Whole Foods Market, Inc.
59 distinct federal employment cases from public court records (2010–2026)
7 trusted published court opinions across 7 distinct cases · 4 docket-only cases without a recorded end date
What public court records show
Public federal court records list Whole Foods Market, Inc. as an employer in 59 distinct federal employment cases between 2010 and 2026.
Of the 7 trusted published opinions analyzed, the most common outcomes were: 4 ended in a ruling for the employer, 1 ended in a ruling for the worker, 1 settled, and 1 was dismissed.
The most common claims on record were Discrimination, Retaliation, and Breach Of Contract.
Cases were filed across 2 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.
Written decisions across 7 distinct cases.
Jurisdictions represented in the analyzed opinions.
About this employer
Whole Foods Market, Inc. appears in 7 trusted published federal employment opinions. Recent written decisions on record:
Hawkins v. Whole Foods Market Inc. (2026) — Defendant Win. Hawkins filed a lawsuit against Whole Foods Market Group, claiming she experienced discrimination, retaliation, and a hostile work environment based on a protected characteristic. She pursued her case under Title VII, a major federal law protecting workers from workplace discrimination. Read the ruling.
Franklin v. Whole Foods Market Group, Inc. (2022) — Plaintiff Win. This case involved a worker named Franklin who filed a discrimination lawsuit against Whole Foods Market Group, Inc. in federal court in New York in June 2022. Franklin claimed the company violated civil rights laws through discriminatory practices, though the specific details of what type of discrimination occurred ar… Read the ruling.
Whole Foods Market Group, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board (2017) — Defendant Win. Whole Foods had a company policy that banned employees from recording conversations and activities at work. The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), a government agency that protects workers' rights, said this policy was too strict and violated federal labor law. Read the ruling.
The published opinions primarily involve Discrimination (2 of 7), Retaliation (2 of 7), Breach of Contract. Browse the linked claim hubs for outcome statistics and other employers facing the same allegations. Discrimination, Retaliation and Breach of Contract.
Published opinions span New York (3), District of Columbia (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 and District of Columbia 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
6 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.
- 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
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.