NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1977 › Disposition by stage of unfair labor practice cases closed
| Stage of disposition | All C cases Number of cases | All C cases Percent of cases closed | CA cases Number of cases | CA cases Percent of cases closed | CB cases Number of cases | CB cases Percent of cases closed | CC cases Number of cases | CC cases Percent of cases closed | CD cases Number of cases | CD cases Percent of cases closed | CE cases Number of cases | CE cases Percent of cases closed | CG cases Number of cases | CG cases Percent of cases closed | CP cases Number of cases | CP cases Percent of cases closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total number of cases closed | 37,602 | 100 | 25,448 | 100 | 9,201 | 100 | 1,942 | 100 | 475 | 100 | 138 | 100 | 110 | 100 | 468 | 100 |
| Before issuance of complaint | 32,196 | 85.6 | 21,008 | 82.9 | 8,408 | 93.2 | 1,623 | 83.6 | 457 | 96.2 | 97 | 70.3 | 94 | 85.5 | 419 | 89.6 |
| After issuance of complaint, before opening of hearing | 3,307 | 8.8 | 2,669 | 10.5 | 371 | 4.1 | 210 | 10.8 | 9 | 1.9 | 16 | 11.6 | 9 | 8.2 | 23 | 4.9 |
| After hearing opened, before issuance of administrative law judge's decision | 363 | 0.9 | 292 | 1.1 | 40 | 0.4 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 1.5 | 1 | 0.9 | 8 | 1.7 | ||
| After administrative law judge's decision, before issuance of Board decision | 28 | 0.1 | 23 | 0.1 | 3 | 2 | 0.1 | |||||||||
| After Board order adopting administrative law judge's decision in absence of exceptions | 279 | 0.7 | 237 | 0.9 | 32 | 0.4 | 5 | 0.3 | 1 | 0.7 | 1 | 0.9 | 3 | 0.6 | ||
| After Board decision, before circuit court action | 904 | 2.4 | 726 | 2.9 | 129 | 1.4 | 47 | 2.4 | 10 | 2.1 | 6 | 8.3 | 9 | 1.9 | ||
| After circuit court decree, before Supreme Court action | 465 | 1.2 | 397 | 1.6 | 29 | 0.3 | 33 | 1.7 | 14 | 3 | ||||||
| After Supreme Court action | 97 | 0.3 | 80 | 0.3 | 6 | 0.1 | 2 | 0.1 | 1 | 0.2 |
Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.