NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY2005 › Disposition by stage of unfair labor practice cases closed
| Total number of cases closed......................... | 26,960 | 100 | 20,342 | 100 | 6,023 | 100 | 347 | 100 | 106 | 100 | 36 | 100 | 34 | 100 | 72 | 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before issuance of complaint.................................. | 23,875 | 88.6 | 17,701 | 87 | 5,641 | 93.7 | 320 | 92.2 | 92 | 86.8 | 34 | 94.4 | 31 | 91.2 | 56 | 77.8 |
| After issuance of complaint, before opening of hearing................................................................ | 1,967 | 7.3 | 1,692 | 8.3 | 234 | 3.9 | 20 | 5.8 | 10 | 9.4 | 1 | 2.8 | 3 | 8.8 | 7 | 9.7 |
| After hearing opened, before issuance of administrative law judge's decision.................... | 110 | 0.4 | 98 | 0.5 | 12 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| After administrative law judge's decision, before issuance of Board decision................................. | 42 | 0.2 | 40 | 0.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| After Board order adopting administrative law judge's decision in absence of exceptions.......... | 191 | 0.7 | 169 | 0.8 | 18 | 0.3 | 2 | 0.6 | 1 | 0.9 | 1 | 2.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| After Board decision, before circuit court decree... | 444 | 1.6 | 335 | 1.6 | 105 | 1.7 | 1 | 0.3 | 2 | 1.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.4 |
| After circuit court decree, before Supreme Court action................................................................... | 331 | 1.2 | 307 | 1.5 | 11 | 0.2 | 4 | 1.2 | 1 | 0.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 11.1 |
| After Supreme Court action..................................... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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.