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.
Schuette
Trustees of the Bricklayers and Masons Local No. 22 Pension Plan v. 5 STAR MASONRY LLC
Ramos
Farmer
Alzid
Totty
Smith v. University of Michigan
Middleton
Adamczyk
Browning
Cooper
Slone
Machhal
Crossley
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Whiting-Turner Contracting Company, The
Kalyango
Mihocik
Josephson
Fisher
Liebau
Dunbar
Walsh
Guy
Hill
Ramsey
Williams v. Dean Transportation, Inc.
Buckley
Calmes
Qiu
Painting Contractor, LLC v. NLRB
Goodman, Sr. v. Valero Refining Company - Tennessee, L.L.C.
Middleton
Crockett
Jones
Foster
International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America v. Honeywell International Inc.
Mathews
Trapp
Qiu
Southall
Trapp
Staten
Zucca
Forester
Bibb
Massiah
Hayes
Clark v. Pizza Baker, Inc.
Boards of Trustees of The Ohio Laborers' Fringe Benefit Programs v. S & D Traffic Control, LLC
Wiler
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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.