NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1981 › Disposition by stage of unfair labor practice cases closed
| Stage of disposition | All C cases - Number | All C cases - Percent of cases closed | CA cases - Number | CA cases - Percent of cases closed | CB cases - Number | CB cases - Percent of cases closed | CC cases - Number | CC cases - Percent of cases closed | CD cases - Number | CD cases - Percent of cases closed | CE cases - Number | CE cases - Percent of cases closed | CG cases - Number | CG cases - Percent of cases closed | CP cases - Number | CP cases - Percent of cases closed |
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| Total number of cases closed | 41,020 | 100 | 29,351 | 100 | 8,640 | 100 | 1,960 | 100 | 427 | 100 | 126 | 100 | 38 | 100 | 478 | 100 |
| Before issuance of complaint | 34,357 | 83.8 | 23,984 | 81.4 | 7,958 | 92.2 | 1,603 | 81.6 | 401 | 93.9 | 93 | 73.8 | 24 | 63 | 394 | 82.5 |
| After issuance of complaint, before opening of hearing | 4,715 | 11.5 | 3,792 | 12.9 | 496 | 5.7 | 311 | 15.9 | 16 | 3.8 | 24 | 19 | 8 | 21.1 | 68 | 14.2 |
| After hearing opened, before issuance of administrative law judge's decision | 365 | 0.9 | 322 | 1.1 | 30 | 0.3 | 7 | 0.4 | 2 | 5.3 | 4 | 0.8 | ||||
| After administrative law judge's decision, before issuance of Board decision | 53 | 0.1 | 37 | 0.1 | 14 | 0.2 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||
| After Board order adopting administrative law judge's decision in absence of exceptions | 266 | 0.6 | 232 | 0.7 | 27 | 0.3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.2 | ||||
| After Board decision, before circuit court decree | 902 | 2.2 | 760 | 2.6 | 103 | 1.2 | 27 | 1.4 | 5 | 1.2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 5.3 | ||
| After circuit court decree, before Supreme Court action | 308 | 0.8 | 283 | 1 | 11 | 0.1 | 7 | 0.4 | 1 | 2 | 1.6 | |||||
| After Supreme Court action | 54 | 0.1 | 51 | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.5 |
Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.