NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1991 › Disposition by stage of unfair labor practice cases closed
| Total number of cases closed | 31,593 | 100 | 22,484 | 100 | 7,787 | 100 | 778 | 100 | 241 | 100 0 | 49 | 100 | 16 | 100 | 238 | 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before issuance of complaint After issuance of complaint, before openmg of hearmg | 27,272 3,296 | 86.4 10.5 | 18,834 2,762 | 83.9 12.4 | 7,278 407 | 93.5 5.2 | 668 88 | 85.9 11.3 | 239 2 | 99.2 0.8 | 33 12 | 671 24.5 | 15 1 | 937 6.3 | 205 24 | 86.3 10.2 |
| After hearing opened, before issuance of adminisbauve law Judge's decision | 132 | 4 | 119 | 0.6 | 12 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| After admmistradve law Judge's decision, before issuance of Board decision ....... .......... ...... ...... ........ ..................... | 30 | 2 | 27 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| After Board order adopting administrative law judge's decision in absence of exceptions | 228 | 0.7 | 206 | 0.9 | 20 | 0.3 | • 2 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| After Board decision, before circuit court decree | 342 | 1.2 | 272 | 1.2 | 50 | 0.6 | 13 | 1.7 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 3.5 | ||
| After circuit court decree, before Supreme Court action | 192 | 0.6 | 171 | 0.8 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 0.8 | 0 | 3 | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| After Supreme Court action | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.