Amazon.com, Inc.
509 distinct federal employment cases from public court records (2012–2026)
55 trusted published court opinions across 48 distinct cases · 150 docket-only cases without a recorded end date
What public court records show
Public federal court records list Amazon.com, Inc. as an employer in 509 distinct federal employment cases between 2012 and 2026.
Of the 55 trusted published opinions analyzed, the most common outcomes were: 17 ended in a ruling for the employer, 11 were sent back to a lower court, 10 were dismissed, and 7 settled.
Plaintiffs won 4 of 37 adjudicated opinions (11%).
The most common claims on record were Discrimination, Retaliation, and Wage Theft.
Cases were filed across 17 states, most often in CA.
These figures summarize publicly available U.S. federal court records only. Most workplace disputes are resolved privately and never appear in litigation. A case outcome reflects many factors and is not a finding that any employer violated the law.
Written decisions across 48 distinct cases.
4 of 37 adjudicated opinions ended in a plaintiff win.
Does not imply wrongdoing — many cases are dismissed or resolved without findings of liability.
Jurisdictions represented in the analyzed opinions.
About this employer
Amazon.com, Inc. appears in 55 trusted published federal employment opinions. Recent written decisions on record:
Lisa Johnson v. Amazon.com Services LLC (2026) — Plaintiff Win. Lisa Johnson and other Amazon workers sued the company over unpaid time spent on COVID-19 health screenings at the workplace. Amazon argued it didn't owe them wages for these screening activities, claiming they were preliminary tasks that didn't need to be paid under federal law. Read the ruling.
Amazon.com v. NLRB (2025) — Defendant Win. Amazon appealed a labor case to federal court, asking a district judge to stop proceedings at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). The NLRB had been investigating allegations that Amazon retaliated against workers for whistleblowing activities—specifically, reporting workplace concerns or safety issues. Read the ruling.
Bradley v. Amazon (2025) — Dismissed. Bradley filed a wrongful termination lawsuit against Amazon after losing his job. He attempted to add a negligence claim to his original complaint, arguing that Amazon was careless in a way that caused him harm. Read the ruling.
The published opinions primarily involve Discrimination (25 of 55), Retaliation (21 of 55), Wage Theft (17 of 55). Browse the linked claim hubs for outcome statistics and other employers facing the same allegations. Discrimination, Retaliation and Wage Theft.
Applicable statutes referenced across these rulings include: NLRA (29 U.S.C. §§ 151-169) — The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) protects the rights of employees to organize, form or join labor unions, bargain collectively through representatives of their choosing, and engage in other concerted activities for mutual aid or protection. ADEA (29 U.S.C. §§ 621-634) — The Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) protects employees and job applicants who are 40 years of age or older from discrimination based on age in hiring, promotion, discharge, compensation, and other terms, conditions, or privileges of employment. See the NLRA, ADEA reference pages for filing deadlines, employee thresholds, and remedies. NLRA and ADEA.
Published opinions span California (22), New York (5), Kentucky (3), Kansas (3). California is an EEOC deferral state, which extends the federal Title VII / ADA / ADEA filing deadline from 180 to 300 days. Browse state-specific employment rulings for jurisdictional patterns. California rulings, New York rulings, Kentucky rulings and Kansas rulings.
These published opinions sit within the technology sector, where age-discrimination, non-compete, and whistleblower-retaliation claims appear frequently.
Opinion Outcomes
Opinion Stages
51 analyzed opinions have a classified procedural stage.
Of the 2 summary-judgment opinions, 1 ended the case in Amazon.com, Inc.’s favor and 1 let the worker’s claims continue.
What do these stages mean?
- Appeal
- A higher court reviewing an earlier decision. Many published opinions come from this stage, after a lot has already happened in the case.
- Summary judgment
- A ruling where the judge decides the case — or part of it — without a trial, because one side argues the key facts are not in dispute. For workers, getting past this step is often the biggest hurdle.
- Motion to dismiss
- An early request — usually by the employer — to throw the case out before any evidence is gathered.
- Trial verdict
- A judge or jury heard the evidence and reached a decision. Relatively few disputes get this far.
- Settlement / consent decree
- The two sides resolved the dispute by agreement, sometimes with court approval. Most settlements are private and never show up in published opinions.
- Other rulings
- Procedural decisions and orders that do not fit the main stages above.
Published federal-court opinions only — most workplace disputes are resolved privately. This is not anyone’s odds, and not a finding that any employer violated the law.
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Claim Types
What these numbers mean
A case is one lawsuit, identified by its court and docket number. The docket is the running court record for that same case — it is not an extra case.
A published opinion or ruling is a written court decision. One case can produce several opinions, so opinion counts and case counts answer different questions. Only trusted, reportable opinions are used in the outcome statistics on this page.
Docket entries are the individual filings inside a case — motions, orders, scheduling notices. We read them to confirm a case is real and to see where it got to, but an entry is never counted as a case or as an outcome. A single case can generate hundreds of entries.
Far fewer opinions than cases is normal. Many employment cases settle privately or close without a published opinion. No opinion here does not mean the worker lost; it means this public record does not show a reportable result.
Everything on this page comes from public federal court records. Where we are not confident a record is accurate, we leave it out rather than guess.
Federal court cases
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Data sourced from public federal court records via CourtListener.com. Case outcomes extracted using AI analysis. This information is for educational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. The presence of an employer on this page does not imply wrongdoing — many cases are dismissed or resolved without findings of liability.