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Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.

73 distinct federal employment cases from public court records (20102026)

7 trusted published court opinions across 7 distinct cases · 5 docket-only cases without a recorded end date

What public court records show

Public federal court records list Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. as an employer in 73 distinct federal employment cases between 2010 and 2026.

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

The most common claims on record were Wage Theft, Discrimination, and Retaliation.

Cases were filed across 5 states, most often in OH.

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.

5
States

Jurisdictions represented in the analyzed opinions.

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About this employer

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. appears in 7 trusted published federal employment opinions. Recent written decisions on record:

Federico v. Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (2020) — Dismissed. A Chipotle employee filed a lawsuit claiming she experienced discrimination, harassment, and retaliation at work. She wanted the court to hear her case and award damages. Read the ruling.

Garcia v. Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (2019) — Dismissed. Garcia filed a wage theft lawsuit against Chipotle Mexican Grill in federal court in New York. Wage theft occurs when employers fail to pay workers properly for hours worked or deny them required breaks and overtime pay. Read the ruling.

State of Nevada v. LABR (2019) — Plaintiff Win. Note: This summary is based on limited available information about the case. Read the ruling.

The published opinions primarily involve Wage Theft (3 of 7), Discrimination (2 of 7), Retaliation (2 of 7). Browse the linked claim hubs for outcome statistics and other employers facing the same allegations. Wage Theft, Discrimination and Retaliation.

Published opinions span Ohio (1), Colorado (1), New York (1), Texas (1). Ohio 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. Ohio rulings, Colorado rulings, New York rulings and Texas rulings.

These published opinions sit within the hospitality sector, where wage theft, tip-pooling violations, and sexual-harassment claims are common.

Opinion Outcomes

Defendant Win
2 (29%)
Dismissed
2 (29%)
Mixed Result
2 (29%)
Plaintiff Win
1 (14%)

Opinion Stages

7 analyzed opinions have a classified procedural stage.

Appeal
2
Summary judgment
1

Of the 1 summary-judgment opinions, 0 ended the case in Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.’s favor and 1 let the worker’s claims continue.

Motion to dismiss
3
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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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

public court records

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

Employee v. Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.
N.D. Ohio · May 2026
Employee v. CHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL, INC.
E.D. Pa. · Feb 2026
Employee v. Chipotle Mexican Grill, LLC
M.D. Fla. · Dec 2025
Employee v. Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.
S.D.N.Y. · Jul 2024
Docket closed
Employee v. Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.
N.D. Ga. · Dec 2023
Employee v. Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.
E.D.N.Y. · Jun 2022
Employee v. Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.
E.D.N.Y. · Jun 2022
Docket closed
Employee v. Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.
M.D. Ala. · May 2022
Docket closed
Employee v. Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc
N.D. Tex. · Feb 2021
Docket closed
Employee v. CHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL, INC.
E.D. Pa. · Dec 2020
Docket closed
United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.
M.D. Fla. · Sep 2020
Docket closed
Employee v. Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.
2nd Circuit · Aug 2020
Defendant Win
Employee v. Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.
N.D. Ohio · Mar 2020 · Ohio · Discrimination
Dismissed
Employee v. Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.
S.D.N.Y. · Dec 2019
Docket closed
Employee v. CHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL INC
N.D. Fla. · Nov 2019
Docket closed
Employee v. Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.
S.D. Fla. · Oct 2019
Docket closed
Employee v. CHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL, INC.
W.D. Pa. · Sep 2019
Docket closed
Employee v. Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.
S.D.N.Y. · Aug 2019
Docket closed
State of Nevada v. LABR
5th Circuit · Jul 2019 · Wage Theft
Plaintiff Win
Employee v. Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc
E.D. Mich. · Dec 2018
Docket closed
Employee v. CHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL, INC.
S.D. Ind. · Nov 2018
Docket closed
Employee v. Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.
D. Colo. · Oct 2018 · Colorado · Negligence
Mixed Result
Employee v. CHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL, INC.
E.D. Pa. · Aug 2018
Docket closed
Employee v. Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.
W.D.N.Y. · Jun 2018
Docket closed
Employee v. U.S. Dep't of Labor
E.D. Tex. · Mar 2018 · Texas · Wage Theft
Defendant Win
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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.