University of Akron
6 distinct federal employment cases from public court records (2000–2022)
3 trusted published court opinions analyzed; 2 map to 2 distinct cases
What public court records show
Public federal court records list University of Akron as an employer in 6 distinct federal employment cases between 2000 and 2022.
The most common claims on record were Discrimination, Wrongful Termination, and Retaliation.
Cases were filed across 1 state (OH).
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 2 distinct cases.
Jurisdictions represented in the analyzed opinions.
About this employer
University of Akron appears in 3 trusted published federal employment opinions. Recent written decisions on record:
Feerasta v. Univ. of Akron (2022) — Defendant Win. A 68-year-old tenured professor at the University of Akron was laid off in summer 2020 as part of a larger workforce reduction affecting 96 faculty members. The professor had recently returned from medical leave following heart surgery. Read the ruling.
Speers v. University of Akron (2002) — Mixed Result. An employee named Speers filed a lawsuit against the University of Akron, claiming the university discriminated against them, failed to accommodate their needs, created a hostile work environment, and wrongfully fired them. Read the ruling.
Hardman v. University of Akron (2000) — Defendant Win. This case involved an employment discrimination lawsuit filed by Hardman against the University of Akron in 2000. The employee claimed they faced discrimination at work, though the specific details of the alleged discriminatory conduct are not provided in the available information. Read the ruling.
The published opinions primarily involve Discrimination, Wrongful Termination, Retaliation. Browse the linked claim hubs for outcome statistics and other employers facing the same allegations. Discrimination, Wrongful Termination and Retaliation.
Published opinions span Ohio. Ohio 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. Ohio rulings.
These published opinions sit within the education sector, where Title IX intersects with Title VII and tenure-revocation cases raise heightened procedural protections.
Claim Types
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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.