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.
Doe
Hobson
Hammoud
Robertson
Hart
Gatebe
Anderson
Marino
Garcia
Johnson v. US Trinity Energy Labor Services LLC
Penland
Thomas Harwood, III v. American Airlines, Inc.
Thomas Harwood, III v. American Airlines, Inc.
Dillard
Phelps
Smiley
Parks
Guzman
Persinger
Fonseca
Quiroz
Grant
TAU
Johnson v. Local Government Federal Credit Union
Construction Laborers Pension Trust Southern CA v. Marriott International, Inc.
Construction Laborers Pension Trust Southern CA v. Marriott International, Inc.
Jackson v. Sprint/United Management Company
Fonseca
Speight
DeAndre James v. Paul Adams
DeAndre James v. Paul Adams
Gabriel Morrison-Mitchell v. Paul Adams
Jones
Curtis
Poston
Ricketts
Tedder
Palmer v. Centerra Group, LLC
Lashley
Adams
Williams v. BTST Services, LLC
Aguilar
Jeffery
Krehbiel
Sanders
Talley
Adams
Winfred Nicholson v. UNIFY Financial Credit Union
Tsague
Richardson v. Union Public Safety Department Police
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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.