Whole Foods Market, Inc.
65 distinct federal cases coded as employment matters from public court records (2010–2026)
2 trusted published court opinions across 2 distinct cases · 4 docket-only cases without a recorded end date
What public court records show
In public federal court records, Whole Foods Market, Inc. is named as a defendant in 65 federal cases coded as employment matters between 2010 and 2026.
Across 2 trusted published opinions analyzed, recorded claim types include Discrimination, Failure To Accommodate, and Retaliation.
The analyzed published opinions with a recorded state span 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 2 distinct cases.
Jurisdictions represented in the analyzed opinions.
About this employer
Whole Foods Market, Inc. appears in 2 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.
Newton v. Bezos (2020) — Dismissed. Read the ruling.
Across 2 trusted published opinions analyzed, recorded claim types include Discrimination, Failure to Accommodate, Retaliation. Browse the linked claim hubs for other published opinions involving these claim types. Discrimination, Failure to Accommodate and Retaliation.
Published opinions span New York (1), 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.
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.