 | 100 | ||
| Board orders affirmed in full | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 155 | 60.6 | ||
| Board orders affirmed with modification | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 7 | ||
| Board orders set aside | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 17.6 | ||
| Remanded to Board | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 7.4 | ||
| Board's request for remand or modification of enforcement order denied | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6.3 | ||
| Contempt cases sustained | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.2 |
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Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.