Board of Regents of the University of Michigan
7 distinct federal employment cases from public court records (2011–2025)
2 trusted published court opinions across 2 distinct cases · 2 docket-only cases without a recorded end date
What public court records show
Public federal court records list Board of Regents of the University of Michigan as an employer in 7 distinct federal employment cases between 2011 and 2025.
The most common claims on record were Retaliation, Failure To Accommodate, and Discrimination.
Cases were filed across 1 state (MI).
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 2 distinct cases.
Jurisdictions represented in the analyzed opinions.
About this employer
Board of Regents of the University of Michigan appears in 2 trusted published federal employment opinions. Recent written decisions on record:
Thiry v. Board of Regents of University of Michigan (2024) — Mixed Result. A University of Michigan employee named Thiry filed a lawsuit against the employer claiming discrimination, retaliation, a hostile work environment, and wrongful termination. The case also involved claims related to speaking up about wrongdoing (whistleblower protection) and First Amendment rights. Read the ruling.
Zarza v. University of Michigan, Board of Regents (2022) — Defendant Win. A University of Michigan employee claimed they were fired in retaliation for advocating for disability accommodations on behalf of a disabled coworker under their supervision. The employee believed they were terminated because they had spoken up to protect that coworker's rights. Read the ruling.
The published opinions primarily involve Retaliation, Failure to Accommodate, Discrimination. Browse the linked claim hubs for outcome statistics and other employers facing the same allegations. Retaliation, Failure to Accommodate and Discrimination.
Published opinions span Michigan. Michigan 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. Michigan rulings.
These published opinions sit within the education sector, where Title IX intersects with Title VII and tenure-revocation cases raise heightened procedural protections.
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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.