Labor & Employment

By claim type

• Employee Retirement Income Security Act

  302,851 cases · 83,603 reached a judgment
  74.4%

  plaintiff win
• Fair Labor Standards Act

  148,241 cases · 17,597 reached a judgment
  62.1%

  plaintiff win
• Labor/Management Relations Act

  51,597 cases · 15,709 reached a judgment
  50.5%

  plaintiff win
• Other labor litigation

  48,011 cases · 9,507 reached a judgment
  38.2%

  plaintiff win
• Family and Medical Leave Act

  10,840 cases · 767 reached a judgment
  8.2%

  plaintiff win
• Railway Labor Act

  4,165 cases · 1,123 reached a judgment
  18.9%

  plaintiff win
• Labor/Management report & disclosure

  3,175 cases · 1,004 reached a judgment
  35.9%

  plaintiff win

Source: FJC Integrated Database (public domain), via CourtListener — federal civil cases filed and terminated, 1988–present. Figures are descriptive statistics about how cases of a given type have closed in a given court. They describe the historical record — not a prediction or assessment of any specific case. Not legal advice.