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
Roumeliote
National Labor Relations Board v. Inter-Disciplinary Advantage, Inc.
Adams
DETTLING
Doreen Fuelling v. New Vision Med. Laboratories
Jenkins
Tipton
Michigan Electrical Employees Pension Fund v. Encompass Electric & Data, Inc.
Wrobbel
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Texas Hydraulics, Inc.
Innovation Ventures, L.L.C. v. Custom Nutrition Laboratories, L.L.C.
Amadasu
Amadasu
UAW
Jolliff
Joliff
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Ford Motor Credit Co.
United Steel, Paper & Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial & Service Workers Int'l Union v. Dixie Consumer Products, LLC
Liberty Nursing Center of Willard, Inc. v. United Food & Commercial Workers Union Local 911
Conagra Foods, Inc. v. United Foods & Commercial Workers, Local Union 911
Reed
DiPietro
International Union v. Michigan Mechanical Services, Inc.
Adams
McNeill
Blessing
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Lucent Technologies, Inc.
National Labor Relations Board v. St. Mary's Acquisition Co.
J.B.D.L. Corp. v. Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories, Inc.
J.B.D.L. Corporation v. Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories, Inc.
Thomas Wenner v. Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada
Burrell
Hoyer
Center Construction Co. v. National Labor Relations Board
Anna Maday v. Public Libraries of Saginaw
Maday
Sears
Peterbilt Motors Co. v. UAW International Union
Citizens Insurance Co. of America v. Pitney Bowes Software Systems Employee Medical & Health Care Service Corp.
Angel
Union Planters Bank, N.A. v. Continental Casualty Co.
Michigan Family Resources, Inc. v. Service Employees International Union Local 517m
Roumeliote
Moore
Abusada
Darryl White v. Detroit Edison Company, Utility Workers Union of America Afl-Cio, and Utility Workers Union of America Local 223
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Jefferson County Sheriff's Department
Dozier
Lubrizol Corp. v. National Union Fire Insurance
Pearson
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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.