Walmart Inc.
1,528 distinct federal employment cases from public court records (1995–2026)
151 trusted published court opinions across 139 distinct cases · 114 docket-only cases without a recorded end date
What public court records show
Public federal court records list Walmart Inc. as an employer in 1,528 distinct federal employment cases between 1995 and 2026.
Of the 151 trusted published opinions analyzed, the most common outcomes were: 74 ended in a ruling for the employer, 23 were dismissed, 22 had a mixed result, and 18 ended in a ruling for the worker.
Plaintiffs won 18 of 137 adjudicated opinions (13%).
The most common claims on record were Discrimination, Failure To Accommodate, and Retaliation.
Cases were filed across 33 states, most often in CA.
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 139 distinct cases.
18 of 137 adjudicated opinions ended in a plaintiff win.
Does not imply wrongdoing — many cases are dismissed or resolved without findings of liability.
Positive amounts in plaintiff-win, mixed-outcome, or settlement opinions only. AI-extracted; amounts may not equal money paid.
Jurisdictions represented in the analyzed opinions.
About this employer
Walmart Inc. appears in 151 trusted published federal employment opinions. Recent written decisions on record:
Elena Mukhina v. Walmart, Inc. (2025) — Defendant Win. Elena Mukhina filed a lawsuit against Walmart claiming she faced unfair treatment based on her national origin and religion. She also alleged the workplace was hostile toward her and that Walmart punished her for complaining about these issues. Read the ruling.
Grier v. Wal-Mart Inc. (2025) — Dismissed. A Wal-Mart employee named Grier filed a lawsuit claiming the company wrongfully fired them and retaliated against them for protected activity. Grier represented himself in court without a lawyer. Read the ruling.
Williams v. Walmart, Inc. (2025) — Mixed Result. Williams filed a lawsuit against Walmart claiming discrimination, retaliation, wrongful termination, and failure to accommodate. The case also included defamation claims against Walmart and Sam's Club, and named company leaders McMillon and Walton Enterprises as defendants. Read the ruling.
The published opinions primarily involve Discrimination (63 of 151), Failure to Accommodate (45 of 151), Retaliation (41 of 151). Browse the linked claim hubs for outcome statistics and other employers facing the same allegations. Discrimination, Failure to Accommodate and Retaliation.
Published opinions span California (19), Wisconsin (12), Florida (9), Arkansas (6). California 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. California rulings, Wisconsin rulings, Florida rulings and Arkansas rulings.
These published opinions sit within the retail sector, where wage-and-hour, scheduling, and Title VII harassment claims are the dominant categories.
Opinion Outcomes
Opinion Stages
147 analyzed opinions have a classified procedural stage.
Of the 32 summary-judgment opinions, 26 ended the case in Walmart Inc.’s favor and 6 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.
- Trial verdict
- A judge or jury heard the evidence and reached a decision. Relatively few disputes get this far.
- 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.
- Other rulings
- Procedural decisions and orders that do not fit the main stages above.
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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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.