NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1971 › Disposition by stage of unfair labor practice cases closed
| Stage of disposition | All C cases — Number | All C cases — Percent of cases closed | CA cases — Number | CA cases — Percent closed | CB cases — Number | CB cases — Percent closed | CC cases — Number | CC cases — Percent closed | CD cases — Number | CD cases — Percent closed | CE cases — Number | CE cases — Percent closed | CP cases — Number | CP cases — Percent closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total number of cases closed | 23,840 | 100 | 15,514 | 100 | 5,363 | 100 | 1,761 | 100 | 698 | 100 | 49 | 100 | 455 | 100 |
| Before issuance of complaint | 20,837 | 87.4 | 13,221 | 85.2 | 4,987 | 92.4 | 1,544 | 87.7 | 678 | 97.1 | 34 | 69.4 | 403 | 88.6 |
| After issuance of complaint, before opening of hearing | 1,914 | 8 | 1,360 | 8.8 | 354 | 6.6 | 156 | 8.8 | 6 | 0.9 | 6 | 12.2 | 32 | 7 |
| After hearing opened, before issuance of trial examiner's decision | 122 | 0.5 | 97 | 0.6 | 18 | 0.3 | 5 | 0.3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0.2 | ||
| After trial examiner's decision, before issuance of Board decision | 14 | 0.1 | 13 | 0.1 | ||||||||||
| After Board decision adopting trial examiner's decision in absence of exceptions | 199 | 0.8 | 161 | 1.1 | 31 | 0.6 | 7 | 1.5 | ||||||
| After Board decision, before circuit court decree | 779 | 3.3 | 593 | 3.8 | 115 | 2.1 | 46 | 2.6 | 5 | 10.2 | ||||
| After circuit court decree, before Supreme Court action | 460 | 1.9 | ||||||||||||
| After Supreme Court action | 57 | 0.2 | 51 | 0.3 | 4 | 0.1 | 2 | 4.1 |
Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.