NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1948 › Disposition of representation cases closed — by stage and method
| Stage and method | All R cases | All R cases | NLRA R cases | NLRA R cases | RC cases | RC cases | RM cases | RM cases | RD cases | RD cases |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of cases | Percent of cases closed | Number of cases | Percent of cases closed | Number of cases | Percent of cases closed | Number of cases | Percent of cases closed | Number of cases | Percent of cases closed | |
| Total number of cases closed | 6,817 | 100 | 3,054 | 100 | 3,142 | 100 | 334 | 100 | 287 | 100 |
| Before formal action, total | 5,333 | 82.2 | 2,172 | 71.1 | 2,898 | 92.3 | 316 | 94.6 | 227 | 79.1 |
| Before formal action — Adjusted, total | 2,833 | 41.6 | 802 | 26.3 | 1,839 | 60 | 96 | 28.7 | 48 | 16.7 |
| Before formal action — Withdrawn | 1,887 | 27.7 | 827 | 27.1 | 120 | 41.8 | ||||
| Before formal action — Dismissed | 162 | 2.4 | 79 | 2.6 | ||||||
| After formal action, total | 1,484 | 21.7 | 882 | 28.9 | 244 | 7.8 | 18 | 5.4 | 60 | 20.9 |
| After formal action — Before hearing, total | 156 | 2.3 | 70 | 2.3 | 51 | 1.6 | 4 | 1.2 | 11 | 3.8 |
| After formal action — After hearing, total | 281 | 4.1 | 215 | 7 | 49 | 1.6 | ||||
| After formal action — After Board decision, total | 763 | 11.3 |
Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.