NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1972 › Disposition by stage of unfair labor practice cases closed
| Stage of disposition | All C: Number of cases closed | All C: Percent of cases closed | CA: Number of cases closed | CA: Percent of cases closed | CB: Number of cases closed | CB: Percent of cases closed | CC: Number of cases closed | CC: Percent of cases closed | CD: Number of cases closed | CD: Percent of cases closed | CE: Number of cases closed | CE: Percent of cases closed | CP: Number of cases closed | CP: Percent of cases closed |
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| Total number of cases closed | 25,555 | 100 | 16,725 | 100 | 5,747 | 100 | 1,928 | 100 | 630 | 100 | 79 | 100 | 446 | 100 |
| Before issuance of complaint | 22,727 | 86.4 | 14,270 | 85.3 | 5,261 | 91.5 | 1,660 | 85 | 598 | 94.9 | 67 | 72.2 | 390 | 87.4 |
| After issuance of complaint, before opening of hearing | 1,737 | 6.8 | 1,242 | 7.4 | 248 | 4.3 | 139 | 7.5 | 8 | 8.5 | 32 | 7.2 | ||
| After hearing opened, before issuance of trial examiner's decision | 146 | 0.6 | 107 | 0.6 | 27 | 0.5 | 7 | 0.4 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| After trial examiner's decision, before issuance of Board decision | 20 | 0.1 | 16 | 0.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| After Board decision adopting Trial Examiner's Decision in absence of exceptions | 228 | 0.9 | 179 | 1.1 | 34 | 0.6 | 6 | 0.4 | ||||||
| After Board decision | 711 | 2.8 | 521 | 3.1 | 117 | 2 | 61 | 3.2 | 2 | 10 | ||||
| After circuit court decree | 461 | 1.8 | 346 | 2.1 | 63 | 1.1 | 33 | 1.7 | ||||||
| After Supreme Court action | 45 | 0.2 | 44 | 0.3 | 2 |
Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.