NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1969 › Disposition by stage of unfair labor practice cases closed
| Total number of cases closed | 18,939 | 100 | 12,404 | 100 | 3,909 | 100 | 1,505 | 100 | 545 | 100 | 8 | 100 | 478 | 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before issuance of complaint After issuance of complaint, before | 16,135 | 85.2 | 10,260 | 82.7 | 3,572 | 91.4 | 1,300 | 86.4 | 527 | 96.7 | 57 | 68.2 | 419 | 87.7 |
| opening of hearing | 1,251 | 6.6 | 951 | 7.6 | 167 | 4.3 | 170 | 7.1 | 3 | 0.6 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 4.6 |
| After hearing opened, before is- suance of trial examiner's de- cision | 186 | 1 | 133 | 1.1 | 42 | 1.1 | 6 | 0.4 | 4 | 0.7 | 0 | 1 | 0.2 | |
| After trial examiner's decision, be- fore issuance of Board decision After Board order adopting trial | 134 | 0.7 | 110 | 0.9 | 15 | 0.4 | 6 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | ___ | 8 | 0.6 | |
| examiner's decision in absence of exceptions | 131 | 0.7 | 98 | 0.8 | 17 | 0.4 | 9 | 0.6 | 0 | ___ | 0 | ___ | 7 | 1.5 |
| After Board decision, before cir- cuit court decree | 606 | 3.1 | 436 | 3.5 | 53 | 1.4 | 59 | 3.9 | 4 | 0.7 | 87 | 37.7 | 17 | 3.5 |
| After circuit court decree, before Supreme Court action | 427 | 2.3 | 356 | 2.9 | 37 | 0.9 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 1.3 | 3 | 3.1 | 9 | 1.9 |
| After Supreme Court action | 69 | 0.4 | 60 | 0.5 | 6 | 0.1 | 8 | 0.2 | 0 | ___ | 0 | ___ | 0 | ___ |
Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.