NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY2004 › Disposition by stage of unfair labor practice cases closed
| Total number of cases closed............................. | 29,966 | 100 | 22,885 | 100 | 6,318 | 100 | 423 | 100 | 157 | 100 | 39 | 100 | 27 | 100 | 117 | 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before issuance of complaint.................................. | 26,346 | 87.9 | 19,633 | 85.8 | 6,062 | 95.9 | 365 | 86.3 | 130 | 82.8 | 35 | 89.7 | 24 | 88.9 | 97 | 82.9 |
| After issuance of complaint, before opening of hearing..................................................................... | 2,258 | 7.5 | 2,015 | 8.8 | 177 | 2.8 | 35 | 8.3 | 14 | 8.9 | 1 | 2.6 | 3 | 11.1 | 13 | 11.1 |
| After hearing opened, before issuance of administrative law judge's decision........................ | 181 | 0.6 | 171 | 0.7 | 6 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| After administrative law judge's decision, before issuance of Board decision...................................... | 60 | 0.2 | 52 | 0.2 | 8 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| After Board order adopting administrative law judge's decision in absence of exceptions............... | 265 | 0.9 | 240 | 1 | 18 | 0.3 | 1 | 0.2 | 5 | 3.2 | 1 | 2.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| After Board decision, before circuit court decree... | 342 | 1.1 | 315 | 1.4 | 20 | 0.3 | 2 | 0.5 | 4 | 2.5 | 1 | 2.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| After circuit court decree, before Supreme Court action....................................................................... | 512 | 1.7 | 457 | 2 | 27 | 0.4 | 20 | 4.7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.6 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 |
| 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.