Smithfield Foods, Inc.
33 distinct federal employment cases from public court records (2006–2026)
6 trusted published court opinions across 5 distinct cases · 3 docket-only cases without a recorded end date
What public court records show
Public federal court records list Smithfield Foods, Inc. as an employer in 33 distinct federal employment cases between 2006 and 2026.
Of the 6 trusted published opinions analyzed, the most common outcomes were: 4 had a mixed result, 1 ended in a ruling for the worker, and 1 ended in a ruling for the employer.
The most common claims on record were Breach Of Contract, Retaliation, and Discrimination.
Cases were filed across 2 states, most often in VA.
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 5 distinct cases.
Jurisdictions represented in the analyzed opinions.
About this employer
Smithfield Foods, Inc. appears in 6 trusted published federal employment opinions. Recent written decisions on record:
Delgado v. Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp. (2024) — Mixed Result. Delgado sued Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp., claiming the company discriminated against him, created a hostile work environment, and failed to make reasonable workplace accommodations for him. Read the ruling.
United Food & Commercial Workers Union Local 204 v. National Labor Relations Board (2007) — Mixed Result. This case involved a dispute between the United Food & Commercial Workers Union and Smithfield Foods, a major meat processing company. The union accused Smithfield of illegally interfering with workers' efforts to organize and form a union. 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 Breach of Contract (3 of 6), Retaliation (2 of 6), Discrimination (2 of 6). Browse the linked claim hubs for outcome statistics and other employers facing the same allegations. Breach of Contract, Retaliation and Discrimination.
Published opinions span Virginia (2), Illinois (1). Virginia 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. Virginia rulings and Illinois rulings.
These published opinions sit within the broader workplace context.
Opinion Outcomes
Opinion Stages
6 analyzed opinions have a classified procedural stage.
Of the 1 summary-judgment opinions, 0 ended the case in Smithfield Foods, Inc.’s favor and 1 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.