NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY1999 › Disposition by stage of unfair labor practice cases closed
| Total number of cases closed……………… | 29,741 | 100 | 22,966 | 100 | 5,848 | 100 | 570 | 100 | 168 | 100 | 60 | 100 | 49 | 100 | 80 | 100 |
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| Before issuance of complaint……………………. | 25,865 | 87 | 19,587 | 85.3 | 5,491 | 93.9 | 466 | 81.8 | 165 | 98.2 | 34 | 56.7 | 45 | 91.8 | 77 | 96.3 |
| After issuance of complaint, before opening of hearing………………………………………... | 2,849 | 9.6 | 2,459 | 10.7 | 272 | 4.7 | 85 | 14.9 | 3 | 1.8 | 23 | 38.3 | 4 | 8.2 | 3 | 3.8 |
| After hearing opened, before issuance of administrative law judge's decision …………... | 184 | 0.6 | 148 | 0.6 | 35 | 0.6 | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| After administrative law judge's decision, before issuance of Board decision…………………… | 22 | 0.1 | 19 | 0.1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| After Board order adopting administrative law judge's decision in absence of exceptions ……. | 568 | 1.9 | 510 | 2.2 | 39 | 0.7 | 16 | 2.8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||
| After Board decision, before circuit court decree .. | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| After circuit court decree, before Supreme Court action………………………………………….. | 247 | 0.8 | 237 | 1 | 9 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| After Supreme Court action……………………… | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source data: U.S. NLRB Annual Reports (public domain). Reconstruction by NLRB Stats Archive. Updated June 2026.