Sanderson Farms, Inc.
28 distinct federal employment cases from public court records (2003–2024)
7 trusted published court opinions across 7 distinct cases
What public court records show
Public federal court records list Sanderson Farms, Inc. as an employer in 28 distinct federal employment cases between 2003 and 2024.
Of the 7 trusted published opinions analyzed, the most common outcomes were: 6 ended in a ruling for the employer and 1 were dismissed.
The most common claims on record were Wrongful Termination, Retaliation, and Harassment.
Cases were filed across 2 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 7 distinct cases.
Jurisdictions represented in the analyzed opinions.
About this employer
Sanderson Farms, Inc. appears in 7 trusted published federal employment opinions. Recent written decisions on record:
Matson v. Sanderson Farms, Inc. (2019) — Defendant Win. An employee at Sanderson Farms claimed the company discriminated against him based on a disability, failed to provide necessary workplace accommodations, and retaliated against him for taking protected medical leave. Read the ruling.
Keyes v. Mississippi Department of Employment Security (2012) — Defendant Win. Read the ruling.
Sanderson Farms Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board (2004) — Defendant Win. Sanderson Farms, a poultry company, was accused of unfair treatment toward employees involved in union organizing activities. The case involved claims that the company illegally questioned workers about union activities (called "coercive interrogation") and wrongfully fired an employee who was helping organize a union.… Read the ruling.
The published opinions primarily involve Wrongful Termination (3 of 7), Retaliation (2 of 7), Harassment. Browse the linked claim hubs for outcome statistics and other employers facing the same allegations. Wrongful Termination, Retaliation and Harassment.
Published opinions span Mississippi (2), Texas (1). Browse state-specific employment rulings for jurisdictional patterns. Mississippi rulings and Texas rulings.
These published opinions sit within the manufacturing sector, where OSHA whistleblower, FMLA, and disability-accommodation claims are most common.
Opinion Outcomes
Opinion Stages
7 analyzed opinions have a classified procedural stage.
Of the 1 summary-judgment opinions, 1 ended the case in Sanderson Farms, Inc.’s favor and 0 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.
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.