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 1,919 published rulings we track here (1973–2026), 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 1,919 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 1,893 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 305 summary-judgment rulings here, 200 ended the case in the employer’s favor and 105 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
Laborers' International Union of North America Local 1353 v. West Virginia American Water Company
Keith Carroll v. Northwest Federal Credit Union
Neil Letren v. Trans Union LLC
Jerry Mullins v. The Union Memorial Hospital
Price
The Monongalia County Coal Company v. United Mine Workers of America, International Union
LTD
You
The Humane Society of the US v. National Union Fire Insurance
Gateway Residences at Exch., LLC v. Ill. Union Ins. Co.
U.S. Dep't of Labor v. Fire & Safety Investigation Consulting Servs., LLC
Attorney Grievance Commission v. Jason Edward Rheinstein
Hyde
Dominique Adams v. J.S. Horne
Adams
Constellium Rolled Products Ravenswood, LLC v. United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union, AFL-CIO/CLC
Anthony Bussie v. 408 Union - North Carolina
Adams
Kelvin Canada v. Lieutenant Rountree
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Big Lots Stores, Inc.
NLRB v. Retro Environmental, Inc.
Estate of Wayne A. Jones v. The City of Martinsburg
Amanda Shoemaker v. Alcon Laboratories, Inc.
Crisell Seguin v. US Department of Labor
Carroll
International Union, United Mine Workers of America v. Consol Energy, Inc.
Kelvin Canada v. Christopher Gilbert
United States Department of Labor v. Fire & Safety Investigation Consulting Services, LLC
Bakery & Confectionary Union & Indus. Int'l Pension Fund v. Just Born II, Inc.
Bruce Levine v. Employers Ins. Co. of Wausau
Kukia Farrish v. Navy Federal Credit Union
DOWCP
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Maryland Insurance Administration
Young
Fed. Energy Regulatory Comm'n v. Powhatan Energy Fund, LLC
Adam Toghill v. Harold Clarke
DOWCP
Intellectual Ventures I LLC v. Capital One Financial Corp.
Gregory Alan Adams, Jr. v. New Hanover County Detention
S. Freedman & Sons, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
Foster
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. McLeod Health, Inc.
Glass, Molders, Pottery, Plastics & Allied Workers International Union, AFL-CIO, CLC v. Tecnocap LLC
Fraternal Order of Police Metro Transit Police Labor Committee, Inc. v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Glaspell
Henry
Hugler
Rockman
Michael Breyan v. Classification Employees
Brundle ex rel. Constellis Employee Stock Ownership Plan v. Wilmington Trust, N.A.
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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.