United Airlines, Inc.
221 distinct federal cases coded as employment matters from public court records (1999–2026)
19 trusted published court opinions across 15 distinct cases · 41 docket-only cases without a recorded end date
What public court records show
In public federal court records, United Airlines, Inc. is named as a party in 221 federal cases coded as employment matters between 1999 and 2026.
Of the 17 trusted published opinions analyzed, the most common outcomes were: 7 ended in a ruling for the employer, 4 were dismissed, 4 were sent back to a lower court, and 1 ended in a ruling for the worker.
2 further opinions are listed below but left out of these outcome figures, because the employer brought the case or was not a party to it.
Plaintiffs won 1 of 13 adjudicated opinions (8%).
The most common claims on record were Discrimination, Failure To Accommodate, and Retaliation.
Cases were filed across 3 states, most often in IL.
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 15 distinct cases.
1 of 13 adjudicated opinions ended in a plaintiff win.
Does not imply wrongdoing — many cases are dismissed or resolved without findings of liability.
Jurisdictions represented in the analyzed opinions.
About this employer
United Airlines, Inc. appears in 19 trusted published federal employment opinions. Recent written decisions on record:
Bumpus v. United Airlines Inc. (2024) — Defendant Win. A former United Airlines employee filed a lawsuit claiming he was wrongfully terminated in violation of USERRA, a federal law that protects workers called to military service. Read the ruling.
Engstrom v. Air Line Pilots Association, International (2024) — Defendant Win. Engstrom filed a lawsuit claiming discrimination and failure to accommodate based on disability against United Airlines and the Air Line Pilots Association union. The complaint alleged unfair treatment compared to other workers and that certain policies had a discriminatory impact. Read the ruling.
Hassett v. United Airlines Incorporated (2024) — Dismissed. A United Airlines employee filed a lawsuit claiming the airline discriminated against him and failed to accommodate his needs. He alleged discrimination based on disability and religion, stating that the airline's vaccine requirements violated his rights under federal and state disability laws. Read the ruling.
The published opinions primarily involve Discrimination (10 of 19), Failure to Accommodate (10 of 19), Retaliation (6 of 19). Browse the linked claim hubs for outcome statistics and other employers facing the same allegations. Discrimination, Failure to Accommodate and Retaliation.
Published opinions span Illinois (8), California (4), New York (1). Illinois 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. Illinois rulings, California rulings and New York rulings.
These published opinions sit within the transportation sector, where USERRA, FMLA, and DOT safety-retaliation claims appear alongside standard discrimination claims.
Opinion Outcomes
2 listed opinions are not counted here: the employer brought the case, or was not a party to an appeal against an agency, so the recorded outcome is not a result for or against a worker.
Opinion Stages
16 analyzed opinions have a classified procedural stage.
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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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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Other court records naming this party
2 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.
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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.