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Federal Aviation Administration

16 distinct federal employment cases from public court records (19952022)

16 trusted published court opinions across 16 distinct cases

What public court records show

Public federal court records list Federal Aviation Administration as an employer in 16 distinct federal employment cases between 1995 and 2022.

Of the 16 trusted published opinions analyzed, the most common outcomes were: 8 ended in a ruling for the employer, 3 were dismissed, 3 were sent back to a lower court, and 2 ended in a ruling for the worker.

Plaintiffs won 2 of 13 adjudicated opinions (15%).

The most common claims on record were Discrimination, Breach Of Contract, and Wage Theft.

Cases were filed across 5 states, most often in 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.

16
Published Opinions Analyzed

Written decisions across 16 distinct cases.

15%
Plaintiff Win Rate

2 of 13 adjudicated opinions ended in a plaintiff win.

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

5
States

Jurisdictions represented in the analyzed opinions.

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About this employer

Federal Aviation Administration appears in 16 trusted published federal employment opinions. Recent written decisions on record:

Johnson v. Federal Aviation Administration (2022) — Dismissed. This case involved an employee named Johnson who filed a civil rights lawsuit against the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), claiming employment discrimination. Read the ruling.

Abbey v. United States (2015) — Plaintiff Win. This case involved an employment dispute between a worker named Abbey and the United States government. Abbey filed a lawsuit in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims claiming workplace violations, though the specific details of what happened at work are not provided in the available information. Read the ruling.

Abbey v. United States (2015) — Plaintiff Win. Employees of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) claimed the agency improperly classified their work hours using "credit hour" policies that allowed the FAA to avoid paying overtime. The workers argued they performed work beyond standard hours but weren't compensated according to federal wage laws. Read the ruling.

The published opinions primarily involve Discrimination (3 of 16), Breach of Contract (2 of 16), Wage Theft (2 of 16). Browse the linked claim hubs for outcome statistics and other employers facing the same allegations. Discrimination, Breach of Contract and Wage Theft.

Published opinions span District of Columbia (2), Mississippi (1), New York (1), California (1). 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, Mississippi rulings, New York rulings and California rulings.

These published opinions sit within the public sector, where due-process protections, First Amendment retaliation, and union-related (NLRA / state PERB) claims apply.

Opinion Outcomes

Defendant Win
8 (50%)
Dismissed
3 (19%)
Remanded
3 (19%)
Plaintiff Win
2 (13%)

Opinion Stages

16 analyzed opinions have a classified procedural stage.

Appeal
10 (63%)
Summary judgment
3 (19%)

Of the 3 summary-judgment opinions, 1 ended the case in Federal Aviation Administration’s favor and 2 let the worker’s claims continue.

Motion to dismiss
3 (19%)
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.