U.S. Department of Energy
5 distinct federal employment cases from public court records (2000–2026)
5 trusted published court opinions across 5 distinct cases
What public court records show
Public federal court records list U.S. Department of Energy as an employer in 5 distinct federal employment cases between 2000 and 2026.
Of the 5 trusted published opinions analyzed, the most common outcomes were: 4 ended in a ruling for the employer and 1 were sent back to a lower court.
The most common claims on record were Discrimination, Retaliation, and Wage Theft.
Cases were filed across 4 states, most often in DC.
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 5 distinct cases.
Jurisdictions represented in the analyzed opinions.
About this employer
U.S. Department of Energy appears in 5 trusted published federal employment opinions. Recent written decisions on record:
Farah Naz v. Chris Wright (2026) — Remanded. Farah Naz worked for the U.S. Department of Energy and filed a lawsuit claiming she experienced discrimination and retaliation based on her protected characteristics. The employer filed a motion to dismiss her case, arguing it lacked merit. Read the ruling.
Lanier v. U.S. Dep't of Labor (2017) — Defendant Win. Workers who survived relatives employed by the Department of Energy filed a claim seeking survivor benefits under a federal program designed to compensate people harmed by occupational illnesses. Read the ruling.
Barrie v. U.S. Department of Labor (2011) — Defendant Win. Barrie filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Labor, raising employment law claims. The specific details of the dispute were not provided in the available case information, but the lawsuit involved a disagreement related to employment rights or practices at the Department of Labor. Read the ruling.
The published opinions primarily involve Discrimination, Retaliation, Wage Theft. Browse the linked claim hubs for outcome statistics and other employers facing the same allegations. Discrimination, Retaliation and Wage Theft.
Published opinions span District of Columbia (2), Colorado (1), Kentucky (1), Washington (1). District of Columbia 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. District of Columbia rulings, Colorado rulings, Kentucky rulings and Washington rulings.
These published opinions sit within the public sector, where due-process protections, First Amendment retaliation, and union-related (NLRA / state PERB) claims apply.
Opinion Outcomes
Opinion Stages
5 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.
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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.