Shell Oil Company
38 distinct federal employment cases from public court records (1981–2024)
10 trusted published court opinions across 10 distinct cases · 3 docket-only cases without a recorded end date
What public court records show
Public federal court records list Shell Oil Company as an employer in 38 distinct federal employment cases between 1981 and 2024.
Of the 10 trusted published opinions analyzed, the most common outcomes were: 5 ended in a ruling for the employer, 3 were sent back to a lower court, and 2 had a mixed result.
The most common claims on record were Wage Theft, Discrimination, 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 10 distinct cases.
Jurisdictions represented in the analyzed opinions.
About this employer
Shell Oil Company appears in 10 trusted published federal employment opinions. Recent written decisions on record:
Naghani v. Shell Expatriate Employment US Inc (2020) — Defendant Win. This case involved Naghani, an employee who filed discrimination claims against Shell Expatriate Employment US Inc. The worker alleged that Shell treated them unfairly based on protected characteristics, though the specific details of the discrimination claims are not available in the court records. Read the ruling.
United Steel, Paper & Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial & Service Workers International Union v. Shell Oil Co. (2010) — Remanded. This case involved workers at Shell Oil Company who claimed the company stole wages and failed to provide proper workplace accommodations. The workers' union, United Steel Workers, tried to bring the case as a class action lawsuit, where many employees with similar problems can sue together as one group. Read the ruling.
United Steel, Paper & Forestry, Rubber Manufacturing Energy, Allied Industrial & Service Workers International Union v. Shell Oil Co. (2008) — Defendant Win. Workers' union representatives filed a wage theft class action against Shell Oil Company and another company called Tesoro. The lawsuit claimed these employers improperly withheld wages from their workers. The case started in state court, where a judge initially ordered it sent back. Read the ruling.
The published opinions primarily involve Wage Theft (2 of 10), Discrimination (2 of 10), Breach of Contract. Browse the linked claim hubs for outcome statistics and other employers facing the same allegations. Wage Theft, Discrimination and Breach of Contract.
Published opinions span Mississippi (1), Missouri (1), Texas (1). Browse state-specific employment rulings for jurisdictional patterns. Mississippi rulings, Missouri 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
10 analyzed opinions have a classified procedural stage.
Of the 1 summary-judgment opinions, 1 ended the case in Shell Oil Company’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.
- 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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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.