NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1990 › Methods of disposition of unfair labor practice cases closed
| Total number of cases closed . | . 32,756 | 100 | 23,156 | 100 | 7,966 | 100 | 949 | 100 | 288 | 100 | 62 | 100 | 41 | 100 0 | 294 | 100 0 | |
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| Agreement of the parties | 9,773 | 29.8 | 100 | 7,891 | 340 | 1,297 | 16.2 | 435 | 45.8 | 4 | 1.3 | 19 | 306 | 17 | 414 | 110 | 37.4 |
| Informal settlement | 9,633 | 29.4 | 98.6 | 7,782 | 33.6 | 1,280 | 16 | 426 | 448 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 30.6 | 17 | 41.4 | 106 | 36 |
| Before issuance of complaint ... ................. ........ After issuance of complaint, before opening of | 6,894 | 21 | 70.5 | 5,494 | 23.7 | 970 | 12.1 | 329 | 34.6 | (a) | 7 | 11 2 | 15 | 365 | 79 | 26.8 | |
| hearing , After hearing opened, before issuance of administra- tive law judge's decision | 2,685 54 | 8.2 0.2 | 27.5 06 | 2,243 45 | 9.6 0.1 | 307 3 | 3.8 00 | 96 1 | 10.1 0.1 | 2 1 | 06 0.3 | 10 2 | 16.1 3.2 | 2 0 | 4.8 - | 25 2 | 8.5 0.6 |
| Formal settlement | 140 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 109 | 0.4 | 17 | 0.2 | 9 | 0.9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.3 | ||
| After issuance of complaint, before opening of hearing | 46 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 30 | 0.1 | 9 | 0.1 | 5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.6 | |||
| Stipulated decision Consent decree. | 0 46 | - 0.1 | - 0.5 | 0 30 | - 0.1 | 0 9 | - 0.1 | 0 5 | - 05 | •0 0 | 0 0 | 0 0 | 0 2 | - 0.6 | |||
| After hearing opened | 94 | 0.3 | 1 | 79 | 0.3 | 8 | 0.1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.6 | ||
| Stipulated decision Consent decree | 30 64 | 0.1 0.2 | 0.3 0.7 | 21 58 | 0.0 0.2 | 4 4 | 00 0.0 | 3 1 | 0.3 0.1 | 0 1 | - 0.3 | 0 0 | 0 0 | 2 0 | 0.6 - | ||
| Compliance with | 800 | 24 | 100 | 644 | 27 | 133 | 1.6 | 12 | 1.2 | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | 1.6 | 0 | 9 | 3 | |
| Administrative law judge's decision.. Board decision | 43 539 | 0.1 1.6 | 5.4 67.4 | 40 414 | 0.1 17 | 2 108 | 0.0 1.3 | 0 7 | - 07 | 0 1 | - 0.3 | 0 1 | - 1.6 | 0 0 | 1 8 | 03 2.7 | |
| Adopting administrative law judge's decision (no exceptions filed) | 209 | 0.6 | 26.1 | 155 | 0.6 | 51 | 6 | 2 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Contested | 330 | 1 | 41.3 | 259 | 1.1 | 57 | 0.7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | 1.6 | 0 | 2.3 | ||
| Viernit enure nf Emends decree | 205 | 6 | 25.6 | 180 | 0.7 | 20 | 0.2 | 5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 0 |
Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.