American Airlines, Inc.
138 distinct federal cases coded as employment matters from public court records (2008–2026)
19 trusted published court opinions across 18 distinct cases · 15 docket-only cases without a recorded end date
What public court records show
In public federal court records, American Airlines, Inc. is named as a party in 138 federal cases coded as employment matters between 2008 and 2026.
Of the 15 trusted published opinions analyzed, the most common outcomes were: 8 ended in a ruling for the employer, 3 ended in a ruling for the worker, 2 had a mixed result, and 1 was dismissed.
4 further opinions are listed below but left out of these outcome figures, because the employer brought the case or was not a party to it.
Plaintiffs won 3 of 14 adjudicated opinions (21%).
The most common claims on record were Wrongful Termination, Retaliation, and Discrimination.
Cases were filed across 10 states, most often in IL.
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 18 distinct cases.
3 of 14 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
American Airlines, Inc. appears in 19 trusted published federal employment opinions. Recent written decisions on record:
Chisolm - Lucas v. American Airlines, Inc. (2025) — Defendant Win. An employee sued American Airlines, claiming the company failed to provide accurate wage statements and didn't pay wages on time, violating New York labor laws. Read the ruling.
Hartwig v. American Airlines Group Incorporated (2024) — Mixed Result. A worker at American Airlines sued the company for unpaid wages. The employee claimed the airline failed to pay overtime required by federal law and also failed to compensate them for work performed before their scheduled shifts began. Read the ruling.
Thomas Harwood, III v. American Airlines, Inc. (2022) — Plaintiff Win. Thomas Harwood III worked for American Airlines while serving as an Air Force reserve officer. When he returned from military service, the airline did not promptly rehire him as required by law. Instead of bringing him back to work quickly, American Airlines delayed his reemployment. Read the ruling.
The published opinions primarily involve Wrongful Termination (6 of 19), Retaliation (6 of 19), Discrimination (6 of 19). Browse the linked claim hubs for outcome statistics and other employers facing the same allegations. Wrongful Termination, Retaliation and Discrimination.
Published opinions span Illinois (4), Virginia (3), California (3), New York (2). Illinois 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. Illinois rulings, Virginia rulings, California rulings and New York rulings.
These published opinions sit within the transportation sector, where USERRA, FMLA, and DOT safety-retaliation claims appear alongside standard discrimination claims.
Opinion Outcomes
4 listed opinions are not counted here: the employer brought the case, or was not a party to an appeal against an agency, so the recorded outcome is not a result for or against a worker.
Opinion Stages
15 analyzed opinions have a classified procedural stage.
Of the 4 summary-judgment opinions, 4 ended the case in American Airlines, Inc.’s favor and 0 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.
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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Other court records naming this party
3 published opinions name this party but are not coded with an employment claim. Some are labor, unemployment or workers’ compensation matters whose claim type was not recorded; others are not employment disputes at all. They are not counted in any figure on this page, and no outcome is shown for them.
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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.