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UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

18 federal employment cases from public court records (19882024)

7 with a published ruling · 11 open dockets

What public court records show

Public federal court records list UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA as an employer in 18 employment matters between 1988 and 2024.

Of the 6 matters with a recorded outcome, the most common were: 3 ended in a ruling for the employer, 1 ended in a ruling for the worker, 1 had a mixed result, and 1 were sent back to a lower court.

Workers obtained a favorable ruling in about 17% of matters with a recorded outcome.

The most common claims on record were Discrimination, Retaliation, and Wrongful Termination.

Cases were filed across 2 states, most often in 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.

18
Federal Cases
17%
Plaintiff Win Rate

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

2
States
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About this employer

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA appears in 6 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 Discrimination (3 of 6), Retaliation, Wrongful Termination. Browse the linked claim hubs for outcome statistics and other employers facing the same allegations. Discrimination, Retaliation and Wrongful Termination.

Rulings span Pennsylvania (3), Florida (1). 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 and Florida rulings.

Case Outcomes

Defendant Win
3 (50%)
Plaintiff Win
1 (17%)
Mixed Result
1 (17%)
Remanded
1 (17%)

Case Stages

The stage at which courts issued UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA’s 6 stage-identified rulings.

Appeal
5
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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Federal cases

public court records

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

Employee v. UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
E.D. Pa. · Dec 2024
Open docket
Employee v. THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
E.D. Pa. · Jun 2024 · Pennsylvania · Discrimination
Remanded
Employee v. THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
E.D. Pa. · Feb 2024
Open docket
Employee v. UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
E.D. Pa. · Jan 2024
Open docket
Employee v. THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
E.D. Pa. · Jan 2022
Open docket
Employee v. UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
E.D. Pa. · Jun 2021 · Pennsylvania · Discrimination
Plaintiff Win
Employee v. The City of Orlando
M.D. Fla. · Mar 2021 · Florida · Breach of Contract
Mixed Result
Employee v. UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
E.D. Pa. · Aug 2019
Open docket
Employee v. UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
E.D. Pa. · Jun 2017
Open docket
Employee v. THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
E.D. Pa. · Mar 2017
Open docket
Employee v. UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
E.D. Pa. · Sep 2015
Open docket
Employee v. THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
E.D. Pa. · Nov 2013
Open docket
Employee v. THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
E.D. Pa. · Jan 2013
Open docket
Employee v. UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
E.D. Pa. · Mar 2010
Open docket
Employee v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
U.S. Supreme Court · Nov 1989 · Pennsylvania · Discrimination
Open docket
Employee v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
U.S. Supreme Court · Apr 1989 · Pennsylvania · Discrimination
Defendant Win
Employee v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
U.S. Supreme Court · Dec 1988
Defendant Win
Employee v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
U.S. Supreme Court · Dec 1988
Defendant Win
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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.