NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1996 › Methods of disposition of unfair labor practice cases closed
| All C cases | All C cases | CA cases | CA cases | CB cases | CB cases | CC cases | CC cases | CD cases | CD cases | CE cases | CE cases | CG cases | CG cases | CP cases | CP cases | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Percent of total closed | Number | Percent of total closed | Number | Percent of total closed | Number | Percent of total closed | Number | Percent of total closed | Number | Percent of total closed | Number | Percent of total closed | Number | Percent of total closed | |
| Administrative law judge's decision | 29 | 0.1 | 26 | 0.1 | 3 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Board decision | 428 | 1.5 | 424 | 1.7 | 18 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.9 |
| Adopting administrative law judge's decision (no exceptions filed) | 210 | 0.7 | 197 | 0.8 | 10 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Contested | 218 | 0.7 | 215 | 0.9 | 8 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.9 |
| Circuit court of appeals decree | 234 | 0.8 | 203 | 0.8 | 23 | 0.2 | 7 | 1.4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Supreme Court action | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Withdrawal | 9,077 | 30.8 | 7,216 | 31.8 | 1,652 | 27.8 | 163 | 33.8 | 1 | 0.5 | 13 | 37.1 | 7 | 28 | 25 | 24 |
| Before issuance of complaint | 8,827 | 29.9 | 7,002 | 30.8 | 1,624 | 27.3 | 156 | 32.3 | (2) | (2) | 13 | 37.1 | 7 | 28 | 25 | 24 |
| After complaint, before opening of hearing | 240 | 0.8 | 206 | 0.9 | 26 | 0.5 | 7 | 1.5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| After hearing opened, before administrative law judge's decision | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| After administrative law judge's decision, before Board decision | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| After Board decision | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| After court decision | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dismissal | 9,081 | 30.8 | 5,676 | 24.9 | 3,256 | 55.1 | 97 | 19.9 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 28.5 | 9 | 36 | 33 | 31.7 |
| Before issuance of complaint | 8,930 | 30.2 | 5,564 | 24.5 | 3,225 | 54.6 | 89 | 18.4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 28.5 | 9 | 36 | 33 | 31.7 |
| After complaint, before opening of hearing | 85 | 0.3 | 59 | 0.2 | 23 | 0.4 | 3 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| After hearing opened, before administrative law judge's decision | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| By administrative law judge's decision | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| By Board decision | 58 | 0.1 | 46 | 0.1 | 11 | 0.5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adopting administrative law judge's decision (no exceptions filed) | 45 | 0.3 | 36 | 0.2 | 9 | 0.4 | 4 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Contested | 13 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0.1 | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.