District of Columbia Public Schools
15 distinct federal cases coded as employment matters from public court records (2003–2026)
10 trusted published court opinions across 10 distinct cases · 2 docket-only cases without a recorded end date
What public court records show
In public federal court records, District of Columbia Public Schools is named as a defendant in 15 federal cases coded as employment matters between 2003 and 2026.
Of the 10 trusted published opinions analyzed, the most common outcomes were: 5 ended in a ruling for the employer, 2 ended in a ruling for the worker, 2 had a mixed result, and 1 was dismissed.
Plaintiffs won 2 of 10 adjudicated opinions (20%).
The most common claims on record were Wrongful Termination, Discrimination, and Workers Compensation.
Cases were filed across 1 state (DC).
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 10 distinct cases.
2 of 10 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
District of Columbia Public Schools appears in 10 trusted published federal employment opinions. Recent written decisions on record:
Lang v. District of Columbia (2026) — Defendant Win. Lang filed a lawsuit against the District of Columbia Public Schools claiming discrimination, retaliation, a hostile work environment, and wrongful termination. During the legal process, Lang's lawyer requested permission to file a fourth updated version of the complaint, which would have added or changed the claims be… Read the ruling.
Dehaarte v. District of Columbia (2026) — Mixed Result. A teacher at District of Columbia Public Schools was fired after suffering a concussion injury. She sued the school district, claiming she was discriminated against and retaliated against because of her injury. She also argued the district failed to accommodate her disability and wrongfully terminated her employment. Read the ruling.
District of Columbia Public Schools v. District of Columbia Department of Employee Services (2021) — Mixed Result. Read the ruling.
The published opinions primarily involve Wrongful Termination (6 of 10), Discrimination (4 of 10), Workers’ Compensation (2 of 10). Browse the linked claim hubs for outcome statistics and other employers facing the same allegations. Wrongful Termination, Discrimination and Workers’ Compensation.
Published opinions span District of Columbia. District of Columbia 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. District of Columbia rulings.
These published opinions sit within the education sector, where Title IX intersects with Title VII and tenure-revocation cases raise heightened procedural protections.
Opinion Outcomes
Opinion Stages
10 analyzed opinions have a classified procedural stage.
Of the 1 summary-judgment opinions, 0 ended the case in District of Columbia Public Schools’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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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.
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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.