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Grubhub Holdings Inc.

10 distinct federal employment cases from public court records (20162025)

8 trusted published court opinions across 5 distinct cases · 1 docket-only case without a recorded end date

What public court records show

Public federal court records list Grubhub Holdings Inc. as an employer in 10 distinct federal employment cases between 2016 and 2025.

Of the 8 trusted published opinions analyzed, the most common outcomes were: 2 ended in a ruling for the worker, 2 had a mixed result, 1 ended in a ruling for the employer, and 1 settled.

The most common claims on record were Wage Theft, Discrimination, and Wrongful Termination.

Cases were filed across 3 states, most often in CA.

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.

8
Published Opinions Analyzed

Written decisions across 5 distinct cases.

3
States

Jurisdictions represented in the analyzed opinions.

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About this employer

Grubhub Holdings Inc. appears in 8 trusted published federal employment opinions. Recent written decisions on record:

Bunkley v. GrubHub Holdings (2025) — Mixed Result. This case involved a worker named Bunkley who sued GrubHub Holdings for wage theft. Bunkley claimed that GrubHub failed to properly pay wages that were owed, which is a common complaint among gig economy workers who drive for food delivery companies. Read the ruling.

Lawson v. Grubhub, Inc. (2024) — Mixed Result. A worker sued Grubhub, claiming the company failed to pay minimum wage and wrongfully terminated him. He also sought to represent other workers facing similar wage violations under California's PAGA law, which allows employees to pursue penalties on behalf of coworkers. Read the ruling.

Lawson v. Grubhub, Inc. (2024) — Plaintiff Win. A worker named Lawson filed a labor-related lawsuit against Grubhub, Inc., the food delivery company. While the specific details of the dispute aren't clear from the available information, the case involved claims related to employment or working conditions at Grubhub. Read the ruling.

The published opinions primarily involve Wage Theft (4 of 8), Discrimination (3 of 8), Wrongful Termination (2 of 8). Browse the linked claim hubs for outcome statistics and other employers facing the same allegations. Wage Theft, Discrimination and Wrongful Termination.

Published opinions span California (5), Illinois (2), New York (1). California 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. California rulings, Illinois rulings and New York rulings.

Opinion Outcomes

Plaintiff Win
2 (25%)
Mixed Result
2 (25%)
Defendant Win
1 (13%)
Settlement
1 (13%)
Dismissed
1 (13%)
Remanded
1 (13%)

Opinion Stages

7 analyzed opinions have a classified procedural stage.

Appeal
1
Summary judgment
1

Of the 1 summary-judgment opinions, 0 ended the case in Grubhub Holdings Inc.’s favor and 1 let the worker’s claims continue.

Motion to dismiss
4
Settlement / consent decree
1
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.
Settlement / consent decree
The two sides resolved the dispute by agreement, sometimes with court approval. Most settlements are private and never show up in published opinions.

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

public court records

One row per court+docket case · written opinions stay grouped inside their case · plaintiff names redacted

Employee v. Grubhub Holdings, Inc.
C.D. Cal. · Dec 2025
Employee v. GrubHub Holdings
N.D. Ill. · May 2025 · Illinois · Discrimination
Mixed Result
Employee v. Grubhub, Inc.
N.D. Cal. · Jul 2024 · California · Wage Theft
4 opinionsMixed Result
Employee v. GrubHub Inc.
C.D. Cal. · Jun 2024
Docket closed
Employee v. Grubhub, Inc.
9th Circuit · Sep 2021 · California · Wrongful Termination
Remanded
Employee v. Grubhub Holdings Inc.
S.D.N.Y. · Nov 2020 · New York · Disability
Settlement
Employee v. Grubhub Holdings Inc.
D. Mass. · May 2020
Docket closed
Employee v. GrubHub Holdings, Inc.
N.D. Ill. · Dec 2018
Docket closed
Employee v. GrubHub Holdings Inc.
N.D. Ill. · Jun 2018 · Illinois · Wage Theft
Defendant Win
Employee v. Grubhub Holdings, Inc.
N.D. Ill. · Jun 2016
Docket closed
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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.