NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1998 › Disposition of unfair labor practice cases closed, by stage
| Stage of disposition | All C cases — Number | All C cases — Percent of total closed | CA cases — Number | CA cases — Percent of total closed | CB cases — Number | CB cases — Percent of total closed | CC cases — Number | CC cases — Percent of total closed | CD cases — Number | CD cases — Percent of total closed | CE cases — Number | CE cases — Percent of total closed | CG cases — Number | CG cases — Percent of total closed | CP cases — Number | CP cases — Percent of total closed |
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| Total number of cases closed | 33,287 | 100 | 25,928 | 100 | 6,449 | 100 | 529 | 100 | 183 | 100 | 26 | 100 | 32 | 100 | 140 | 100 |
| Before issuance of complaint | 28,401 | 85.3 | 21,488 | 82.9 | 6,140 | 95.2 | 464 | 87.7 | 178 | 97.3 | 25 | 96.2 | 28 | 87.5 | 118 | 84.3 |
| After issuance of complaint, before opening of hearing | 3,738 | 11.2 | 3,413 | 13.2 | 247 | 3.8 | 53 | 10 | 5 | 2.7 | 1 | 3.8 | 3 | 9.4 | 16 | 11.4 |
| After hearing opened, before issuance of administrative law judge's decision | 202 | 0.6 | 194 | 0.7 | 8 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| After administrative law judge's decision, before issuance of Board decision | 51 | 0.2 | 48 | 0.2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| After Board order adopting administrative law judge's decision in absence of exceptions | 275 | 0.8 | 268 | 1 | 7 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| After Board decision, before circuit court decree | 244 | 0.7 | 211 | 0.8 | 22 | 0.3 | 8 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| After circuit court decree, before Supreme Court action | 370 | 1.1 | 302 | 1.2 | 60 | 0.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| After Supreme Court action |
Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.