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Disposition of representation cases on docket during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1939, by regions

printed as Table 15 · source page 52 · nlrb1939_p0052_t0

Cases on docket, fiscal year 1938-39Before formal actionAfter formal actionTotal cases disposed ofTotal cases pending
Cases on docket, fiscal year 1938-39SettledDismissedWithdrawnOtherwiseBefore Board decisionAfter Board decisionTotal cases disposed ofTotal cases pending
NumberWorkers involvedConsent electionRecognitionPay-roll checkDismissedWithdrawnOtherwiseSettledDismissedWithdrawnCertificationDismissedTotal cases disposed ofTotal cases pending
NumberWorkers involvedConsent electionRecognitionPay-roll checkDismissedWithdrawnOtherwiseConsent electionRecognitionPay-roll checkDismissedWithdrawnWithout electionAfter electionWithout electionAfter electionTotal cases disposed ofTotal cases pending
Board62104,45411414243566
Region:
1. Boston16747,7264615171319222362313037
2. New York581158,7779253225887961624263077428153
3. Buffalo7027,05772979112524525
4. Philadelphia14926,4981515629241413210049
5. Baltimore19139,054601520425113172114051
6. Pittsburgh6047,1187463812213426
7. Detroit109166,160672916215235356
8. Cleveland9641,9081111311152115626828
9. Cincinnati11844,3322210813211133128533
10. Atlanta14253,525106547911110179844
11. Indianapolis12542,61324711171142138936
12. Milwaukee6415,6438417386315014
13. Chicago14333,5822181891221103159053
14. St. Louis6114,114736116151114219
15. New Orleans20929,276101119623249156231117534
16. Fort Worth10218,26818102101042162327032
17. Kansas City8016,6447101114111115624
18. Minneapolis9218,811222015171247220
19. Seattle18934,5406401518131419891
20. San Francisco13838,58712314411216199048
21. Los Angeles55556,60034923117719115741111240315
22. Denver473,88391961223017
Total3,5501,079,1704542572412644805241011196611225272722,3391,211

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  1. 1 Cases in which the Board assumed original jurisdiction.

342 of 342 figures sit in a row or column sum that works out.

Reader’s notes

p. 52. 20 columns. The stub column carries no printed heading (only a stray ink dot sits in that box), so cell 0 of each heading level is empty. "Cases on docket, fiscal year 1938-39" spans heading levels 1-2 over the Number / Workers involved pair; "Total cases disposed of" and "Total cases pending" are tall single headings spanning all four levels, as are "Dismissed"/"Withdrawn"/"Otherwise" under "Before formal action" (levels 2-4) and "Dismissed"/"Withdrawn" under "Before Board decision" (levels 3-4). Wrapped/letter-spaced headings joined: "Workers in-volved" -> "Workers involved", "Recogni-tion" -> "Recognition", "A f t e r election" -> "After election". The year span is printed with an en dash (1938–39); transcribed with a plain hyphen. Verification: every row total ("Total cases disposed of") and all 19 numeric column totals reconcile exactly with the printed "Total" line, so the grid is internally consistent and no misprints were detected. This arithmetic resolved the 0/6/9 glyph ambiguities of this 1-bit scan, which were the only doubtful cells: Philadelphia "Dismissed" (before formal action) is 29 not 20; Detroit "Consent election" (before formal action) is 6 not 0; Boston and Cleveland "Certification, after election" are 6; Milwaukee and Fort Worth "Certification, without election" are 6; San Francisco "Certification, after election" is 16 not 10; Indianapolis "Total cases pending" is 36 not 30; Detroit and Pittsburgh "Total cases pending" are 56 and 26. Blank cells in the body are printed as leader-dot rules and are transcribed as empty. A vertical running head and page number are cropped at the right edge of the image and are excluded per instructions.

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Source page 52 of NLRB FY1939 annual report
Source: NLRB Annual Report FY1939, p. 52.

Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Read by claude-opus-5 (effort max, prompt extract_v1) from the 300-dpi scan; stitched by page. Updated October 2026.