NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1972 › Methods and stages of disposition of unfair labor practice (C) cases closed, by type
| Method and stage of disposition | All C: Number | All C: Percent of total closed | All C: Percent of total method | CA: Number | CA: Percent of total closed | CB: Number | CB: Percent of total closed | CC: Number | CC: Percent of total closed | CD: Number | CD: Percent of total closed | CE: Number | CE: Percent of total closed | CP: Number | CP: Percent of total closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Circuit court of appeals decree | 420 | 1.6 | 38.7 | 316 | 1.9 | 62 | 1 | 32 | 1.6 | 3 | 2 | 2.5 | 5 | 1.1 | |
| Supreme Court action | 40 | 0.1 | 3.7 | 37 | 0.2 | 2 | |||||||||
| Withdrawal | 9,018 | 35.3 | 100 | 5,892 | 35.8 | 2,170 | 37.8 | 679 | 35.2 | 0 | 27 | 34.2 | 165 | 37 | |
| Before issuance of complaint | 8,799 | 34.4 | 97.5 | 5,845 | 34.9 | 2,120 | 37.1 | 635 | 32.9 | (1) | 27 | 34.2 | 161 | 36.1 | |
| After issuance of complaint, before opening of hearing | 195 | 0.8 | 2.2 | 114 | 0.7 | 34 | 0.5 | 43 | 2.2 | 4 | 0.9 | ||||
| After hearing opened, before trial examiner's decision | 26 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 18 | 0.1 | 6 | 0.1 | 2 | 0.4 | ||||||
| After trial examiner's decision, before Board decision | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| After Board or court decision | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Dismissal | 8,755 | 34.3 | 100 | 5,894 | 35.2 | 2,427 | 42.2 | 286 | 14.8 | 3 | 0.5 | 30 | 37.9 | 115 | 25.8 |
| Before issuance of complaint | 8,375 | 32.8 | 95.7 | 5,690 | 33.4 | 2,373 | 41.3 | 260 | 14.5 | (1) | 20 | 25.3 | 110 | 24.7 | |
| After issuance of complaint, before trial examiner's decision | 31 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 24 | 0.1 | 5 | 0.1 | ||||||||
| By trial examiner's decision (Adopting trial examiner's decision; no exceptions filed) | 5 | 0.1 | 4 | 1 | |||||||||||
| By Board decision | 296 | 1.2 | 3.4 | 229 | 1.3 | 43 | 0.7 | 5 | 11.3 | ||||||
| By circuit court of appeals decree | 41 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 31 | 0.2 | 8 | 0.1 | ||||||||
| By Supreme Court action | 5 | 0.1 | 4 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 10(k) notices (see table 7A for details of disposition) | 598 | 2.3 | 100 | 598 | 94.9 | ||||||||||
| Otherwise (compliance with order of trial examiner or Board not achieved -- firm went out of business) | 18 | 0.1 | 100 | 17 | 0.1 | 1 |
Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.