Delta Air Lines, Inc.
194 distinct federal cases coded as employment matters from public court records (1977–2026)
17 trusted published court opinions analyzed; 16 map to 15 distinct cases · 35 docket-only cases without a recorded end date
What public court records show
In public federal court records, Delta Air Lines, Inc. is named as a defendant in 194 federal cases coded as employment matters between 1977 and 2026.
Of the 17 trusted published opinions analyzed, the most common outcomes were: 6 ended in a ruling for the employer, 6 were dismissed, 3 were sent back to a lower court, and 2 had a mixed result.
Plaintiffs won 0 of 14 adjudicated opinions (0%).
The most common claims on record were Discrimination, Retaliation, and Failure To Accommodate.
Cases were filed across 9 states, most often in NY.
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 15 distinct cases.
0 of 14 adjudicated opinions ended in a plaintiff win.
Does not imply wrongdoing — many cases are dismissed or resolved without findings of liability.
Jurisdictions represented in the analyzed opinions.
About this employer
Delta Air Lines, Inc. appears in 17 trusted published federal employment opinions. Recent written decisions on record:
Adam McLean v. Delta Air Lines, Inc. (2026) — Defendant Win. Two pilots who worked for Delta Air Lines filed a lawsuit claiming the airline discriminated against them, forced them out of their jobs unfairly, and punished them for military service. The pilots alleged Delta violated federal protections that shield military service members from workplace retaliation. Read the ruling.
Jones v. Delta Air Lines, Inc. (2025) — Defendant Win. A Delta Air Lines employee filed a lawsuit claiming discrimination, failure to accommodate her needs, a hostile work environment, retaliation, and whistleblower violations. She asked the court for an emergency order to stop Delta's actions immediately while the case proceeded. Read the ruling.
Jordan James v. Delta Air Lines, Inc. (2025) — Remanded. Jordan James sued Delta Air Lines and another defendant named Pickard, claiming he faced failure to accommodate his needs, retaliation, wrongful termination, and harassment at work. Delta tried to move the case from state court to federal court, arguing that one defendant shouldn't be in the case. Read the ruling.
The published opinions primarily involve Discrimination (14 of 17), Retaliation (11 of 17), Failure to Accommodate (6 of 17). Browse the linked claim hubs for outcome statistics and other employers facing the same allegations. Discrimination, Retaliation and Failure to Accommodate.
Applicable statutes referenced across these rulings include: ADA (42 U.S.C. §§ 12111-12117) — The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) prohibits discrimination against qualified individuals with disabilities in all aspects of employment. See the ADA reference page for filing deadlines, employee thresholds, and remedies. ADA.
Published opinions span New York (3), Utah (2), Georgia (2), Florida (2). New York 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. New York rulings, Utah rulings, Georgia rulings and Florida rulings.
These published opinions sit within the transportation sector, where USERRA, FMLA, and DOT safety-retaliation claims appear alongside standard discrimination claims.
Opinion Outcomes
Opinion Stages
17 analyzed opinions have a classified procedural stage.
Of the 4 summary-judgment opinions, 3 ended the case in Delta Air Lines, Inc.’s favor and 1 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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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
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Other court records naming this party
2 published opinions name this party but are 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.