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 2,139 published rulings we track here (1964–2026), the breakdowns below show how they were decided. They describe published opinions only — not the odds of any particular situation.
Of the 2,139 published rulings we track in the Sixth Circuit.
A workplace lawsuit moves through stages, and a ruling can end it at any of them. Here is where the 2,123 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 563 summary-judgment rulings here, 333 ended the case in the employer’s favor and 230 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 Sixth Circuit covers.
Outlaw Laboratory, LP v. OPDYKE GAS STATION INC
Outlaw Laboratory, LP v. HARPER FINISH LINE
Outlaw Laboratory, LP v. SYLVAN CONVENIENCE INC.
Outlaw Laboratory, LP v. MARVINS MINI MARKET
Adams
Fitzgerald
Blaylock
Bailey
Fitzgerald
West
Rodenbeck
Terrell
Martinez
Directors of the Ohio Conference of Plasterers and Cement Masons Combined Funds, Inc. v. ACL General Contracting Inc.
Challenge Mfg. Co. v. NLRB
Canaday
Adams
Green
Stanley, Jr. v. FCA US LLC
Kis
Taglione
Adams
Bird
Brown
Nealey
Lowe
Ware
Laborers' International Union of North America, Local 894 v. Wright Traffic Control Inc.
Rodenbeck
Lake Building Prods. v. Sec'y of Labor
Dennis
Miller v. Aetna Life Insurance Company
Kavalec
Perry
Boards of Trustees of the Ohio Laborers Benefits v. LA Williams Construction, LLC
Louisville City School District Board of Education v. Local 4 Ohio Association of Public School Employees (OAPSE)/AFSME AFL-CIO
Davis
Youthdevelopment Corp., USA v. North America's Building Trade Unions
McAllister
Perry
Tiedel
Baughman
UAW
GCIU - Employer Retirement Fund v. The Novelty Advertising Company
Boyd
Anderson
Michigan Laborers' Pension Fund v. Environmental Specialty Services, Inc.
Adams
Reed
Josephson
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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.