McDonald's Corporation
27 federal employment cases from public court records (2003–2025)
14 with a published ruling · 13 open dockets
What public court records show
Public federal court records list McDonald's Corporation as an employer in 27 employment matters between 2003 and 2025.
Of the 12 matters with a recorded outcome, the most common were: 5 ended in a ruling for the employer, 2 ended in a ruling for the worker, 2 had a mixed result, and 2 were sent back to a lower court.
Workers obtained a favorable ruling in about 17% of matters with a recorded outcome.
The most common claims on record were Discrimination, Wrongful Termination, and Failure To Accommodate.
Cases were filed across 7 states, most often in MD.
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.
Does not imply wrongdoing — many cases are dismissed or resolved without findings of liability.
About this employer
McDonald's Corporation appears in 12 federal employment-law court rulings on record. These cases sit within the hospitality sector, where wage theft, tip-pooling violations, and sexual-harassment claims are common. 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 Discrimination (3 of 12), Wrongful Termination (3 of 12), Failure to Accommodate (3 of 12). Browse the linked claim hubs for outcome statistics and other employers facing the same allegations. Discrimination, Wrongful Termination and Failure to Accommodate.
Rulings span Maryland (2), Illinois (2), California (2), Kentucky (1). Maryland 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. Maryland rulings, Illinois rulings, California rulings and Kentucky rulings.
Case Outcomes
Case Stages
The stage at which courts issued McDonald's Corporation’s 12 stage-identified rulings.
Of the 3 summary-judgment rulings, 2 ended the case in McDonald's Corporation’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.
- Trial verdict
- A judge or jury heard the evidence and reached a decision. Relatively few disputes get this far.
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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Claim Types
Federal 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.