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Whole Foods Market, Inc.

60 federal employment cases from public court records (20102025)

8 with a published ruling · 52 open dockets

What public court records show

Public federal court records list Whole Foods Market, Inc. as an employer in 60 employment matters between 2010 and 2025.

Of the 8 matters with a recorded outcome, the most common were: 3 ended in a ruling for the employer, 2 ended in a ruling for the worker, 1 were sent back to a lower court, and 1 were dismissed.

Workers obtained a favorable ruling in about 25% of matters with a recorded outcome.

The most common claims on record were Breach Of Contract, Retaliation, and Discrimination.

Cases were filed across 4 states, most often in NY.

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.

60
Federal Cases
25%
Plaintiff Win Rate

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

4
States
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About this employer

Whole Foods Market, Inc. appears in 8 federal employment-law court rulings on record. These cases sit within the retail sector, where wage-and-hour, scheduling, and Title VII harassment claims are the dominant categories. 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 Breach of Contract, Retaliation, Discrimination. Browse the linked claim hubs for outcome statistics and other employers facing the same allegations. Breach of Contract, Retaliation and Discrimination.

Rulings span New York (2), Alabama (1), Washington (1), Texas (1). New York 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. New York rulings, Alabama rulings, Washington rulings and Texas rulings.

Case Outcomes

Defendant Win
3 (38%)
Plaintiff Win
2 (25%)
Remanded
1 (13%)
Dismissed
1 (13%)
Settlement
1 (13%)

Case Stages

The stage at which courts issued Whole Foods Market, Inc.’s 7 stage-identified rulings.

Appeal
3
Motion to dismiss
3
Settlement / consent decree
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.
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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Claim Types

Federal cases

public court records

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

Employee v. WHOLE FOODS MARKET GROUP INC.
D.N.J. · Nov 2025
Open docket
Employee v. Delta Airlines Inflight Services
W.D. Wash. · Sep 2025 · Washington
Dismissed
Employee v. Whole Foods Market Group, Inc.
S.D. Fla. · May 2025
Open docket
Employee v. Whole Foods Market Group, Inc.
S.D.N.Y. · Apr 2025
Open docket
Employee v. Harris County, Texas
S.D. Tex. · Jan 2025 · Texas · Wage Theft
Plaintiff Win
Employee v. Walmart Corporation
S.D. Ala. · Dec 2024 · Alabama
Remanded
Employee v. Whole Foods Market Group, Inc.
N.D. Ill. · May 2024
Open docket
Employee v. Whole Foods Market Group, Inc.
N.D. Ill. · Feb 2024
Open docket
Employee v. Whole Foods Market Group, Inc.
N.D. Ill. · Jan 2024
Open docket
Employee v. Whole Foods Market Group, Inc.
E.D.N.Y. · Oct 2023
Open docket
Employee v. Whole Foods Market, Inc.
N.D. Ill. · Jul 2023
Open docket
Employee v. Whole Foods Market Group, Inc.
S.D.N.Y. · Jun 2022 · New York · Discrimination
Plaintiff Win
Employee v. Whole Foods Market Group, Inc.
M.D. Fla. · Jul 2021
Open docket
Employee v. Whole Foods Market, Inc.
S.D.N.Y. · Apr 2021
Settlement
Employee v. Whole Foods Market Group, Inc.
S.D. Fla. · Jan 2021
Open docket
Employee v. WHOLE FOODS MARKET, INC.
E.D. Pa. · Sep 2020
Open docket
Employee v. WHOLE FOODS MARKET GROUP, INC.
E.D. Pa. · Jun 2020
Open docket
Employee v. Whole Foods Market Group Inc.
S.D.N.Y. · Jun 2020
Open docket
Employee v. WHOLE FOODS MARKET, INC.
D.N.J. · Apr 2020
Open docket
Employee v. WHOLE FOODS MARKET GROUP, INC.
D.D.C. · Mar 2020
Open docket
Employee v. WHOLE FOODS MARKET GROUP, INC.
D.N.J. · Jan 2020
Open docket
Employee v. Whole Foods Market Group, Inc.
S.D. Fla. · Feb 2019
Open docket
Employee v. WHOLE FOODS MARKET GROUP, INC.
E.D. Pa. · Oct 2018
Open docket
Employee v. Whole Foods Mkt., Inc.
5th Circuit · Oct 2018
Defendant Win
Employee v. Whole Foods Market Group, Inc.
S.D.N.Y. · Aug 2018
Open docket
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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.