NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1976 › Methods of disposition of unfair labor practice cases closed
| Method and stage of disposition | All C cases | All C cases | CA cases | CA cases | CB cases | CB cases | CC cases | CC cases | CD cases | CD cases | CE cases | CE cases | CG cases | CG cases | CP cases | CP cases |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Method and stage of disposition | Number | Percent of total method | Number | Percent of total closed | Number | Percent of total closed | Number | Percent of total closed | Number | Percent of total closed | Number | Percent of total closed | Number | Percent of total closed | Number | Percent of total closed |
| Total number cases closed | 32,406 | 100 | 21,762 | 100 | 7,829 | 100 | 1,762 | 100 | 441 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 70 | 100 | 459 | 100 |
| AGREEMENT OF THE PARTIES | 7,390 | 22.8 | 5,176 | 23.8 | 1,749 | 22.3 | 311 | 17.7 | 197 | 45.2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 11.4 | 144 | 31.4 |
| Informal settlement | 7,213 | 22.3 | 5,076 | 23.3 | 1,708 | 21.8 | 270 | 15.3 | 197 | 45.2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 11.4 | 138 | 30.1 |
| Before issuance of complaint | 5,388 | 16.7 | 3,575 | 16.4 | 1,184 | 15.1 | 165 | 9.4 | 366 | 29.7 | 15 | 13.7 | 84 | 18.3 | ||
| After issuance of complaint, before opening of hearing | 1,713 | 5.3 | 1,332 | 6.1 | 1,415 | 5.4 | 174 | 2.2 | 78 | 4.4 | 7 | 6.4 | 48 | 11.4 | ||
| After hearing opened, before issuance of administrative law judge's decision | 112 | 0.3 | 169 | 0.8 | 109 | 1.4 | 31 | 1.8 | 13 | 2.9 | 27 | 5.9 | ||||
| Formal settlement | 177 | 0.5 | 100 | 0.5 | 41 | 0.5 | 28 | 1.6 | 1 | 0.2 | 6 | 1.3 | ||||
| After issuance of complaint, before opening of hearing | 141 | 0.4 | 71 | 0.3 | 36 | 0.5 | 26 | 1.5 | 1 | 0.2 | 7 | 1.5 | ||||
| Stipulated decision | 32 | 0.1 | 14 | 0.1 | 11 | 0.1 | 5 | 0.3 | 2 | 0.4 | ||||||
| Consent decision | 109 | 0.3 | 57 | 0.3 | 25 | 0.3 | 21 | 1.2 | 4 | 0.9 | ||||||
| After hearing opened | 36 | 0.1 | 10 | 0.1 | 5 | 0.2 | 2 | 0.1 | ||||||||
| Compliance secured | 1,096 | 3.4 | 440 | 2 | 402 | 4.2 | 122 | 6.9 | 37 | 37 | 2 | 2.9 | 8 | 1.7 | ||
| Administrative law judge's decision | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Board decision | 690 | 2.1 | 353 | 1.6 | 303 | 3.9 | 29 | 1.6 | ||||||||
| Adopting administrative law judge's decision (no exceptions filed) | 148 | 0.5 | 127 | 18 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Contested | 542 | 1.7 | 226 | 285 | 26 |
Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.