NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1986 › Disposition of unfair labor practice cases closed, by stage
Disposition of unfair labor practice cases closed, by stage
| Total number of cases closed | 33,450 | 100 0 | 23,180 | 100 0 | 8,266 | 1,000 | 1,320 | 1,000 | 323 | 100 0 | 75 | 100 0 | 20 | 1,000 | 266 | 100 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before issuance of complaint | 28,177 | 842 | 19,106 | 824 | 7,399 | 895 | 1,069 | 810 | 315 | 975 | 52 | 693 | 18 | 900 | 218 | 820 |
| After issuance of complaint, before opening of hearing | 3,217 | 96 | 2,546 | II 0 | 423 | 51 | 194 | 147 | 6 | I 9 | 11 | 147 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 139 |
| After heanng opened, before issuance of administrative law judge's decision | 196 | 6 | 159 | 7 | 34 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| After administrative law judge's decision, before issuance of Board decision | 37 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| After Board order adopting administrative law judge's decision in absence of exceptions | 248 | 7 | 190 | 8 | 43 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 50 | 1 | 4 |
| After Board decision, before circuit court decree | 1,271 | 3 8 | 897 | 39 | 328 | 40 | 27 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 10- \ | 133 | 1 | 50 | 7 | 26 |
| After circuit court decree, before Supreme Court action | 295 | 9 | 244 | 1 I | 33 | 4 | 15 | 1 I | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| After Supreme Court action | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.