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
Deja Vu of Cincinnati, L.L.C. v. Union Township Board of Trustees
Deja Vu Of Cincinnati, L.L.C. v. The Union Township Board Of Trustees
Glenn Hunter & Associates, Inc. v. Union Pacific Railroad
Toledo Blade Newspaper Unions-Blade Pension Plan v. Investment Performance Services, LLC
Alticor, Inc. v. National Union Fire Insurance
Welty
UAW
Midkiff
Alken-Ziegler
Kovacs
UPS
Aretha Tucker v. Union of Needletrades, Industrial, and Textile Employees
Tucker
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Ameritech Services, Inc.
Guardian Auto Trim, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
National Labor Relations Board v. Trans Tech Logistics, Inc.
Mahaday
Solvita McMillan v. Ida Castro, Chairwoman, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Sherwin-Williams Company, Employee Health Plan Trust, Keybank, N.A. Trustee v. United States
Hadad
Wal-Mart
Alphonse Rainer v. Union Carbide Corporation
Observer & Eccentric Newspapers, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
Dayton Newspapers, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
Dayton Newspapers, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
Phillips
Jacada Ltd v. Intl Mktg Strategies
Hani Namo Revanada Marogi Namo Ban Razok Rita Hani Marogi Namo and Rana Hani Marogi Namo v. Alberto Gonzales, Attorney General
West
Airline Professionals Ass'n, Teamster Local Union 1224 v. ABX Air, Inc.
Rainer
Nguyen
City Of Monroe Employees Retirement System v. Bridgestone Corporation
City of Monroe Employees Retirement System v. Bridgestone Corp.
John Higgins v. International Union
Higgins
Csx Transportation, Inc. Consolidated Rail Corporation v. United Transportation Union General Committees of Adjustment
CSX Trans v. Untd Trans Union
Ferndale Laboratories, Inc. v. Schwarz Pharma, Inc.
Ploscowe
McNett
Anderson
In re CMS Energy Erisa Litigation
Derrick E. Harper v. Autoalliance International, Inc., Aai Employee Services Co., L.L.C., Jeffrey Kelly, and Allen Childress
Warren Davis v. International Union
Davis
Buckeye Electric Co. v. National Labor Relations Board
Potter
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Robertson Cheatham Farmers Cooperative
Processing Systems, LLC v. United Mine Workers, District 20 & Local Union 7425
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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.