Tennessee Valley Authority
15 distinct federal employment cases from public court records (1999–2024)
7 trusted published court opinions across 7 distinct cases · 1 docket-only case without a recorded end date
What public court records show
Public federal court records list Tennessee Valley Authority as an employer in 15 distinct federal employment cases between 1999 and 2024.
Of the 7 trusted published opinions analyzed, the most common outcomes were: 3 ended in a ruling for the employer, 2 had a mixed result, 1 ended in a ruling for the worker, and 1 was dismissed.
The most common claims on record were Discrimination, Whistleblower, and Failure To Accommodate.
Cases were filed across 2 states, most often in AL.
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 7 distinct cases.
Jurisdictions represented in the analyzed opinions.
About this employer
Tennessee Valley Authority appears in 7 trusted published federal employment opinions. Recent written decisions on record:
Muhammad v. Tennessee Valley Authority (2024) — Dismissed. Muhammad filed a lawsuit against the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), a major federal employer, claiming discrimination and civil rights violations. Muhammad submitted an updated version of the complaint to address initial problems with the case. Read the ruling.
Brown v. Howorth (2020) — Mixed Result. Brown filed a discrimination lawsuit against the Tennessee Valley Authority, claiming that age played a role in decisions not to promote him. The employer asked the court to dismiss the case early, arguing there wasn't enough evidence to move forward. Read the ruling.
Coppett v. Tennessee Valley Authority (2013) — Defendant Win. An employee filed a lawsuit against the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), a government agency, claiming discrimination and that the employer failed to accommodate a disability. The case involved claims under the Rehabilitation Act, a federal law protecting workers with disabilities. Read the ruling.
The published opinions primarily involve Discrimination (4 of 7), Whistleblower (2 of 7), Failure to Accommodate. Browse the linked claim hubs for outcome statistics and other employers facing the same allegations. Discrimination, Whistleblower and Failure to Accommodate.
Published opinions span Alabama (3), Tennessee (2). Browse state-specific employment rulings for jurisdictional patterns. Alabama rulings and Tennessee rulings.
These published opinions sit within the public sector, where due-process protections, First Amendment retaliation, and union-related (NLRA / state PERB) claims apply.
Opinion Outcomes
Opinion Stages
7 analyzed opinions have a classified procedural stage.
Of the 3 summary-judgment opinions, 1 ended the case in Tennessee Valley Authority’s favor and 2 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.