NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY2000 › Disposition by stage of unfair labor practice cases closed
| Total number of cases closed......................... | *29,087 | 100 | 22,168 | 100 | 6,018 | 100 | 554 | 100 | 174 | 100 | 27 | 100 | 17 | 100 | 129 | 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before issuance of complaint.................................. | 25,377 | 87.2 | 18,850 | 85 | 5,714 | 94.9 | 509 | 91.9 | 152 | 87.4 | 26 | 96.3 | 14 | 82.4 | 112 | 86.8 |
| After issuance of complaint, before opening of hearing................................................................ | 2,412 | 8.3 | 2,146 | 9.7 | 203 | 3.4 | 37 | 6.7 | 8 | 4.6 | 1 | 3.7 | 3 | 17.6 | 14 | 10.9 |
| After hearing opened, before issuance of administrative law judge's decision.................... | 255 | 0.9 | 237 | 1.1 | 7 | 0.1 | 2 | 0.4 | 9 | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| After administrative law judge's decision, before issuance of Board decision................................. | 116 | 0.4 | 89 | 0.4 | 27 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| After Board order adopting administrative law judge's decision in absence of exceptions.......... | 287 | 1 | 265 | 1.2 | 21 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| After Board decision, before circuit court decree... | 293 | 1 | 247 | 1.1 | 36 | 0.6 | 4 | 0.7 | 4 | 2.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.6 |
| After circuit court decree, before Supreme Court action................................................................... | 342 | 1.2 | 329 | 1.5 | 10 | 0.2 | 2 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.8 |
| After Supreme Court action..................................... | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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.