NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1973 › Disposition by stage of unfair labor practice cases closed
| Stage of disposition | All C cases — Number | All C cases — Percent of total closed | CA cases — Number | CA cases — Percent of total closed | CB cases — Number | CB cases — Percent of total closed | CC cases — Number | CC cases — Percent of total closed | CD cases — Number | CD cases — Percent of total closed | CE cases — Number | CE cases — Percent of total closed | CP cases — Number | CP cases — Percent of total closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total number of cases closed | 26,989 | 100 | 17,985 | 100 | 5,975 | 100 | 1,780 | 100 | 665 | 100 | 84 | 100 | 500 | 100 |
| Before issuance of complaint | 23,365 | 86.5 | 15,346 | 85.4 | 5,457 | 91.3 | 1,540 | 86.5 | 541 | 96.3 | 65 | 77.4 | 446 | 89.2 |
| After issuance of complaint, before opening of hearing | 1,795 | 6.6 | 1,354 | 7.5 | 243 | 4.1 | 154 | 8.7 | 1 | 0.2 | 10 | 11.9 | 27 | 5.4 |
| After hearing opened, before issuance of administrative law judge's decision | 211 | 0.8 | 168 | 0.9 | 27 | 0.4 | 15 | 0.8 | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| After administrative law judge's decision, before issuance of Board decision | 1,756 | 6.5 | 1,300 | 7.2 | 270 | 4.5 | 98 | 5.5 | 5 | 0.7 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 2.4 |
| After Board order adopting administrative law judge's decision in absence of exceptions | 16 | 0.1 | 12 | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| After Board decision, before circuit court decree | 853 | 3.2 | 654 | 3.6 | 146 | 2.4 | 41 | 2.3 | 14 | 2.1 | 1 | 1.2 | 9 | 1.8 |
| After circuit court decree, before Supreme Court action | 441 | 1.6 | 364 | 2 | 70 | 1.2 | 9 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| After Supreme Court action | 55 | 0.2 | 47 | 0.3 | 8 | 0.1 | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.