Public Employees' Retirement System
61 distinct federal employment cases from public court records (2000–2023)
68 trusted published court opinions analyzed; 66 map to 61 distinct cases
What public court records show
Public federal court records list Public Employees' Retirement System as an employer in 61 distinct federal employment cases between 2000 and 2023.
Of the 68 trusted published opinions analyzed, the most common outcomes were: 36 ended in a ruling for the employer, 23 ended in a ruling for the worker, 6 were sent back to a lower court, and 2 had a mixed result.
Plaintiffs won 23 of 62 adjudicated opinions (37%).
The most common claims on record were Failure To Accommodate, Wrongful Termination, and Breach Of Contract.
Cases were filed across 3 states, most often in MS.
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.
Written decisions across 61 distinct cases.
23 of 62 adjudicated opinions ended in a plaintiff win.
Does not imply wrongdoing — many cases are dismissed or resolved without findings of liability.
Jurisdictions represented in the analyzed opinions.
About this employer
Public Employees' Retirement System appears in 68 trusted published federal employment opinions. Recent written decisions on record:
Bobbie Thomas v. Public Employees' Retirement System of Mississippi (2022) — Defendant Win. This case involved an employment dispute between Bobbie Thomas and the Public Employees' Retirement System of Mississippi (PERS), which manages retirement benefits for state workers. Read the ruling.
John C. Smith v. Public Employees Retirement System of Mississippi (2022) — Defendant Win. This case involved John C. Smith and his dispute with the Public Employees Retirement System of Mississippi, which manages retirement benefits for state and local government workers in Mississippi. Read the ruling.
Linda K. Newton v. Public Employees' Retirement System of Mississippi (2020) — Plaintiff Win. This case involved Linda Newton, who had a workplace dispute with the Public Employees' Retirement System of Mississippi, her employer. The retirement system is a government agency that manages pension benefits for Mississippi's public employees. Read the ruling.
The published opinions primarily involve Failure to Accommodate (31 of 68), Wrongful Termination (10 of 68), Breach of Contract (2 of 68). Browse the linked claim hubs for outcome statistics and other employers facing the same allegations. Failure to Accommodate, Wrongful Termination and Breach of Contract.
Published opinions span Mississippi (2), New Jersey (1), Oregon (1). Browse state-specific employment rulings for jurisdictional patterns. Mississippi rulings, New Jersey rulings and Oregon 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
Opinion Stages
68 analyzed opinions have a classified procedural stage.
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.
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
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.