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12-year summary of the National Labor Relations Board case load

printed as Table 1 · source page 91 · nlrb1947_p0091_t0

Fiscal year	Cases filed			Cases closed			Cases on docket			Cases pending, end of period
Fiscal year	All cases	C cases	R cases	All cases	C cases	R cases	All cases	C cases	R cases	All cases	C cases	R cases
1936	1,068	865	203	734	636	98	1,068	865	203	334	229	105
1937	4,068	2,895	1,173	2,322	1,751	571	4,402	3,124	1,278	2,080	1,373	707
1938	10,430	6,807	3,623	8,799	5,694	3,105	12,510	8,180	4,330	3,711	2,486	1,225
1939	6,904	4,618	2,286	6,569	4,230	2,339	10,615	7,104	3,511	4,046	2,874	1,172
1940	6,177	3,934	2,243	7,354	4,664	2,690	10,223	6,808	3,415	2,869	2,144	725
1941	9,151	4,817	4,334	8,396	4,698	3,698	12,020	6,961	5,059	3,624	2,263	1,361
1942	10,977	4,967	6,010	11,741	5,456	6,285	14,601	7,230	7,371	2,860	1,774	1,086
1943	9,544	3,403	6,141	9,782	3,854	5,928	12,404	5,177	7,227	2,622	1,323	1,299
1944	9,176	2,573	6,603	9,197	2,690	6,507	11,798	3,896	7,902	2,601	1,206	1,395
1945	9,738	2,427	7,311	9,102	2,312	6,790	12,339	3,633	8,706	3,237	1,321	1,916
1946	12,260	3,815	8,445	10,892	2,911	7,981	15,497	5,136	10,361	4,605	2,225	2,380
1947	14,909	4,232	10,677	14,456	4,014	10,442	19,514	6,457	13,057	5,058	2,443	2,615
July 1-Aug. 21, 1947	939	296	643	2,064	646	1,418	5,997	2,739	3,258	3,933	2,093	1,840
Total	105,341	45,649	59,692	101,408	43,556	57,852

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1 Including the period July 1-Aug. 21, 1947.

162 of 162 figures sit in a row or column sum that works out.

Reader’s notes

p. 91. 13 columns: stub plus four panels of three ("All cases", "C cases", "R cases"). The six "Cases on docket" / "Cases pending" cells of the Total row are printed as dash rules and are transcribed as "". In the 1940 row, the "Cases on docket / C cases" value is blotted in the scan (the last two digits run together); I read it as 6,808, which is consistent with the printed row total 10,223 = 6,808 + 3,415 — flagging it as the one doubtful cell. All other columns reconcile: each printed "All cases" equals C + R in every row, and the printed Total row equals the sum of the 13 body rows for all six filed/closed columns. The caption carries footnote marker 1 but the caption itself is omitted per instructions.

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Source page 91 of NLRB FY1947 annual report — Source: NLRB Annual Report FY1947, p. 91.

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.