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
Browse rulings from courts in each state the Sixth Circuit covers.
Recent Rulings in the Sixth Circuit
EEOC v. Hosanna-Taylor Evangelical Lut
Ohic Insurance v. Employers Reinsurance Corp.
Atifah
Marshall
Chattman
Messick
American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky v. Grayson County
Senzarin v. Abbott Severance Pay Plan for Employees of Kos Pharmaceuticals
Lansing Community College v. National Union Fire Insurance
NATIONAL SIGN AND SIGNAL v. Livingston
Michigan American Federation of State County & Municipal Employees Council 25, Local 1640 v. Matrix Human Services
Kimble v. WASYLYSHYN
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Memphis Goodwill Industries Inc.
Stuart v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County
Laborers' Pension Trust Fund-Detroit & Vicinity v. Rocwall Co.
Anderson
Rottler v. Michigan Automotive Compressor, Inc.
Pacheco v. Boar's Head Provisions Co., Inc.
Chancellor v. COCA-COLA ENTERPRISES, INC.
Frisby
Maldanado v. THE PICTSWEET CO.
Johnson v. Koch Foods, Inc.
Town & Country Plumbing & Heating, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
National Labor Relations Board v. Mays Printing Co.
Carreno v. DOJI, INC.
Wuerth
Indiana State District Council of Laborers v. Omnicare, Inc.
Omnicare
In Re Honda of America Mfg., Inc. Erisa Fees Lit.
Alticor, Inc. v. National Union Fire Insurance
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. FPM Group, Ltd.
Boards of Trustees of Ohio Laborers' Fringe Benefit Programs v. West End Land Development, Inc.
Wolverine World Wide, Inc. v. Wolverine Canada, Inc.
Hickey
Multi-Flow Dispensers of Toledo, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
Brotherhood
Dematic Corp. v. International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers of America
Sheldon Gordon v. David Dadante
Cnh
Lombard v. UAW International Union, Local 174
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
Balzer
Ellsworth
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Co.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Co.
Adams
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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.