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
National Labor Relations Board v. TEC Electric, Inc.
Owens Corning v. Natl Union Fire
American Civil Liberties Union v. McCreary County
National Labor Relations Board v. Industrial Experimental & Manufacturing Co.
National Labor Relations Board v. T & C, LLC
Healthcare and Ret v. NLRB
Sneed
Thornton
Armco Employees Independent Federation v. Ak Steel Corporation
Armco Employees v. AK Steel Corp
Lozada
Howard
National Labor Relations Board v. Queen Industrial Products Corp.
Dayton Newspapers, Inc. v. Teamsters Local Union No. 957
Best
EEOC v. UPS, Inc
Ramada Franchise Systems, Inc. v. Hanna Hotel Enterprises, LLC
United Food & Commercial Workers, Local Union 1099 v. City of Sidney
Weaver
National Labor Relations Board, Teamsters Local Union No. 20, Intervenor v. Seawin, Inc.
NLRB v. Seawin Inc
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. J. H. Routh Packing Co.
EEOC v. J H Routh Packing Co
Jerome King v. Jericol Mining, Inc. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor
Pace Local Union 1967 v. Champion International Corp.
Eaton Corp. v. Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical & Energy Workers International Union
Ohio Cast Products, Inc. v. The Occupational Safety & Health Review Commission and Alexis M. Herman, Secretary of Labor
Kenneth R. Smoot v. United Transportation Union Csx Transportation, Inc.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. United Ass'n of Journeyman & Apprentices of the Plumbing & Pipefitters Industry, Local No. 120
Smoot
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. United Association Of Journeymen And Apprentices Of The Plumbing & Pipefitting Industry Of The United States And Canada, Local No. 120
BE&K Construction Co. v. National Labor Relations Board
BE&K Constr v. NLRB
Carswell
National Labor Relations Board v. Refrigeration Service, Inc.
National Labor Relations Board v. CompManagement Health Systems, Inc.
Adams
American Civil Liberties Union v. Capitol Square Review & Advisory Board
Fish
Lucas
Roadway Express, Inc. v. Administrative Review Board, U.S. Department of Labor
Sandusky Mall Co. v. National Labor Relations Board
Sandusky Mall Co v. NLRB
Fuhr
International Union of Electronic v. Hurd Corp.
National Labor Relations Board v. MBV Technologies, Inc.
Gougler Industries, Inc. v. Local 169 International Union
National Labor Relations Board v. Carpentry Contractors, Inc.
Booth
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. United Ass'n of Journeymen, Local No. 120
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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.