NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY2002 › Disposition by stage of unfair labor practice cases closed
| Total number of cases closed......................... | 30,399 | 100 | 23,231 | 100 | 6,356 | 100 | 446 | 100 | 190 | 100 | 32 | 100 | 37 | 100 | 107 | 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before issuance of complaint.................................. | 26,797 | 88.2 | 19,961 | 85.9 | 6,097 | 95.9 | 411 | 92.2 | 170 | 89.5 | 30 | 93.8 | 31 | 83.8 | 97 | 90.7 |
| After issuance of complaint, before opening of hearing................................................................ | 2,393 | 7.9 | 2,152 | 9.3 | 191 | 3 | 27 | 6.1 | 12 | 6.3 | 1 | 3.1 | 4 | 10.8 | 6 | 5.6 |
| After hearing opened, before issuance of administrative law judge's decision.................... | 153 | 0.5 | 142 | 0.6 | 8 | 0.1 | 1 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.9 |
| After administrative law judge's decision, before issuance of Board decision................................. | 32 | 0.1 | 31 | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| After Board order adopting administrative law judge's decision in absence of exceptions.......... | 305 | 1 | 264 | 1.1 | 34 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2.6 | 1 | 3.1 | 1 | 2.7 | 0 | 0 |
| After Board decision, before circuit court decree... | 373 | 1.2 | 345 | 1.5 | 24 | 0.4 | 2 | 0.4 | 2 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| After circuit court decree, before Supreme Court action................................................................... | 344 | 1.1 | 334 | 1.4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.7 | 3 | 2.8 |
| After Supreme Court action..................................... | 2 | 0 | 2 | 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.