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 2,531 published rulings we track here (1949–2026), 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 2,531 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 2,489 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 484 summary-judgment rulings here, 285 ended the case in the employer’s favor and 199 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
- Ford Motor Company11
- United States Postal Service11
- General Motors Corporation9
- General Motors, LLC8
- United Parcel Service, Inc.8
- Abbott Laboratories7
States in This Circuit
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Recent Rulings in the Sixth Circuit
Tlapanco
Suvak
Boards of Trustees of The Ohio Laborers' Fringe Benefit Programs v. S & D Traffic Control, LLC
Fitzgerald
Render
Walsh
Blankenship
Church
Young
Lawrence
Gilinsky
Carter
Holman
Adamo Demolition Co. v. Int'l Union of Operating Eng'rs
Peake
Oblisk
Parker
Cephas-Hill
Reulbach
Vest
Neff
Benoist
Holmes
Holmes
Milman
Fitzgerald
InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA v. Board of Governors of Wayne State University
Best Value Auto Parts Distributors, Inc. v. Quality Collision Parts, Inc.
Jones
Vitolo
Graham
Bonds
Fijalkowski
Verso Corporation v. United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union, AFL-CIO/CLC
Nagarajan
Cromer
Madany
Walker
Ledford
Russell
Southall
Hawley
Hutt
Fulkerson
Quillen Smith v. U.S. Bank National Association
Davis
Slight
Pack
Martinez
Wilson
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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.