NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY2008 › Disposition by stage of unfair labor practice cases closed
| Total number of cases closed......................... | 23,383 | 100 | 17,074 | 100 | 5,749 | 100 | 322 | 100 | 120 | 100 | 37 | 100 | 35 | 100 | 46 | 100 |
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| Before issuance of complaint.................................. | 20,928 | 89.5 | 14,891 | 87.2 | 5,550 | 96.5 | 279 | 86.6 | 98 | 81.7 | 34 | 91.9 | 35 | 100 | 41 | 89.1 |
| After issuance of complaint, before opening of hearing................................................................ | 1,476 | 6.3 | 1,310 | 7.7 | 136 | 2.4 | 11 | 3.4 | 16 | 13.3 | 1 | 2.7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4.3 |
| After hearing opened, before issuance of administrative law judge's decision.................... | 82 | 0.4 | 77 | 0.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| After administrative law judge's decision, before issuance of Board decision................................. | 14 | 0.1 | 12 | 0.1 | 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.......... | 154 | 0.7 | 131 | 0.8 | 20 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.8 | 1 | 2.7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.2 |
| After Board decision, before circuit court decree... | 382 | 1.6 | 367 | 2.1 | 11 | 0.2 | 2 | 0.6 | 1 | 0.8 | 1 | 2.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| After circuit court decree, before Supreme Court action................................................................... | 341 | 1.5 | 280 | 1.6 | 28 | 0.5 | 30 | 9.3 | 1 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4.3 |
| After Supreme Court action..................................... | 6 | 0 | 6 | 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.