NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY2003 › Special litigation involving NLRB; outcome of court proceedings
| Type of Litigation | Total — all courts — Number decided | Total — all courts — Court Determination — Upholding Board position | Total — all courts — Court Determination — Contrary to Board position | In courts of appeals — Number decided | In courts of appeals — Court Determination — Upholding Board position | In courts of appeals — Court Determination — Contrary to Board position | In district courts — Number decided | In district courts — Court Determination — Upholding Board position | In district courts — Court Determination — Contrary to Board position | In bankruptcy courts — Number decided | In bankruptcy courts — Court Determination — Upholding Board position | In bankruptcy courts — Court Determination — Contrary to Board position | In state courts — Number decided | In state courts — Court Determination — Upholding Board position | In state courts — Court Determination — Contrary to Board position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Objection to Board's proof of claim | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Intervention to argue Collateral Estoppal of Prior Bd decision | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Suit alleging fraudulent and corrupt conduct by Bd agents | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bivens action against Bd employees | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Suit for violation of constitutional rights | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Federal Tort Claims Act | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| State claims preempted by §§ 8(b)(4) & 303 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.