NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1985 › Disposition of unfair labor practice cases closed, by stage
| Total number of cases closed | 33,946 | 1,000 | 23,726 | 1,000 | 8,444 | 100 0 | 1,090 | 1,000 | 288 | 100 0 | 51 | 1,000 | 38 | 1,000 | 309 | 1,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before issuance of complaint | 28,283 | 433 | 19,300 | 81 3 | 7,546 | 894 | 865 | 794 | 271 | 94 1 | 40 | 784 | 30 | 789 | 231 | 748 |
| After issuance of complaint, before opening of heanng | 3,736 | 110 | 2,893 | 122 | 598 | 7 1 | 175 | 16 1 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 59 | 6 | 158 | 58 | 188 |
| After hearing opened, before issuance of administrative law judge's decision | 211 | 6 | _ 193 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0! | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| After administrative law judge's decision, before issuance of Board decision - | 27 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| After Board order adopting administrative law judge's decision in absence of exceptions | 328 | 1 0 | 253 | 11 | 60 | 0 7 | 9 | 0 8 | 2 | 0 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13 |
| After Board decision, before circuit court decree | 944 | 28 | 723 | 30 | 185 | 22 | 20 | 1 8 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 36 |
| After circuit court decree, before Supreme Court action | 401 | 1 2 | 336 | 14 | 35 | 4 | 13 | 1 2 | 10 | 35 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 26 | 5 | 1 6 |
| After Supreme Court action | 16 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.