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 1,632 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.
Of the 1,632 published rulings we track in the Fourth Circuit.
A workplace lawsuit moves through stages, and a ruling can end it at any of them. Here is where the 1,620 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 304 summary-judgment rulings here, 188 ended the case in the employer’s favor and 116 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.
Browse rulings from courts in each state the Fourth Circuit covers.
National Taxpayers Union v. United States Social Security Administration
National Taxpayers Union v. United States Social Security Administration
Hasan
Clark v. BASF Salaried Employees' Pension Plan
Murray
Melvin Sidwell v. Virginia International Terminals, Inc. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor
Kess
Matthew Dixon v. Coburg Dairy, Incorporated, Equal Employment Advisory Council, Amicus Curiae
International Chemical Workers Union Council of United Food & Commercial Workers v. PPG Industries, Inc.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Greenbriar Pontiac-Oldsmobile-GMC Trucks-Kia, Inc.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Warfield-Rohr Casket Company, Incorporated
Kimes
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company v. Michael Firth Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor
Bakery and Confectionery Union and Industry Intern. Pension Fund v. New World Pasta Co.
National Labor Relations Board v. Media General Operations, Inc.
Portoreal-Quezada
Lombard Canada, Ltd. Ex Rel. B & D Lalonde Trucking & Hauling, Inc. v. Johnson
Miller v. Washington Workplace, Inc.
Lombard Canada, Ltd. v. Johnson
NLRB v. Transpersonnel Inc.
Crenshaw
Crenshaw
National Labor Relations Board v. Transpersonnel, Incorporated, Transpersonnel, Incorporated v. National Labor Relations Board
Kanazeh
Bedrock Services v. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union Nos. 238, 342 & 495
Kress
In Re Walker
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Bojangles Restaurants, Inc.
Adan
National Union Fire Insurance v. Allfirst Bank
John W. Hancock, Jr., Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
Parker
Anheuser-Busch, Incorporated v. National Labor Relations Board, National Labor Relations Board v. Anheuser-Busch, Incorporated
Anheuser-Busch Inc v. NLRB
Adams
Jeffery
National Labor Relations Board v. Kodiak Electric Co.
National Labor Relations Board v. Forsyth Electrical Co.
In Re Duke Energy ERISA Litigation
Mingo Logan Coal Co. v. National Labor Relations Board
Touchstone Research Laboratory, Ltd. v. Anchor Equipment Sales, Inc.
Adams
Ricks
Williams v. Union Memorial Hospital
Biovail Corp. v. Mylan Laboratories, Inc.
Parada v. U.S. Immigration & Naturalization Service
National Labor Relations Board v. Mining Specialists, Incorporated, and Its Alter Ego or Successor Point Mining, Inc.
NLRB v. Mining Specialists
Smith v. Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories Co.
Mullins
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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.