Employment Rulings in the Sixth Circuit
The Sixth Circuit covers the federal courts in Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and Tennessee. The rulings below come from the circuit's court of appeals and the federal trial courts within it.
Of the 1,113 published rulings we track here (1971–2026), 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 1,113 published rulings we track in the Sixth 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 1,109 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 290 summary-judgment rulings here, 209 ended the case in the employer’s favor and 81 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.
Top Claim Types
Top Employers
- General Motors Corporation7
- United States Postal Service7
- U.S. Bank National Association4
- General Motors, LLC4
- Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County4
- United Parcel Service, Inc.4
States in This Circuit
Browse rulings from courts in each state the Sixth Circuit covers.
Recent Rulings in the Sixth Circuit
Phillip Badalament v. United of Omaha Life Insurance
American Civil Liberties Union v. McCreary County
Swanigan
Treadwell
Melton v. United States Department of Labor
Burkholder
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church & School
EEOC v. Hosanna-Taylor Evangelical Lut
Atifah
Marshall
Chattman
Senzarin v. Abbott Severance Pay Plan for Employees of Kos Pharmaceuticals
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Memphis Goodwill Industries Inc.
Stuart v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County
Rottler v. Michigan Automotive Compressor, Inc.
Maldanado v. THE PICTSWEET CO.
Carreno v. DOJI, INC.
Wuerth
Boards of Trustees of Ohio Laborers' Fringe Benefit Programs v. West End Land Development, Inc.
Dematic Corp. v. International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers of America
Hance v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co.
Hance v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co
Reed
Jeffrey Reed v. International Union
R.H. Cochran & Associates, Inc. v. Sheet Metal Workers International Ass'n Local Union No. 33
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Co.
Ardingo v. Local 951, United Food & Commercial Workers Union
Columbia Gas of Ohio, Inc. v. Utility Workers Union of America, Local 349
Jeffrey Reed v. International Union
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Chrysler LLC
Toledo Newspaper Unions-Blade Pension Trust Fund v. Federal Insurance
Treadaway
Maher
DeLisle
Sherry DeLisle v. Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada
NLRB v. Jackson Hospital Corporation
Nada Hashem-Younes v. Danou Enterprises Incorporated
National Labor Relations Board v. Solartec, Inc.
John McMillan v. LTV Steel, Inc.
Shaw
Warehouse, Production, Maintenance & Miscellaneous Employees, Furniture, Piano & Express Drivers & Helpers Local Union No. 661 v. Zenith Logistics, Inc.
Martin
Redmon
National Labor Relations Board v. Consolidated Biscuit Co.
Exum v. National Labor Relations Board
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church & School
Ridgley
Sisk
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Taco Bell Corp.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Faurecia Exhaust Systems, Inc.
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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.