Smithfield Foods, Inc.
34 distinct federal cases coded as employment matters from public court records (2006–2026)
2 trusted published court opinions across 2 distinct cases · 3 docket-only cases without a recorded end date
What public court records show
In public federal court records, Smithfield Foods, Inc. is named as a defendant in 34 federal cases coded as employment matters between 2006 and 2026.
The most common claims on record were Wrongful Termination, Wage Theft, and Retaliation.
Cases were filed across 1 state (CA).
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 2 distinct cases.
Jurisdictions represented in the analyzed opinions.
About this employer
Smithfield Foods, Inc. appears in 2 trusted published federal employment opinions. Recent written decisions on record:
Jose Valladares v. Smithfield Packaged Meats Corporation (2022) — Remanded. Jose Valladares sued Smithfield Packaged Meats Corporation, claiming wrongful termination and wage theft—meaning he believed he was illegally fired and didn't receive all the pay he earned. His case involved disability law protections. Read the ruling.
United Food & Commercial Workers Union Local 204 v. National Labor Relations Board (2006) — Plaintiff Win. This case involved a dispute between a union representing food workers and Smithfield Packing Company over how the company treated employees who supported the union. The United Food & Commercial Workers Union accused Smithfield of illegally intimidating and punishing workers who wanted union representation. Read the ruling.
The published opinions primarily involve Wrongful Termination, Wage Theft, Retaliation. Browse the linked claim hubs for outcome statistics and other employers facing the same allegations. Wrongful Termination, Wage Theft and Retaliation.
Applicable statutes referenced across these rulings include: ADA (42 U.S.C. §§ 12111-12117) — The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) prohibits discrimination against qualified individuals with disabilities in all aspects of employment. See the ADA reference page for filing deadlines, employee thresholds, and remedies. ADA.
Published opinions span California. California 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. California rulings.
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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Other court records naming this party
1 published opinion names this party but is not coded with an employment claim. Some are labor, unemployment or workers’ compensation matters whose claim type was not recorded; others are not employment disputes at all. They are not counted in any figure on this page, and no outcome is shown for them.
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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.