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KINDER MORGAN, INC.

18 distinct federal employment cases from public court records (20032024)

6 trusted published court opinions across 5 distinct cases

What public court records show

Public federal court records list KINDER MORGAN, INC. as an employer in 18 distinct federal employment cases between 2003 and 2024.

Of the 6 trusted published opinions analyzed, the most common outcomes were: 3 had a mixed result, 2 ended in a ruling for the employer, and 1 were sent back to a lower court.

The most common claims on record were Breach Of Contract, Failure To Accommodate, and Wrongful Termination.

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

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.

6
Published Opinions Analyzed

Written decisions across 5 distinct cases.

3
States

Jurisdictions represented in the analyzed opinions.

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About this employer

KINDER MORGAN, INC. appears in 6 trusted published federal employment opinions. Recent written decisions on record:

Oates v. Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP (2023) — Mixed Result. An employee named Oates sued Kinder Morgan Energy Partners over unpaid wages, claiming the company violated federal wage and hour laws. The case involved multiple workers who joined the lawsuit by opting in to participate in it. Read the ruling.

Kinder Morgan Bulk Terminals, Inc. v. United Steel, Paper & Forestry, Rubber Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial & Service Workers International Union (2014) — Defendant Win. Kinder Morgan Bulk Terminals, Inc. filed a lawsuit against the United Steel, Paper & Forestry, Rubber Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial & Service Workers International Union. Read the ruling.

The published opinions primarily involve Breach of Contract, Failure to Accommodate, Wrongful Termination. Browse the linked claim hubs for outcome statistics and other employers facing the same allegations. Breach of Contract, Failure to Accommodate and Wrongful Termination.

Applicable statutes referenced across these rulings include: NLRA (29 U.S.C. §§ 151-169) — The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) protects the rights of employees to organize, form or join labor unions, bargain collectively through representatives of their choosing, and engage in other concerted activities for mutual aid or protection. See the NLRA reference page for filing deadlines, employee thresholds, and remedies. NLRA.

Published opinions span Pennsylvania (1), California (1), Oklahoma (1). Pennsylvania 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. Pennsylvania rulings, California rulings and Oklahoma rulings.

Opinion Outcomes

Mixed Result
3 (50%)
Defendant Win
2 (33%)
Remanded
1 (17%)

Opinion Stages

5 analyzed opinions have a classified procedural stage.

Appeal
4
Motion to dismiss
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.
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

public court records

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

Employee v. Kinder Morgan Inc.
S.D. Cal. · Mar 2024
Docket closed
Employee v. Kinder Morgan Inc.
C.D. Cal. · Dec 2023
Docket closed
Employee v. KINDER MORGAN, INC.
E.D. Pa. · Apr 2023
Docket closed
Employee v. KINDER MORGAN, INC.
E.D. Pa. · Nov 2021
Docket closed
Employee v. NLRB
9th Circuit · Oct 2020
Remanded
Employee v. Kinder Morgan G.P., Inc.
N.D. Cal. · Sep 2020 · California · Civil Rights
Defendant Win
Employee v. Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP
W.D. Okla. · Dec 2019 · Oklahoma · Wage Theft
Mixed Result
Employee v. Kinder Morgan Inc.
D. Kan. · Sep 2019
Docket closed
Employee v. Kinder Morgan, Inc.
M.D. Ala. · Apr 2017
Docket closed
Employee v. Kinder Morgan, Inc
S.D. Tex. · Aug 2015
Docket closed
Employee v. KINDER MORGAN, INC.
D.N.J. · Mar 2015
Docket closed
Employee v. Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P.
M.D. Fla. · Feb 2015
Docket closed
Employee v. Kinder Morgan Production Company, LLC
N.D. Tex. · Nov 2014
Docket closed
Kinder Morgan Bulk Terminals, Inc. v. Employee
E.D. Pa. · Apr 2014 · Pennsylvania · Failure to Accommodate
Defendant Win
Employee v. Kinder-Morgan Energy Partners
E.D. Tex. · Apr 2013
Docket closed
Employee v. Kinder Morgan, Inc.
N.D. Cal. · Jun 2012
Docket closed
Employee v. Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP
S.D. Tex. · Feb 2011
Docket closed
Employee v. Kinder-Morgan, Inc.
10th Circuit · Aug 2003 · Breach of Contract
2 opinionsMixed Result
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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.