Union Oil Company of California
15 federal employment cases from public court records (2000–2009)
15 with a published ruling
What public court records show
Public federal court records list Union Oil Company of California as an employer in 15 employment matters between 2000 and 2009.
Of the 15 matters with a recorded outcome, the most common were: 6 ended in a ruling for the employer, 3 were sent back to a lower court, 3 ended in a ruling for the worker, and 3 had a mixed result.
Workers obtained a favorable ruling in about 20% of matters with a recorded outcome.
The most common claims on record were Breach Of Contract, Discrimination, and Wage Theft.
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.
Does not imply wrongdoing — many cases are dismissed or resolved without findings of liability.
AI-extracted from court records; figures may be amounts at issue, not amounts paid. Not a finding of liability.
About this employer
Union Oil Company of California appears in 15 federal employment-law court rulings on record. These cases sit within the energy sector, where OSHA and environmental whistleblower-retaliation (including ERA and SOX-adjacent) claims appear alongside standard discrimination claims. 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 (8 of 15), Discrimination (5 of 15), Wage Theft (3 of 15). Browse the linked claim hubs for outcome statistics and other employers facing the same allegations. Breach of Contract, Discrimination and Wage Theft.
Case Outcomes
Case Stages
The stage at which courts issued Union Oil Company of California’s 15 stage-identified rulings.
Of the 1 summary-judgment rulings, 1 ended the case in Union Oil Company of California’s favor and 0 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.
- Trial verdict
- A judge or jury heard the evidence and reached a decision. Relatively few disputes get this far.
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
Federal 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.