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Southern Union Company

12 federal employment cases from public court records (20032012)

12 with a published ruling

What public court records show

Public federal court records list Southern Union Company as an employer in 12 employment matters between 2003 and 2012.

Of the 11 matters with a recorded outcome, the most common were: 5 had a mixed result, 4 ended in a ruling for the employer, and 2 were sent back to a lower court.

Workers obtained a favorable ruling in about 0% of matters with a recorded outcome.

The most common claims on record were Breach Of Contract, Discrimination, and Harassment.

Cases were filed across 1 state (RI).

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.

12
Federal Cases
0%
Plaintiff Win Rate

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

$1,924,468
Avg Damages (5 cases)

AI-extracted from court records; figures may be amounts at issue, not amounts paid. Not a finding of liability.

1
States
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About this employer

Southern Union Company appears in 11 federal employment-law court rulings on record. These cases sit within the broader workplace context. The set below covers rulings that produced written federal-court decisions; private settlements, EEOC charges resolved without litigation, and state-court cases are not included.

The cases primarily involve Breach of Contract (3 of 11), Discrimination. Browse the linked claim hubs for outcome statistics and other employers facing the same allegations. Breach of Contract and Discrimination.

Rulings span Rhode Island. Rhode Island 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. Rhode Island rulings.

Case Outcomes

Mixed Result
5 (45%)
Defendant Win
4 (36%)
Remanded
2 (18%)

Case Stages

The stage at which courts issued Southern Union Company’s 11 stage-identified rulings.

Appeal
7 (64%)
Summary judgment
2 (18%)

Of the 2 summary-judgment rulings, 1 ended the case in Southern Union Company’s favor and 1 let the worker’s claims continue.

Other rulings
2 (18%)
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.
Other rulings
Procedural decisions and orders that do not fit the main stages above.

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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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.