NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1998 › Litigation for enforcement and/or review of Board orders
| Proceedings decided by U S courts of appeals | 196 | 184 | 13 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On petitions for review and/or enforcement | 144 | 136 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 100 0 | 1,000 | 100 0 | 100 0 | 11,236 | 100 0 |
| Board orders affirmed in full | 94 | 89 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 65 4 | 57 I | 100 0 | 667 | 7,403 | 65 9 |
| Board orders affirmed with modification | 18 | 17 | 1 | o | 0 | 12 5 | 14 3 | 0 | 0 | 1,506 | 134 |
| Remanded to Board | s | s | 0 | o | 0 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 559 | 50 |
| Board orders partially affirmed and partially remanded | s | 7 | 1 | o | 1 | 52 | 14 3 | 0 | 33 3 | 244 | 21 |
| Board orders set aside | 16 | 15 | 1 | o | 0 | 11 0 | 14 3 | 0 | 0 | 1,524 | 13 6 |
| On petitions for contempt | 17 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | _ | |||||
| Total Court Orders | 35 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100 0 | 100 0 | ||||
| Compliance after filing of petition, before court order | 15 | 15 | 2 | o | o | 45 4 | 500 | ||||
| Court orders holding respondent in contempt | 10 | 10 | 0 | o | o | 30 3 | 0 | ||||
| Court orders denying petition | 2 | 2 | 0 | o | o | 61 | 0 | ||||
| Court orders directing compliance without contempt adjudication | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 182 | 500 | ||||
| Proceedings decided by U S Supreme Court' | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 0 | 257 | 1,000 | |||
| Board orders affirmed in full | o | o | o | o | o | 155 | 603 | ||||
| Board orders affirmed with modification | o | o | o | o | o | 18 | 70 | ||||
| Board orders set aside | o | o | o | o | o | 45 | 175 | ||||
| Remanded to Board | 1 | 1 | o | o | o | 100 0 | 20 | 78 | |||
| Remanded to court of appeals | o | o | o | o | o | 16 | 62 | ||||
| Board's request for remand or modification of enforcement order denied | o | o | o | o | o | 4 | |||||
| Contempt cases remanded to court of appeals | o | • o | o | o | o | 4 | |||||
| Contempt cases enforced | o | o | o | o | o | 4 |
Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.