Employment Rulings in the Fourth Circuit
The Fourth Circuit covers the federal courts in Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia. The rulings below come from the circuit's court of appeals and the federal trial courts within it.
Of the 829 published rulings we track here (1976–2026), the breakdowns below show how they were decided. They describe published opinions only — not the odds of any particular situation.
How These Rulings Ended
Of the 829 published rulings we track in the Fourth Circuit.
What Happens at Each Stage
A workplace lawsuit moves through stages, and a ruling can end it at any of them. Here is where the 825 rulings we could classify by stage were decided.
A higher court reviewing an earlier decision. Many published opinions come from this stage, after a lot has already happened in the case.
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.
Of the 159 summary-judgment rulings here, 112 ended the case in the employer’s favor and 47 let the worker’s claims continue.
An early request — usually by the employer — to throw the case out before any evidence is gathered.
A judge or jury heard the evidence and reached a decision. Relatively few disputes get this far.
The two sides resolved the dispute by agreement, sometimes with court approval. Most settlements are private and never show up in published opinions.
A decision entered because one side did not respond to the case at all.
Procedural decisions and orders that do not fit the main stages above.
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Recent Rulings in the Fourth Circuit
Adams v. Anne Arundel County Public Schools
Freight Drivers & Helpers Local Union No. 557 Pension Fund v. Penske Logistics LLC
WMATA
Freeman
Edmond Adams, III v. Warden Eagleton
McCabe
Jorge Duran-Quezada v. Clark Construction Group, LLC
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. A.C. Widenhouse, Inc.
Njuguna
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Baltimore County
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Propak Logistics, Inc.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Performance Food Group, Inc.
Laborers' Dist. Council Pension & Disability Trust Fund No. 2 v. Geofreeze, Inc.
Adams
Felt v. MEI Technologies, Inc.
Baiden-Adams
Gestamp South Carolina, L.L.C. v. National Labor Relations Board
Gestamp South Carolina, L.L.C. v. NLRB
Cepada
Baiden-Adams
Freeman
Chamber of Commerce v. National Labor Relations Board
Deborah Adams v. Kroger Limited Partnership I
Lee Farkas v. National Union Fire Insurance
Pagidipati Enterprises, Inc. v. Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings
NLRB v. Engineering Contractors, Inc.
National Labor Relations Board v. Daycon Products Co.
Pessoa Construction Co. v. National Labor Relations Board
Ashland Facility Operations, LLC v. National Labor Relations Board
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Thompson Contracting, Grading, Paving, & Utilities, Inc.
Esther Lewis v. Navy Federal Credit Union
Randstad
Randstad
Steven Ivey v. Fair Labor Relations Authority
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Inc.
Intermet Corp. v. United Steel, Paper & Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial & Service Workers International Union
Minor
Kathy Minor v. Bostwick Laboratories, Incorporated
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Great Steaks, Inc.
Dickenson-Russell Coal Co. v. International Union, United Mine Workers
Adam Ciralsky v. George Tenet
Pepper
McInnes
National Labor Relations Board v. White Oak Manor
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. CTI Global Solutions, Inc.
Petway v. National Labor Relations Board
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Hickory Park Furniture Galleries, Inc.
National Labor Relations Board v. Diversified Enterprise, Inc.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Thompson Contracting, Grading, Paving, & Utilities, Inc.
Adams
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These figures summarize publicly available published court opinions only. Published opinions over-represent summary-judgment rulings (decisions made without a trial) and appeals, because those are the stages where judges most often write formal opinions. Most workplace disputes settle privately and never appear here at all. A ruling’s outcome reflects many case-specific factors and is not a prediction for any other situation. Read more about how we source and classify rulings.
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 classification of outcomes and case stages is based on automated analysis and may not reflect the full scope of each case.