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The Pennsylvania State University

30 federal employment cases from public court records (20002026)

9 with a published ruling · 21 open dockets

What public court records show

Public federal court records list The Pennsylvania State University as an employer in 30 employment matters between 2000 and 2026.

Of the 7 matters with a recorded outcome, the most common were: 4 ended in a ruling for the employer, 2 ended in a ruling for the worker, and 1 had a mixed result.

Workers obtained a favorable ruling in about 29% of matters with a recorded outcome.

The most common claims on record were Wrongful Termination, 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.

30
Federal Cases
29%
Plaintiff Win Rate

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

1
States
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About this employer

The Pennsylvania State University appears in 7 federal employment-law court rulings on record. These cases sit within the education sector, where Title IX intersects with Title VII and tenure-revocation cases raise heightened procedural protections. 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 Wrongful Termination (2 of 7), Discrimination, Failure to Accommodate. Browse the linked claim hubs for outcome statistics and other employers facing the same allegations. Wrongful Termination, Discrimination and Failure to Accommodate.

Rulings 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.

Case Outcomes

Defendant Win
4 (57%)
Plaintiff Win
2 (29%)
Mixed Result
1 (14%)

Case Stages

The stage at which courts issued The Pennsylvania State University’s 7 stage-identified rulings.

Appeal
6
Motion to dismiss
1
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.
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

Federal cases

public court records

One row per case · a badge means the case reached a published ruling · plaintiff names redacted

Employee v. The Pennsylvania State University
M.D. Pa. · May 2026
Open docket
Employee v. The Pennsylvania State University
M.D. Pa. · Apr 2025
Mixed Result
Employee v. The Pennsylvania State University
M.D. Pa. · Feb 2025
Open docket
Employee v. The Pennsylvania State University
M.D. Pa. · Jul 2023
Open docket
Employee v. PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY
E.D. Pa. · Jun 2023
Open docket
Employee v. Pennsylvania State University
M.D. Pa. · Jun 2022
Open docket
Employee v. PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY
M.D. Pa. · Nov 2021
Open docket
Employee v. The Pennsylvania State University
M.D. Pa. · Jul 2021
Remanded
Employee v. PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY
E.D. Pa. · Jul 2021
Open docket
Employee v. Pennsylvania State University
M.D. Pa. · May 2021
Open docket
Employee v. Pennsylvania State University
M.D. Pa. · Dec 2019
Open docket
Employee v. The Pennsylvania State University
M.D. Pa. · Nov 2019
Open docket
Employee v. The Pennsylvania State University
M.D. Pa. · Sep 2018
Remanded
Employee v. THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY
E.D. Pa. · May 2018
Open docket
Employee v. THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY
E.D. Pa. · Feb 2018
Open docket
United States v. Christopher
N-M. Ct. Crim. App. · Dec 2017 · Pennsylvania
Plaintiff Win
Employee v. The Pennsylvania State University
M.D. Pa. · Oct 2017
Open docket
Employee v. The Pennsylvania State University
M.D. Pa. · Sep 2017
Open docket
Employee v. The Pennsylvania State University
M.D. Pa. · Feb 2017
Open docket
Employee v. The Pennsylvania State University
M.D. Pa. · May 2016
Open docket
Employee v. Pennsylvania State University
M.D. Pa. · Nov 2015
Open docket
Employee v. PA State Employees' Retirement Board
Pa. Commw. Ct. · Nov 2015 · Pennsylvania · Wrongful Termination
Plaintiff Win
Employee v. The Pennsylvania State University
M.D. Pa. · Mar 2015
Open docket
Employee v. PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY
E.D. Pa. · Jun 2014
Open docket
Employee v. The Pennsylvania State University
M.D. Pa. · Apr 2014
Open docket
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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.