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Discrimination Cases

4,554 employment law court rulings from public federal records (1964–2026)

4,554
Total Rulings
15%
Plaintiff Win Rate

624 of 4159 adjudicated opinions ended in a plaintiff win.

$2,802,682
Avg Damages Awarded (257 prevailing cases)
N.D. Ill.
Top Court

About Discrimination Claims

Employment discrimination occurs when an employer treats an employee or applicant unfavorably because of a protected characteristic such as race, sex, age, disability, or religion. Federal laws including Title VII, the ADA, and the ADEA prohibit workplace discrimination. These cases often involve claims of disparate treatment or disparate impact on protected groups.

Case Outcomes

Defendant Win
2234 (49%)
Mixed Result
652 (14%)
Dismissed
649 (14%)
Plaintiff Win
624 (14%)
Remanded
342 (8%)
Settlement
53 (1%)

Top Employers in Discrimination Cases

Employers most frequently appearing in discrimination rulings.

Court Rulings (4,554)

Scott
N.D. W. Va.Feb 27, 2020West Virginia
Defendant Win
Kulinski
W.D. Mich.Feb 27, 2020Michigan
Defendant Win
Estrada
N.D. Ill.Feb 27, 2020Illinois
Defendant Win
Walmart
W.D. Ark.Feb 26, 2020Arkansas
Dismissed
Sedillo
D. Colo.Feb 20, 2020Colorado
Plaintiff Win$50,000 awarded
WASHINGTON v. SMITH
W.D. Pa.Feb 18, 2020Pennsylvania
Defendant Win
Guadalupe Beltran v. Procare Pharmacy LLC
C.D. Cal.Feb 14, 2020California
Defendant Win
Carroll
M.D. Ala.Feb 11, 2020Alabama
Defendant Win
Spikes
S.D. Cal.Feb 11, 2020California
Defendant Win
Hill
N.D. Cal.Feb 11, 2020California
Mixed Result$18,750 awarded
Smith v. Kansas Public Employees Retirement System
D. Kan.Feb 10, 2020Kansas
Plaintiff Win
Woolf
2nd CircuitFeb 6, 2020New York
Defendant Win
Simmons
D. Nev.Feb 6, 2020Nevada
Dismissed
Woolf
2nd CircuitFeb 6, 2020
Defendant Win
Smith v. TFI Family Services, Inc.
D. Kan.Feb 5, 2020Kansas
Plaintiff Win
Flores
N.D. Cal.Feb 4, 2020California
Mixed Result
Williams v. Huntington Ingalls Incorporated
S.D. Miss.Feb 3, 2020Mississippi
Defendant Win
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Herb Hallman Chevrolet d/b/a Champion Chevrolet
D. Nev.Feb 3, 2020Nevada
Dismissed
Theidon v. Harvard University
1st CircuitJan 31, 2020Massachusetts
Defendant Win
Stewart
D. Or.Jan 30, 2020Oregon
Mixed Result
Phillips
M.D. Fla.Jan 30, 2020Florida
Dismissed
Potseluyko
S.D. Tex.Jan 30, 2020Texas
Defendant Win
Ford
W.D.N.Y.Jan 28, 2020New York
Defendant Win$10,921.8 at issue
Barrows
D.N.H.Jan 27, 2020New Hampshire
Dismissed
Winkfield
N.D. Ill.Jan 24, 2020Illinois
Defendant Win
Thomas
Ohio Ct. App.Jan 23, 2020Ohio

Arbitration agreement race discrimination retaliation motion to stay litigation pending arbitration non-class action claims procedurally unconscionable substantively unconscionable. - Trial court abused its discretion in granting employer's motion to stay litigation pending arbitration where the…

Remanded
James
D. Del.Jan 23, 2020Delaware
Defendant Win
Jennifer Garcia v. Randolph-Brooks Federal Credit Union
W.D. Tex.Jan 22, 2020Texas
Mixed Result
Laul
D.N.M.Jan 22, 2020New Mexico
Defendant Win
Brown
N.D. OhioJan 22, 2020Ohio
Dismissed
Berrios
N.D. Ill.Jan 21, 2020Illinois
Defendant Win
Swinton
S.D. Cal.Jan 17, 2020California
Defendant Win
Ramadan
E.D. Va.Jan 17, 2020Virginia
Dismissed
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Walmart Stores East, L.P.
W.D. Wis.Jan 16, 2020Wisconsin
Defendant Win
John Short v. Immokalee Water and Sewage District
11th CircuitJan 15, 2020
Defendant Win
Bagwell
D. Md.Jan 15, 2020Maryland
Defendant Win
Nicole Quezada v. Bechtel OG & C Construction
5th CircuitJan 14, 2020
Plaintiff Win$797,115.31 awarded
CVS
D. Md.Jan 14, 2020Maryland
Plaintiff Win$287,092.63 awarded
Howell
S.D. Ill.Jan 10, 2020Illinois
Mixed Result
Cover, Jr. v. OSF Healthcare Systems
N.D. Ill.Jan 9, 2020Illinois
Dismissed
Miller-Garcia
N.D. Cal.Jan 8, 2020California
Plaintiff Win
Payton
N.D. Ill.Jan 8, 2020Illinois
Mixed Result
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION v. 1618 CONCEPTS, INC.
M.D.N.C.Jan 7, 2020North Carolina
Mixed Result
De Valentino v. Houston Independent School District
S.D. Tex.Jan 6, 2020Texas
Defendant Win
Dickson
E.D. Mich.Jan 6, 2020Michigan
Mixed Result
CONSTANTINE ZOIS VS. KEAN UNIVERSITY (L-2741-15, UNION COUNTY AND STATEWIDE)
NJSUPERCTAPPDIVJan 6, 2020
Defendant Win
Mullens, Chad v. Adams County Government
W.D. Wis.Jan 6, 2020Wisconsin
Defendant Win
Chicago Teachers Union, Local 1 American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO v. Board Of Education City Of Chicago
N.D. Ill.Jan 3, 2020Illinois
Defendant Win
Kramlich
D. Mont.Jan 3, 2020Montana
Dismissed
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Roark-Whitten Hospitality 2, LP
D.N.M.Dec 30, 2019New Mexico
Plaintiff Win$1,150,760.38 awarded

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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 claim types is based on automated analysis and may not reflect the full scope of each case.