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District of Columbia Public Schools

27 federal employment cases from public court records (20022026)

22 with a published ruling · 5 open dockets

What public court records show

Public federal court records list District of Columbia Public Schools as an employer in 27 employment matters between 2002 and 2026.

Of the 22 matters with a recorded outcome, the most common were: 11 ended in a ruling for the employer, 4 ended in a ruling for the worker, 3 were sent back to a lower court, and 2 had a mixed result.

Workers obtained a favorable ruling in about 18% of matters with a recorded outcome.

The most common claims on record were Wrongful Termination, Discrimination, and Breach Of Contract.

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.

27
Federal Cases
18%
Plaintiff Win Rate

Does not imply wrongdoing — many cases are dismissed or resolved without findings of liability.

1
States
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About this employer

District of Columbia Public Schools appears in 22 federal employment-law court rulings on record. These cases sit within the education sector, where Title IX intersects with Title VII and tenure-revocation cases raise heightened procedural protections. The set below covers rulings that produced written federal-court decisions; private settlements, EEOC charges resolved without litigation, and state-court cases are not included.

The cases primarily involve Wrongful Termination (8 of 22), Discrimination (5 of 22), Breach of Contract (5 of 22). Browse the linked claim hubs for outcome statistics and other employers facing the same allegations. Wrongful Termination, Discrimination and Breach of Contract.

Rulings 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.

Case Outcomes

Defendant Win
11 (50%)
Plaintiff Win
4 (18%)
Remanded
3 (14%)
Mixed Result
2 (9%)
Dismissed
2 (9%)

Case Stages

The stage at which courts issued District of Columbia Public Schools’s 22 stage-identified rulings.

Appeal
13 (59%)
Summary judgment
1 (5%)

Of the 1 summary-judgment rulings, 0 ended the case in District of Columbia Public Schools’s favor and 1 let the worker’s claims continue.

Motion to dismiss
8 (36%)
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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States

Federal cases

public court records

One row per case · a badge means the case reached a published ruling · plaintiff names redacted

Employee v. District of Columbia
D.D.C. · May 2026 · District of Columbia · Discrimination
Mixed Result
Employee v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS
D.D.C. · Nov 2025
Open docket
Employee v. District of Columbia Department of Employee Services
DC · Oct 2021 · Workers’ Compensation
Mixed Result
Employee v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS
D.D.C. · Dec 2019
Open docket
Employee v. District of Columbia Public Schools
DC · May 2019 · Wrongful Termination
Defendant Win
Employee v. Dist. of Columbia
D.C. Circuit · Jan 2018 · Failure to Accommodate
Defendant Win
Employee v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS
D.D.C. · Sep 2017
Open docket
Employee v. DC Office Of Employee Appeals / DC Public Schools
DC · Jul 2017 · Wrongful Termination
Remanded
Employee v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS
D.D.C. · Aug 2015
Open docket
Employee v. District of Columbia Department of Employment Services and Gloria Mitchell
DC · Aug 2015 · Workers’ Compensation
Plaintiff Win
Employee v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS
D.D.C. · Oct 2014
Open docket
Employee v. American Federation of State Employees, District Council 20
DC · Oct 2013 · District of Columbia · Breach of Contract
Remanded
Employee v. District of Columbia Public Schools
DC · Oct 2013 · District of Columbia · Breach of Contract
Defendant Win
Employee v. Washington Teachers Union
D.D.C. · Sep 2013 · District of Columbia · Wrongful Termination
Dismissed
Employee v. District of Columbia Department of Employment Services
DC · Jan 2013 · District of Columbia
Defendant Win
Employee v. D.C. Department of Employment Services
DC · Jun 2012 · District of Columbia
Defendant Win
Employee v. Smallwood
DC · Aug 2011 · District of Columbia
Plaintiff Win
Employee v. Fenty
D.D.C. · Dec 2009 · District of Columbia · Discrimination
Defendant Win
Employee v. Fenty
D.D.C. · Dec 2009 · District of Columbia · Discrimination
Dismissed
Employee v. District of Columbia Public Schools
DC · Dec 2008 · Wrongful Termination
Remanded
Employee v. District of Columbia Department of Employment Services
DC · May 2008 · Workers’ Compensation
Plaintiff Win
Employee v. District of Columbia Office of Employee Appeals
DC · Dec 2006 · Wrongful Termination
Defendant Win
Employee v. District of Columbia Office of Employee Appeals
DC · Dec 2005 · Wrongful Termination
Defendant Win
Employee v. District of Columbia Department of Employment Services
DC · Nov 2005 · Workers’ Compensation
Defendant Win
Employee v. District of Columbia Public Schools
D.D.C. · Aug 2003 · District of Columbia · Discrimination
Plaintiff 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.