NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1996 › Disposition of unfair labor practice cases closed, by stage
| Total number of cases closed | 29,485 | 100 | 22,703 | 100 | 5,942 | 103 | 482 | 100 | 194 | 100 | 35 | 100 | 25 | 100 | 104 | 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before issuance of complaint | 25,320 | 85.9 | - 18,988 | 83.6 | 5,573 | 93.8 | 430 | 89.2 | 187 | 96.4 | 31 | 88.6 | 24 | 96 | 87 | 83.7 |
| After issuance of complaint, before opening of hearing | 3,062 | 10.4 | 2,731 | 12 | 271 | 4.6 | 36 | 7.5 | 6 | 3.1 | 4 | 11.4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 12.5 |
| After hearing opened, before issuance of administrative law judge's deci- sion | 136 | 0.5 | 123 | 0.5 | 9 | 0.2 | 2 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.9 | |||
| After administrative law judge's decision, before issuance of Board deci- sion | 62 | 0.2 | 59 | 0.3 | 3 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| After Board order adopting administrative law judge's decision in ab- sence of exceptions | 307 | 1 | 269 | 1.2 | 35 | 0.6 | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.9 | |||
| After Board decision, before circuit court decree | 287 | 1 | 269 | 1.2 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| After circuit court decree, before Supreme Court action | 289 | 1 | 254 | 1.1 | 25 | 4 | 9 | 1.9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| After Supreme Court action | 0 | 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.