Apple Inc.
82 distinct federal employment cases from public court records (2010–2026)
16 trusted published court opinions across 13 distinct cases · 19 docket-only cases without a recorded end date
What public court records show
Public federal court records list Apple Inc. as an employer in 82 distinct federal employment cases between 2010 and 2026.
Of the 16 trusted published opinions analyzed, the most common outcomes were: 7 were dismissed, 3 ended in a ruling for the employer, 3 had a mixed result, and 2 settled.
Plaintiffs won 1 of 14 adjudicated opinions (7%).
The most common claims on record were Discrimination, Wage Theft, and Retaliation.
Cases were filed across 5 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 13 distinct cases.
1 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
Apple Inc. appears in 16 trusted published federal employment opinions. Recent written decisions on record:
STEARS v. APPLE INC. (2024) — Dismissed. A worker filed a lawsuit against Apple Inc., claiming the company discriminated against him based on a disability. The case involved federal laws designed to protect employees from unfair treatment because of health conditions or disabilities. Read the ruling.
Costa v. Apple, Inc. (2023) — Mixed Result. Employees at Apple sued the company, claiming it underpaid overtime by excluding certain stock rewards (called vested RSUs) from overtime rate calculations. When overtime pay is computed, all compensation an employee receives should typically be included to determine the correct hourly rate. Read the ruling.
Foreman v. Apple, Inc. (2023) — Settlement. A worker named Foreman filed a lawsuit against Apple Inc., claiming the company violated the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The FLSA is the federal law that sets rules about minimum wage, overtime pay, and other workplace standards. Read the ruling.
The published opinions primarily involve Discrimination (5 of 16), Wage Theft (3 of 16), Retaliation (2 of 16). Browse the linked claim hubs for outcome statistics and other employers facing the same allegations. Discrimination, Wage Theft and Retaliation.
Published opinions span California (8), New York (3), New Hampshire (1), Oregon (1). 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, New Hampshire rulings and Oregon rulings.
These published opinions sit within the technology sector, where age-discrimination, non-compete, and whistleblower-retaliation claims appear frequently.
Opinion Outcomes
Opinion Stages
15 analyzed opinions have a classified procedural stage.
Of the 2 summary-judgment opinions, 1 ended the case in Apple 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.
- 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.
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.