Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.
57 distinct federal employment cases from public court records (2006–2025)
6 trusted published court opinions across 5 distinct cases · 2 docket-only cases without a recorded end date
What public court records show
Public federal court records list Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. as an employer in 57 distinct federal employment cases between 2006 and 2025.
Of the 6 trusted published opinions analyzed, the most common outcomes were: 3 ended in a ruling for the employer, 1 were dismissed, 1 had a mixed result, and 1 were sent back to a lower court.
The most common claims on record were Wage Theft, Discrimination, and Failure To Accommodate.
Cases were filed across 3 states, most often in AZ.
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
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. appears in 6 trusted published federal employment opinions. Recent written decisions on record:
Andrew Harrington v. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. (2025) — Remanded. Andrew Harrington sued Cracker Barrel Old Country Store for wage theft—allegedly not paying workers properly. He wanted to combine his case with other employees facing similar problems, which would have allowed workers across the country to join together. Read the ruling.
Gillespie v. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Incorporated (2023) — Mixed Result. Current and former employees of Cracker Barrel sued the company, claiming it violated federal wage laws by improperly handling tips and failing to accommodate workers' needs. The company had an arbitration agreement with its employees, which it argued meant the dispute must be settled privately rather than in court. Read the ruling.
Gillespie v. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Incorporated (2022) — Dismissed. An employee filed a lawsuit against Cracker Barrel, claiming the company violated federal wage and hour laws by not paying workers properly. The case was filed in Arizona court in 2022, and the employee initially tried to represent a group of workers who experienced similar wage problems. Read the ruling.
The published opinions primarily involve Wage Theft (3 of 6), Discrimination (2 of 6), Failure to Accommodate (2 of 6). Browse the linked claim hubs for outcome statistics and other employers facing the same allegations. Wage Theft, Discrimination and Failure to Accommodate.
Published opinions span Arizona (3), Maryland (1), Oregon (1). Arizona 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. Arizona rulings, Maryland rulings and Oregon rulings.
These published opinions sit within the hospitality sector, where wage theft, tip-pooling violations, and sexual-harassment claims are common.
Opinion Outcomes
Opinion Stages
6 analyzed opinions have a classified procedural stage.
Of the 1 summary-judgment opinions, 1 ended the case in Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.’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.
- Motion to dismiss
- An early request — usually by the employer — to throw the case out before any evidence is gathered.
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
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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.