The Kroger Co.
145 distinct federal cases coded as employment matters from public court records (2010–2026)
3 trusted published court opinions across 3 distinct cases · 16 docket-only cases without a recorded end date
What public court records show
In public federal court records, The Kroger Co. is named as a defendant in 145 federal cases coded as employment matters between 2010 and 2026.
The most common claims on record were Discrimination, Retaliation, and Wage Theft.
Cases were filed across 2 states, most often in TN.
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 3 distinct cases.
Jurisdictions represented in the analyzed opinions.
About this employer
The Kroger Co. appears in 3 trusted published federal employment opinions. Recent written decisions on record:
Morrow v. Kroger Limited Partnership I (2025) — Remanded. An employee filed a discrimination and retaliation lawsuit against Kroger. The company tried to move the case from state court to federal court, arguing it had the authority to do so. Read the ruling.
Powell v. Kroger Company, The (2021) — Remanded. Workers at The Kroger Company filed a lawsuit claiming the company violated federal wage laws by not properly paying employees for their work. This case involved multiple workers (a "class action"), meaning many employees were affected by the same problem. Read the ruling.
Molton v. Kroger Co. (2017) — Defendant Win. An employee was struck by a car while crossing a public street to reach a bus stop on their way to work. The employee's family sought workers' compensation benefits, which are payments provided when workers are injured during employment. Read the ruling.
The published opinions primarily involve Discrimination, Retaliation, Wage Theft. Browse the linked claim hubs for outcome statistics and other employers facing the same allegations. Discrimination, Retaliation and Wage Theft.
Published opinions span Tennessee (1), Colorado (1). Tennessee 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. Tennessee rulings and Colorado rulings.
These published opinions sit within the retail sector, where wage-and-hour, scheduling, and Title VII harassment claims are the dominant categories.
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
public court recordsOne row per court+docket case · written opinions stay grouped inside their case · plaintiff names redacted
Other court records naming this party
8 published opinions name this party but are 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.
- Employee v. Kroger Co., TheD. Kan. · 2025 · Kansas
- Employee v. Kroger Co.Ohio Ct. App. · 2017
- Employee v. Kroger Limited Partnership I4th Circuit · 2013
- Employee v. Kroger Co.W.D. Ky. · 2013 · Kentucky
- Employee v. Kroger Co.6th Circuit · 2010
- Employee v. the Kroger Co., Kroger Texas, L.P., and Dennis Seprian, IndividuallyTex. App.—1st Dist. · 2009
- Employee v. Zenith Logistics, Inc.6th Circuit · 2008
- Employee v. Kroger Co.INND · 2001 · Indiana
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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.