Austal USA, LLC
13 distinct federal cases coded as employment matters from public court records (2009–2026)
5 trusted published court opinions across 5 distinct cases · 3 docket-only cases without a recorded end date
What public court records show
In public federal court records, Austal USA, LLC is named as a defendant in 13 federal cases coded as employment matters between 2009 and 2026.
Of the 5 trusted published opinions analyzed, the most common outcomes were: 3 ended in a ruling for the employer, 1 ended in a ruling for the worker, and 1 had a mixed result.
The most common claims on record were Discrimination, Hostile Work Environment, and Harassment.
Cases were filed across 1 state (AL).
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 5 distinct cases.
Jurisdictions represented in the analyzed opinions.
About this employer
Austal USA, LLC appears in 5 trusted published federal employment opinions. Recent written decisions on record:
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Austal USA, LLC (2020) — Defendant Win. An employee with uncontrolled diabetes requested a flexible work schedule to accommodate unpredictable absences caused by their medical condition. The employer, Austal USA, LLC, denied this request and applied its standard attendance policy to the employee. Read the ruling.
Wesley v. Austal USA, LLC (2018) — Defendant Win. Wesley sued Austal USA LLC, claiming the company denied him a promotion because of his race or gender. Wesley believed discrimination caused him to lose this job opportunity. Read the ruling.
Robert Adams v. Austal, USA, LLC (2014) — Mixed Result. Robert Adams, a worker at Austal USA LLC (a shipbuilding company), filed a lawsuit against his employer claiming violations of employment laws. The specific details of Adams' complaints were not provided in the available court documents, but the case involved standard employment law issues that workers commonly face in… Read the ruling.
The published opinions primarily involve Discrimination (4 of 5), Hostile Work Environment (2 of 5), Harassment (2 of 5). Browse the linked claim hubs for outcome statistics and other employers facing the same allegations. Discrimination, Hostile Work Environment and Harassment.
Published opinions span Alabama. Browse state-specific employment rulings for jurisdictional patterns. Alabama rulings.
These published opinions sit within the manufacturing sector, where OSHA whistleblower, FMLA, and disability-accommodation claims are most common.
Opinion Outcomes
Opinion Stages
5 analyzed opinions have a classified procedural stage.
Of the 2 summary-judgment opinions, 2 ended the case in Austal USA, LLC’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.
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
States
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
public court recordsOne row per court+docket case · written opinions stay grouped inside their case · plaintiff names redacted
Other court records naming this party
1 published opinion names this party but is 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.