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Morgan Stanley

29 distinct federal employment cases from public court records (20092025)

7 trusted published court opinions across 7 distinct cases

What public court records show

Public federal court records list Morgan Stanley as an employer in 29 distinct federal employment cases between 2009 and 2025.

Of the 7 trusted published opinions analyzed, the most common outcomes were: 3 ended in a ruling for the employer, 1 ended in a ruling for the worker, 1 were dismissed, and 1 had a mixed result.

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

Cases were filed across 4 states, most often in NJ.

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.

7
Published Opinions Analyzed

Written decisions across 7 distinct cases.

4
States

Jurisdictions represented in the analyzed opinions.

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About this employer

Morgan Stanley appears in 7 trusted published federal employment opinions. The most recent written decision on record:

Gupta v. Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, LLC (2018) — Defendant Win. Gupta claimed Morgan Stanley wrongfully fired him and retaliated against him in violation of employment laws. He wanted to take his case to court, but Morgan Stanley argued he had signed an agreement requiring disputes to be handled through arbitration—a private process instead of a public court trial. Read the ruling.

The published opinions primarily involve Breach of Contract (3 of 7), Retaliation (2 of 7), Wage Theft. Browse the linked claim hubs for outcome statistics and other employers facing the same allegations. Breach of Contract, Retaliation and Wage Theft.

Published opinions span New Jersey (2), New York (2), Michigan (1), Illinois (1). New Jersey 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. New Jersey rulings, New York rulings, Michigan rulings and Illinois rulings.

These published opinions sit within the financial services sector, where Sarbanes-Oxley and Dodd-Frank whistleblower protections often supplement standard Title VII claims.

Opinion Outcomes

Defendant Win
3 (43%)
Plaintiff Win
1 (14%)
Dismissed
1 (14%)
Mixed Result
1 (14%)
Remanded
1 (14%)

Opinion Stages

7 analyzed opinions have a classified procedural stage.

Appeal
3
Motion to dismiss
4
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. Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC
M.D. Fla. · Apr 2025
Docket closed
Employee v. MORGAN STANLEY SMITH BARNEY
OKLACIVAPP · Nov 2024 · Breach Of Contract
Mixed Result
Employee v. United States
E.D. Mich. · Nov 2024 · Michigan · Breach of Contract
Dismissed
Employee v. Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC
N.D. Cal. · May 2022
Docket closed
Employee v. Morgan Stanley
S.D.N.Y. · Oct 2019 · New York · Breach of Contract
Defendant Win
Employee v. Morgan Stanley
NJSUPERCTAPPDIV · Feb 2019 · New Jersey · Discrimination
Defendant Win
Employee v. Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, LLC
S.D.N.Y. · Aug 2018
Docket closed
Employee v. Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, LLC
N.D. Ill. · May 2018 · Illinois · Wrongful Termination
Defendant Win
Employee v. Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC
S.D. Fla. · Nov 2016
Docket closed
Employee v. MORGAN STANLEY SMITH BARNEY, LLC
D.N.J. · Dec 2015
Docket closed
Employee v. Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, LLC
D.N.M. · Aug 2014
Docket closed
Employee v. Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC
M.D. Fla. · Feb 2014
Docket closed
Employee v. MORGAN STANLEY SMITH BARNEY LLC
E.D. Pa. · Jun 2013
Docket closed
Employee v. MORGAN STANLEY SMITH BARNEY LLC
D.N.J. · Feb 2013
Docket closed
Employee v. Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC
C.D. Cal. · Feb 2013
Docket closed
Employee v. Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, LLC
S.D.N.Y. · Feb 2013
Docket closed
Employee v. Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC
D.N.J. · Oct 2011
Docket closed
Employee v. Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC
D.N.J. · Oct 2011
Docket closed
Employee v. Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC
D.N.J. · Oct 2011
Docket closed
Employee v. Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, LLC
D.N.J. · Oct 2011
Docket closed
Employee v. Morgan Stanley
JPML · Oct 2011 · New Jersey · Wage Theft
Remanded
Employee v. Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC
D. Conn. · Jun 2011
Docket closed
Employee v. Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, LLC
D.R.I. · Jun 2011
Docket closed
Employee v. Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC
E.D.N.Y. · Jun 2011
Docket closed
Employee v. MORGAN STANLEY SMITH BARNEY LLC
D.N.J. · May 2011
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.