NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1990 › Disposition of unfair labor practice cases closed, by stage
| Total number of cases closed | 32,756 | 100.0 23,156 | 100.0 23,156 | 100 | 7,966 | 100 | 949 | 100 | 288 | 100 | 62 | 100 0 | 41 | 100 0 | 294 | 100 |
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| Before issuance of complaint.. | 28,328 | 86.5 19,523 | 86.5 19,523 | 84.3 | 7,385 | 927 | 806 | 84.9 | 283 | 98.3 | 49 | 79 | 38 | 927 | 244 | 83 |
| After issuance of complaint, before opening of hearing After hearing opened, before issuance of administrative law judge's | 3,104 192 | 95 0.6 | 2,555 164 | 11.0 0.7 | 381 13 | 4.8 0.2 | 122 6 | 129 0.6 | 2 2 | 0.7 0.7 | 10 2 | 16.1 32 | 3 0 | 7.3 - | 31 5 | 105 1.7 |
| decision After administrative law judge's decision, before Issuance of Board decision | 45 | 0.1 | 40 | 0.2 | 4 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.3 | ||||
| After Board order adopting administrative law judge's decision in absence of exceptions | 224 | 0.7 | 169 | 7 | 52 | 7 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.3 | ||||
| After Board decision, before circuit court decree. | 612 | 1.9 | 489 | 2.1 | 102 | 1.1 | 2 | 0.8 | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | 1.7 | 0 | 12 | 42 | |
| After circuit court decree, before Supreme Court action | 236 | 0.7 | 205 | 1 | 25 | 0.3 | 7 6 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| After Supreme Court action | 15 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.