NLRB Stats Archive › Annual Reports › FY2009 › Disposition by stage of unfair labor practice cases closed
| Total number of cases closed......................... | 22,446 | 100 | 16,497 | 100 | 5,500 | 100 | 224 | 100 | 119 | 100 | 34 | 100 | 27 | 100 | 45 | 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before issuance of complaint.................................. | 20,662 | 92.1 | 14,978 | 90.8 | 5,280 | 96 | 202 | 90.2 | 101 | 84.9 | 33 | 97.1 | 27 | 100 | 41 | 91.1 |
| After issuance of complaint, before opening of hearing................................................................ | 1,127 | 5 | 975 | 5.9 | 122 | 2.2 | 14 | 6.3 | 12 | 10.1 | 1 | 2.9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6.7 |
| After hearing opened, before issuance of administrative law judge's decision.................... | 77 | 0.3 | 53 | 0.3 | 21 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| After administrative law judge's decision, before issuance of Board decision................................. | 94 | 0.4 | 39 | 0.2 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| After Board order adopting administrative law judge's decision in absence of exceptions.......... | 117 | 0.5 | 107 | 0.6 | 9 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| After Board decision, before circuit court decree... | 187 | 0.8 | 182 | 1.1 | 3 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| After circuit court decree, before Supreme Court action................................................................... | 182 | 0.8 | 163 | 1 | 10 | 0.2 | 8 | 3.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.2 |
| 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.