NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1998 › Methods of disposition of unfair labor practice cases closed
| Total number of cases closed | 33,287 | 100 0 | 25,928 | 100 0 | 6,449 | 100 0 | 529 | 100 0 | 183 | 100 0 | 26 | 100 0 | 32 | 100 0 | 140 | 100 0 | |
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| Agreement of the parties | 10,959 | 329 | 100 0 | 9,581 | 369 | 1,076 | 166 | 236 | 446 | 5 | 27 | 5 | 192 | 13 | 406 | 43 | 307 |
| Informal settlement | 10,904 | 32 8 | 995 | 9,542 | 36 n | 1,063 | 16,4 | 234 | 442 | 5 | 27 | 5 | 192 | 13 | 406 | 42 | 300 |
| Before issuance of complaint | 7,935 | 238 | 724 | 6,823 | 263 | 869 | 134 | 196 | 370 | (2) | 4 | l53 | 10 | 312 | 33 | 235 | |
| After issuance of complaint, before opening of hearing | 2,852 | 86 | 260 | 2,607 | 100 | 193 | 29 | 36 | 68 | 5 | 2 7 | 1 | 3 8 | 3 | 93 | 7 | 5 0 |
| After hearing opened, before issuance of admimstrative lawiudge's &mown | 117 | 4 | II | 112 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | |||
| Formal settlement | 55 | 2 | 5 | 39 | 0 1 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | |||
| Before opening of hearing | 42 | 0 1 | 4 | 29 | 0 1 | 10 | 0 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | (I | o | i | 7 | |||
| Stipulated decision | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Consent decree | 42 | 1 | 4 | 29 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | o | o | i | 7 | |||
| After heanng opened | 13 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | o | 0 | o | o | |||||
| Stipulated decision | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | o | 0 | o | ||||||||
| Consent dee= | 13 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Compliance viidi . | ' 665 | 20 | 1,000 | 612 | 2 3 | 38 | 5 | 10 | 1 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 1 | 4 | 28 | ||
| Administrative law judge's decision | 18 | 0 1 | 27 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Board decision | 360 | II | 541 | 319 | 12 | 31 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 1 | |||
| Adopting administrative law judge's decision (no exceptions filed) | 181 | 0 5 | 272 | 168 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Contested p | 179 | 5 | 269 | 151 | 5 | 18 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 , | 21 |
Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.