University of Michigan
36 distinct federal employment cases from public court records (1998–2025)
7 trusted published court opinions across 7 distinct cases · 7 docket-only cases without a recorded end date
What public court records show
Public federal court records list University of Michigan as an employer in 36 distinct federal employment cases between 1998 and 2025.
Of the 7 trusted published opinions analyzed, the most common outcomes were: 3 ended in a ruling for the employer, 2 were dismissed, 1 settled, and 1 had a mixed result.
The most common claims on record were Discrimination, Retaliation, and Hostile Work Environment.
Cases were filed across 1 state (MI).
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 7 distinct cases.
Jurisdictions represented in the analyzed opinions.
About this employer
University of Michigan appears in 7 trusted published federal employment opinions. Recent written decisions on record:
Daniels v. University of Michigan (2025) — Defendant Win. A University of Michigan employee, Daniels, sued the university claiming wrongful termination and discrimination. The employee argued that the university violated their constitutional rights to fair treatment and equal protection under federal law. Read the ruling.
Beny v. University of Michigan (2024) — Defendant Win. An employee at the University of Michigan filed a lawsuit claiming the university discriminated against them, retaliated against them for protected activity, and created a hostile work environment. The employee also raised an Equal Pay Act claim, which addresses wage discrimination based on gender. Read the ruling.
Ashford v. University of Michigan (2022) — Mixed Result. Read the ruling.
The published opinions primarily involve Discrimination (3 of 7), Retaliation (2 of 7), Hostile Work Environment (2 of 7). Browse the linked claim hubs for outcome statistics and other employers facing the same allegations. Discrimination, Retaliation and Hostile Work Environment.
Published opinions span Michigan. Michigan 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. Michigan rulings.
These published opinions sit within the education sector, where Title IX intersects with Title VII and tenure-revocation cases raise heightened procedural protections.
Opinion Outcomes
Opinion Stages
7 analyzed opinions have a classified procedural stage.
Of the 2 summary-judgment opinions, 1 ended the case in University of Michigan’s favor and 1 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.
- Motion to dismiss
- An early request — usually by the employer — to throw the case out before any evidence is gathered.
- Settlement / consent decree
- The two sides resolved the dispute by agreement, sometimes with court approval. Most settlements are private and never show up in published opinions.
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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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.