NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY2006 › Disposition of unfair labor practice cases closed, by stage
| Total number of cases closed......................... | 24,148 | 100 | 17,961 | 100 | 5,600 | 100 | 329 | 100 | 117 | 100 | 40 | 100 | 30 | 100 | 71 | 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before issuance of complaint.................................. | 21,675 | 89.8 | 15,795 | 87.9 | 5,352 | 95.6 | 307 | 93.3 | 93 | 79.5 | 34 | 85 | 29 | 96.7 | 65 | 91.5 |
| After issuance of complaint, before opening of hearing................................................................ | 1,578 | 6.5 | 1,385 | 7.7 | 162 | 2.9 | 17 | 5.2 | 5 | 4.3 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 3.3 | 4 | 5.6 |
| After hearing opened, before issuance of administrative law judge's decision.................... | 133 | 0.6 | 121 | 0.7 | 9 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| After administrative law judge's decision, before issuance of Board decision................................. | 42 | 0.2 | 42 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| After Board order adopting administrative law judge's decision in absence of exceptions.......... | 188 | 0.8 | 148 | 0.8 | 30 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 8.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| After Board decision, before circuit court decree... | 252 | 1 | 217 | 1.2 | 29 | 0.5 | 2 | 0.6 | 1 | 0.9 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.4 |
| After circuit court decree, before Supreme Court action................................................................... | 277 | 1.1 | 252 | 1.4 | 16 | 0.3 | 3 | 0.9 | 5 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.4 |
| After Supreme Court action..................................... | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 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.