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Cargill Meat Solutions Corporation

31 distinct federal employment cases from public court records (20082025)

7 trusted published court opinions across 7 distinct cases · 3 docket-only cases without a recorded end date

What public court records show

Public federal court records list Cargill Meat Solutions Corporation as an employer in 31 distinct federal employment cases between 2008 and 2025.

Of the 7 trusted published opinions analyzed, the most common outcomes were: 4 ended in a ruling for the employer, 2 had a mixed result, and 1 settled.

The most common claims on record were Retaliation, Discrimination, and Wrongful Termination.

Cases were filed across 4 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.

7
Published Opinions Analyzed

Written decisions across 7 distinct cases.

4
States

Jurisdictions represented in the analyzed opinions.

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About this employer

Cargill Meat Solutions Corporation appears in 7 trusted published federal employment opinions. Recent written decisions on record:

Salazar v. Cargill Meat Solutions Corporation (2019) — Mixed Result. Mr. Salazar sued his former employer, Cargill Meat Solutions Corporation, claiming he was treated unfairly at work. He alleged the company discriminated against him because of his age, harassed him, retaliated against him for complaining, and wrongfully fired him. Read the ruling.

Cargill, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board (2017) — Defendant Win. Cargill, a major food processing company, refused to negotiate with a union representing some of its workers. The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), a government agency that protects worker rights, investigated and found that Cargill's refusal violated federal labor law. Read the ruling.

The published opinions primarily involve Retaliation (2 of 7), Discrimination, Wrongful Termination. Browse the linked claim hubs for outcome statistics and other employers facing the same allegations. Retaliation, Discrimination and Wrongful Termination.

Published opinions span California (2), Nebraska (1), Pennsylvania (1), Minnesota (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, Nebraska rulings, Pennsylvania rulings and Minnesota rulings.

These published opinions sit within the broader workplace context.

Opinion Outcomes

Defendant Win
4 (57%)
Mixed Result
2 (29%)
Settlement
1 (14%)

Opinion Stages

7 analyzed opinions have a classified procedural stage.

Appeal
3
Summary judgment
2

Of the 2 summary-judgment opinions, 0 ended the case in Cargill Meat Solutions Corporation’s favor and 2 let the worker’s claims continue.

Motion to dismiss
1
Settlement / consent decree
1
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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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 records

One row per court+docket case · written opinions stay grouped inside their case · plaintiff names redacted

Employee v. Cargill, Inc.
C.D. Ill. · Jul 2025
Employee v. Cargill, Inc.
E.D. Cal. · Jul 2024
Employee v. Cargill Meat Solutions Corp.
D.R.I. · Jan 2024
Docket closed
Employee v. Cargill Meat Solutions
D. Colo. · Oct 2023
Docket closed
Employee v. Cargill Meat Solutions Corp.
E.D. Cal. · May 2023
Employee v. Cargill Meat Solutions
N.D. Tex. · Nov 2022
Docket closed
Employee v. Cargill Meat Solutions
N.D. Tex. · Sep 2022
Docket closed
Employee v. Cargill Meat Solutions Corporation
D. Colo. · Dec 2021
Docket closed
Employee v. Cargill Meat Solutions Corporation
E.D. Cal. · Aug 2021 · California
Settlement
Employee v. Cargill Inc
D. Minn. · Aug 2021 · Minnesota
Defendant Win
Employee v. Cargill Meat Solutions Corporation
W.D. Mo. · Mar 2020
Docket closed
Employee v. Cargill Meat Solutions Corporation
E.D. Cal. · Jun 2018 · California · Discrimination
Mixed Result
Employee v. Cargill Meat Solutions Corporation
M.D. Pa. · Sep 2017
Docket closed
Employee v. Cargill Meat Solutions Corporation
M.D. Pa. · Aug 2017
Docket closed
Cargill, Inc. v. Employee
8th Circuit · Mar 2017 · Retaliation
Defendant Win
Employee v. Cargill Meat Solutions Corporation
M.D. Pa. · Aug 2016
Docket closed
Employee v. Cargill Meat Solutions Corporation
D. Kan. · May 2016
Docket closed
Employee v. Cargill, Inc.
S.D. Fla. · Jan 2016
Docket closed
Employee v. Cargill Meat Solutions Corporation
S.D. Iowa · Dec 2015
Docket closed
Employee v. Cargill, Inc.
N.D. Cal. · Feb 2015
Docket closed
Employee v. Cargill Meat Solution Corporation
VACTAPP · May 2014
Defendant Win
Employee v. Cargill Meat Solutions Corp
E.D. Wis. · Dec 2013
Docket closed
Employee v. Cargill Meat Solutions Corporation
N.D. Tex. · Sep 2013
Docket closed
Employee v. Cargill, Inc.
S.D. Iowa · May 2013
Docket closed
Employee v. Cargill, Inc.
D. Minn. · Feb 2013
Docket closed
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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.