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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States in This Circuit
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Recent Rulings in the Fourth Circuit
Peabody Holding Co. v. United Mine Workers International Union
Warren
David Warren v. Tri Tech Laboratories, Inc.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. A.C. Widenhouse, Inc.
NISH
Enoch
Njuguna
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Baltimore County
Dickenson-Russell Coal Company v. Secretary of Labor
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.
Diane Rosenberg v. Lucrezia Canaday
Adams
Carolyn Adams v. Sheppard Pratt Health System
Sisk
Raw Coal Mining Company, Inc. v. Secretary of Labor
Raw Coal Mining Company, Inc. v. Secretary of Labor
Ladeairous
Joseph Ladeairous v. Eddie Pearson
Warren
Lincoln v. Employment Services
William Lincoln, Jr. v. Employment Services
Felt v. MEI Technologies, Inc.
Baiden-Adams
International Waste Industries Corp. v. Cape Environmental Management, Inc.
National Treasury Employees Union v. Federal Labor Relations Authority
Jack
Todd Jack v. Virginia Employment Commission
Banks
William Banks, Jr. v. Government Employees Insurance
Gestamp South Carolina, L.L.C. v. National Labor Relations Board
Gestamp South Carolina, L.L.C. v. NLRB
Lester
Steve Lester v. In Employee LT Church
Cepada
Westmoreland Coal Co. v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor
Baiden-Adams
Freeman
Tommy Stevens v. Unknown Name Employee(s) of US
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, AFL-CIO, Local Union No. 289 v. Verizon South, Inc.
National Labor Relations Board v. Enterprise Leasing Co. Southeast, LLC
Flournoy v. South Carolina Department of Employment & Workforce
Chamber of Commerce v. National Labor Relations Board
Deborah Adams v. Kroger Limited Partnership I
Banks
Adam
Abdou-Malik Adam v. Wells Fargo Bank
Lee Farkas v. National Union Fire Insurance
Pagidipati Enterprises, Inc. v. Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings
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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.