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SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY

44 distinct federal employment cases from public court records (19972026)

10 trusted published court opinions analyzed; 8 map to 8 distinct cases · 5 docket-only cases without a recorded end date

What public court records show

Public federal court records list SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY as an employer in 44 distinct federal employment cases between 1997 and 2026.

Of the 10 trusted published opinions analyzed, the most common outcomes were: 5 ended in a ruling for the employer, 4 had a mixed result, and 1 ended in a ruling for the worker.

Plaintiffs won 1 of 10 adjudicated opinions (10%).

The most common claims on record were Retaliation, Discrimination, and Failure To Accommodate.

Cases were filed across 1 state (PA).

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.

10
Published Opinions Analyzed

Written decisions across 8 distinct cases.

10%
Plaintiff Win Rate

1 of 10 adjudicated opinions ended in a plaintiff win.

Does not imply wrongdoing — many cases are dismissed or resolved without findings of liability.

1
States

Jurisdictions represented in the analyzed opinions.

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About this employer

SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY appears in 10 trusted published federal employment opinions. Recent written decisions on record:

YOUNG v. SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY (2023) — Mixed Result. This case involved a discrimination lawsuit filed by an employee named Young against the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA), the public transit system serving Philadelphia and surrounding areas. Read the ruling.

Nichelson v. SEPTA (2023) — Mixed Result. This case involved an employment discrimination dispute between a worker named Nichelson and SEPTA (Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority), the public transit agency serving the Philadelphia area. Read the ruling.

JACKSON v. SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY (SEPTA) (2021) — Defendant Win. Jackson, an employee of SEPTA (Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority), filed a lawsuit claiming discrimination and that his employer failed to provide reasonable accommodations for his disability. The case involved disputes over how SEPTA handled Jackson's disability-related needs in the workplace. Read the ruling.

The published opinions primarily involve Retaliation (6 of 10), Discrimination (5 of 10), Failure to Accommodate (3 of 10). Browse the linked claim hubs for outcome statistics and other employers facing the same allegations. Retaliation, Discrimination and Failure to Accommodate.

Published opinions span Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania 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. Pennsylvania rulings.

These published opinions sit within the transportation sector, where USERRA, FMLA, and DOT safety-retaliation claims appear alongside standard discrimination claims.

Opinion Outcomes

Defendant Win
5 (50%)
Mixed Result
4 (40%)
Plaintiff Win
1 (10%)

Opinion Stages

10 analyzed opinions have a classified procedural stage.

Appeal
5 (50%)
Summary judgment
4 (40%)

Of the 4 summary-judgment opinions, 1 ended the case in SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY’s favor and 3 let the worker’s claims continue.

Motion to dismiss
1 (10%)
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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States

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

public court records

One row per court+docket case · written opinions stay grouped inside their case · plaintiff names redacted

Employee v. SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY
E.D. Pa. · May 2026
Employee v. SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY
E.D. Pa. · May 2026
Employee v. SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY (SEPTA)
E.D. Pa. · Mar 2026
Employee v. SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY (SEPTA)
E.D. Pa. · Feb 2026
Employee v. SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY
E.D. Pa. · Aug 2024
Employee v. SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY
E.D. Pa. · Aug 2023
Docket closed
Employee v. THE SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY (SEPTA)
E.D. Pa. · Jun 2023
Docket closed
Employee v. SEPTA
E.D. Pa. · Mar 2023 · Pennsylvania · Retaliation
Mixed Result
Employee v. SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY
E.D. Pa. · Nov 2022
Docket closed
Employee v. SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY
E.D. Pa. · Aug 2022
Docket closed
United States v. SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY
E.D. Pa. · Aug 2022
Docket closed
Employee v. SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY
E.D. Pa. · Oct 2021
Docket closed
Employee v. SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY
E.D. Pa. · Oct 2021 · Pennsylvania · Retaliation
Mixed Result
Employee v. SEPTA
E.D. Pa. · Aug 2021 · Pennsylvania · Discrimination
Mixed Result
Employee v. SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY
E.D. Pa. · Jun 2021
Docket closed
Employee v. SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY
E.D. Pa. · Mar 2021
Docket closed
Employee v. SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY
E.D. Pa. · Jul 2019
Docket closed
Employee v. SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY (SEPTA)
E.D. Pa. · Feb 2019 · Pennsylvania · Discrimination
Defendant Win
Employee v. SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY
E.D. Pa. · Jan 2019
Docket closed
Employee v. SEPTA
Pa. Commw. Ct. · Dec 2018 · Negligence
Defendant Win
Employee v. SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY
E.D. Pa. · Nov 2018
Docket closed
Employee v. SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY
E.D. Pa. · Sep 2017
Docket closed
Employee v. SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY
E.D. Pa. · Feb 2017
Docket closed
Employee v. SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY (SEPTA)
E.D. Pa. · Nov 2016
Docket closed
Employee v. SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY
E.D. Pa. · Apr 2016
Docket closed
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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.