NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1973 › Disposition of unfair labor practice (C) cases by method and stage
Disposition of unfair labor practice (C) cases by method and stage
| Method and stage of disposition | All C cases — Number | All C cases — Percent of total closed | CA cases — Number | CA cases — Percent of total method/closed | CB cases — Number | CB cases — Percent of total method/closed | CC cases — Number | CC cases — Percent of total method/closed | CD cases — Number | CD cases — Percent of total method/closed | CE cases — Number | CE cases — Percent of total method/closed | CP cases — Number | CP cases — Percent of total method/closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adopting administrative law judge's decision (no exceptions filed) | 160 | 0.6 | 120 | 0.7 | 27 | 0.4 | 8 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.2 | 3 | 0.6 |
| Contested | 538 | 2 | 417 | 2.3 | 69 | 1.2 | 27 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2.4 | 12 | 2.4 |
| Circuit court of appeals decree | 391 | 1.5 | 322 | 1.8 | 60 | 1 | 8 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Supreme Court action | 55 | 0.2 | 44 | 0.2 | 8 | 0.1 | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Withdrawal | 9,423 | 34.9 | 6,204 | 34.5 | 2,311 | 38.7 | 666 | 37.4 | 7 | 1.1 | 26 | 31 | 207 | 41.4 |
| Before issuance of complaint (Withdrawal) | 9,186 | 34 | 6,036 | 33.6 | 2,280 | 38.2 | 648 | 36.4 | 26 | 31 | 202 | 40.4 | ||
| After issuance of complaint, before opening of hearing (Withdrawal) | 203 | 0.8 | 151 | 0.8 | 27 | 0.4 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| After hearing opened, before administrative law judge's decision (Withdrawal) | 20 | 0.1 | 12 | 0.1 | 4 | 0.1 | 3 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.2 |
| After administrative law judge's decision, before Board decision (Withdrawal) | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| After Board or court decision (Withdrawal) | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dismissal | 9,347 | 34.6 | 6,372 | 35.4 | 2,549 | 42.7 | 280 | 15.7 | 3 | 0.4 | 28 | 33.3 | 115 | 23 |
| Before issuance of complaint (Dismissal) | 8,888 | 32.9 | 6,036 | 33.6 | 2,460 | 41.2 | 262 | 14.7 | 22 | 26.1 | 108 | 21.6 | ||
| After issuance of complaint, before opening of hearing (Dismissal) | 14 | 0.1 | 11 | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| After hearing opened, before administrative law judge's decision (Dismissal) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| By administrative law judge's decision (Dismissal) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| By Board decision (Dismissal) | 389 | 1.4 | 271 | 1.5 | 77 | 1.3 | 14 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3.6 | 7 | 1.4 |
| Adopting administrative law judge's decision (no exceptions filed) (Dismissal) | 60 | 0.2 | 44 | 0.2 | 13 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Contested (Dismissal Board) | 312 | 1.1 | 227 | 1.3 | 59 | 1 | 13 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3.6 | 7 | 1.4 |
| By circuit court of appeals decree (Dismissal) | 46 | 0.2 | 40 | 0.2 | 6 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| By Supreme Court action (Dismissal) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10(k) actions (see table 7A for details of dispositions) | 641 | 2.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 641 | 96.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Otherwise (compliance with order of administrative law judge or Board not achieved — firms went out of business) | 14 | 0.1 |
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Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.