NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1996 › Special litigation involving NLRB
| Type of litigation | Number of proceedings | Number of proceedings | Number of proceedings | Number of proceedings | Number of proceedings | Number of proceedings | Number of proceedings | Number of proceedings | Number of proceedings | Number of proceedings | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type of litigation | Totals-all courts | Totals-all courts | Totals-all courts | In courts of appeals | In courts of appeals | In courts of appeals | In district courts | In district courts | In district courts | In bankruptcy courts | ||
| Type of litigation | Number decided | Court determination Upholding Board position | Court determination Contrary to Board position | Number decided | Court determination Upholding Board position | Court determination Contrary to Board position | Number decided | Court determination Upholding Board position | Court determination Contrary to Board position | Court determination | ||
| Totals-all types | 20 | 18 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| NLRB-initiated actions or interventions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| To quash state court subpoena | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| To enforce subpoena | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| To stay collateral action | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Action by review parties | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| To review | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Prosecutorial discretion | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nonfinal orders | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Attorney discipline orders | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| To restrain NLRB from | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Enforcing Board subpoenas | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Proceeding in court | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Proceeding in unfair labor practice case | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Collecting pursuant to settlement agreement | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| To compel NLRB to | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Issue complaint | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Take action in R case | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Comply with Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Take action in compliance proceeding | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Take action in C case | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.