NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1981 › Methods of disposition of unfair labor practice cases closed
Methods of disposition of unfair labor practice cases closed
| Method and stage of disposition | All C cases - Number | All C cases - Percent of total closed | All C cases - Percent of total method | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adopting administrative law judge's decision (no exceptions filed) | 101 | 0.2 | 8.2 | 87 | 0.3 | 8 | 0.1 | 3 | 0.1 | 3 | 2.4 | ||||||
| Contested | 747 | 1.8 | 60.6 | 628 | 2.1 | 85 | 1 | 8 | 0.4 | 25 | 1.2 | 1 | 0.2 | 4 | 3.2 | 1 | 0.2 |
| Circuit court of appeals decree | 299 | 0.7 | 24.3 | 275 | 0.9 | 11 | 0.1 | 10 | 0.5 | 1 | 2 | 1.6 | |||||
| Supreme Court action | 5 | 0 | 0.4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Withdrawal | 14,089 | 34.3 | 100 | 10,090 | 34.4 | 3,087 | 35.7 | 692 | 34.8 | 3 | 43 | 34.1 | 12 | 31.6 | 172 | 36 | |
| Before issuance of complaint | 13,478 | 32.9 | 95.7 | 9,613 | 32.8 | 2,994 | 34.7 | 657 | 33.5 | (2) | 37 | 29.4 | 11 | 28.9 | 166 | 34.7 | |
| After issuance of complaint, before opening of hearing | 428 | 1 | 3 | 323 | 1.1 | 79 | 0.8 | 23 | 1.2 | 1 | 0.2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2.6 | 5 | 1 |
| After hearing opened, before administrative law judge's decision | 84 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 70 | 0.2 | 13 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.1 | ||||||||
| After issuance of administrative law judge's decision | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| After Board or court decision | 94 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 80 | 0.3 | 10 | 0.1 | 1 | 0.1 | 2 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.8 | ||||
| Dismissal | 14,577 | 35.5 | 100 | 9,915 | 33.8 | 4,143 | 48 | 343 | 17.5 | 4 | 0.9 | 28 | 22.2 | 6 | 15.8 | 138 | 28.9 |
| Before issuance of complaint | 14,102 | 34.4 | 96.7 | 9,627 | 32.5 | 4,078 | 47.2 | 329 | 16.8 | (2) | 26 | 20.6 | 6 | 15.8 | 136 | 28.5 | |
| After issuance of complaint, before opening of hearing | 207 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 159 | 0.5 | 36 | 0.4 | 11 | 0.6 | 1 | 0.2 | ||||||
| After hearing opened, before administrative law judge's decision | 17 | 0 | 0.1 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||
| By administrative law judge's decision | 13 | 0 | 0.1 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| By Board decision | 226 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 193 | 0.7 | 25 | 0.3 | 3 | 0.2 | 3 | 0.7 | 2 | 1.6 | ||||
| Adopting administrative law judge's decision (no exceptions filed) | 165 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 145 | 0.5 | 17 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.2 | 2 | 0.5 | ||||||
| Contested | 61 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 48 | 0.2 | 8 | 0.1 | 3 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.2 | 2 | 5 | ||||
| By circuit court of appeals decree | 9 | 0 | 0.1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0.2 | ||||||||||
| By Supreme Court action | 9 | 0 | 0.1 | 9 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 10(k) actions (see table 7A for details of dispositions) | 401 | 1 | 401 | 93.9 | |||||||||||||
| Otherwise (compliance with order of administrative law judge not achieved—firm went out of business) |
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Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.