NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1999 › Methods of disposition of unfair labor practice cases closed
| Circuit court of appeals decree ……..……….. Supreme Court action …………..…....……… | 247 1 | 0.8 0.0 | 39.7 0.2 | 237 1 | 1.0 0.0 | 9 0 | 0.2 ---- | 1 0 | 0.2 ---- | 0 0 | 0 0 | 0 0 | 0 0 | ||||
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| Withdrawal……………………………..………….. | 9,641 | 32.4 | 100 | 7,716 | 33.6 | 1,643 | 28.1 | 191 | 33.5 | 3 | 1.8 | 46 | 76.7 | 9 | 18.4 | 33 | 41.3 |
| Before issuance of complaint ………………... | 9,246 | 31.1 | 95.9 | 7,372 | 32.1 | 1,618 | 27.7 | 189 | 33.2 | 1 | 0.6 | 25 | 41.7 | 8 | 16.3 | 33 | 41.3 |
| After issuance of complaint, before opening of hearing……………...…………………….. | 355 | 1.2 | 3.7 | 305 | 1.3 | 24 | 0.4 | 2 | 0.4 | 2 | 1.2 | 21 | 35 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| After hearing opened, before administrative law judge's decision……………………… | 40 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 39 | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| After administrative law judge's decision, before Board decision ………………….... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| After Board or court decision……………….. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Dismissal……………………………………..……. | 10,157 | 34.2 | 100 | 6,742 | 29.4 | 3,188 | 54.5 | 175 | 30.7 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8.3 | 21 | 42.9 | 21 | 26.3 |
| Before issuance of complaint.………………. | 9,897 | 33.3 | 97.4 | 6,587 | 28.7 | 3,142 | 53.7 | 116 | 20.4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8.3 | 21 | 42.9 | 21 | 26.3 |
| After issuance of complaint, before opening of hearing……………..…………………….. | 200 | 0.7 | 2 | 101 | 0.4 | 40 | 0.7 | 59 | 10.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| After hearing opened, before administrative law judge's decision……..………………. | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| By administrative law judge's decision .......... | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| By Board decision ........................................... | 49 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 43 | 0.2 | 6 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Adopting administrative law judge's decision (no exceptions filed) ……….. | 38 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 34 | 0.1 | 4 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Contested……………………………….. | 11 | 0 | 0.1 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.