NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1977 › Methods of disposition of unfair labor practice cases closed
| Method and stage of disposition | All C cases Number | All C cases Percent of total method | 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 | CG cases Number | CG cases Percent of total closed | CP cases Number | CP cases Percent of total closed |
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| Total number of cases closed | 37,602 | 100 | 25,448 | 100 | 9,201 | 100 | 1,942 | 100 | 475 | 100 | 138 | 100 | 0 | 468 | 100 | ||
| Agreement of the parties | 9,171 | 24.4 | 100 | 6,201 | 24.4 | 2,151 | 23.4 | 616 | 31.7 | 55 | 11.6 | 43 | 31.2 | 0 | 138 | 29.5 | |
| Informal settlement | 8,921 | 23.7 | 97.3 | 6,499 | 25.5 | 1,410 | 15.4 | 638 | 43.2 | 192 | 40.4 | 37 | 26.8 | 0 | 133 | 28.4 | |
| Before issuance of complaint | 6,200 | 16.4 | 67.6 | 4,249 | 16.7 | 1,123 | 12.4 | 451 | 33.6 | 0 | 23 | 16.7 | 0 | 114 | 24.4 | ||
| After issuance of complaint, before opening of hearing | 2,512 | 6.7 | 27.4 | 2,067 | 8.1 | 271 | 3 | 130 | 6.7 | 0 | 12 | 8.6 | 0 | 18 | 3.8 | ||
| After hearing opened, before administrative law judge decision | 209 | 0.6 | 2.3 | 183 | 0.7 | 16 | 0.2 | 6 | 0.4 | 2 | 1.5 | 1 | 5 | 1.1 | |||
| Formal settlement | 250 | 0.7 | 2.7 | 184 | 0.7 | 42 | 0.4 | 13 | 2.6 | 0 | 1 | 0.7 | 0 | 5 | 1.1 | ||
| After complaint, before opening of hearing | 165 | 0.5 | 1.8 | 94 | 0.4 | 24 | 0.2 | 41 | 2.1 | 1 | 0.7 | 5 | 1.1 | ||||
| Stipulated decision | 34 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 24 | 11 | 0.1 | 20 | 0 | |||||||||
| Consent decree | 131 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 71 | 0.3 | 13 | 0.1 | 42 | 2.2 | 5 | 1.1 | ||||||
| After hearing opened | 85 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 57 | 0.2 | 18 | 0.2 | 10 | 0.5 | 0 | |||||||
| Stipulated decision | 13 | 0.1 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Consent decree | 72 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 49 | 14 | 0.2 | 10 | 0.5 | 0 | ||||||||
| Compliance with | 1,258 | 3.4 | 100 | 1,029 | 4 | 114 | 1.2 | 70 | 3.6 | 11 | 2.3 | 19 | 13.8 | 2 | 13 | 2.7 | |
| Administrative law Judge's decision; Board decision | 776 | 2.1 | 61.7 | 672 | 2.6 | 86 | 0.9 | 12 | 0.6 | 5 | 3.6 | 1 | 0.2 |
Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.