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title: Labor & employment — U.S. federal civil docket (FY2024)
license: CC0-1.0
source: Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts — Judicial Business, Table C-3
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# Labor & employment — U.S. federal civil docket (FY2024)

Employment, wage-and-hour (FLSA), benefits (ERISA), and union disputes. 22,197 such civil cases were commenced in FY2024 (8% of the federal civil docket); U.S. a party in 239, private in 21,958. RECORDED filing counts from the AOUSC Judicial Business Table C-3; share, split, and district ranking are DERIVED. Not outcomes, merit, or legal advice. CC0.

## Claims

### 22,197 labor & employment civil cases were commenced in FY2024 (8% of the federal civil docket)

**DERIVED.** Labor & employment accounted for 22,197 civil cases commenced in the U.S. district courts in fiscal year 2024 — 8% of all civil filings. An AGGREGATED count of AOUSC Judicial Business Table C-3 district rows for this nature-of-suit (occurred=true; adjudged=FALSE — the Atlas summed the district rows, the AOUSC published them). reviewStatus=correction_open: this ingest is under correction (an independent review found the national caseload sum off against the published C-3).

Source: Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts — Judicial Business, Table C-3 — https://www.uscourts.gov/statistics-reports/analysis-reports/judicial-business-united-states-courts
Falsifier: occurred=TRUE: a faithful COUNT/SUM/total over the named record set that introduces NO modeling choice — it IS the case in the record. adjudged=FALSE: Atlas Commons computed the aggregate; Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts — Judicial Business, Table C-3 published the underlying records, NOT this figure. Re-count it from the named source to verify. Distinct from a median/ratio/index (which picks a population, weighting, denominator, or threshold — a constructed statistic → 'derived', occurred=FALSE) and from an authority-published total (→ 'recorded', adjudged=TRUE).

### 1% of labor & employment cases involved the U.S. government as a party

**DERIVED.** Of the 22,197 cases, the U.S. government was a party in 239 (1%) and 21,958 were between private parties. The U.S.-vs-private split is AOUSC Judicial Business Table C-3's own party classification — whether the United States is a party to the case (as plaintiff or defendant). The split is DERIVED (an in-house ratio over the counts under correction; occurred=false, adjudged=false).

Source: Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts — Judicial Business, Table C-3 — https://www.uscourts.gov/statistics-reports/analysis-reports/judicial-business-united-states-courts
Falsifier: occurred=FALSE (a calculation, not an event) and adjudged=FALSE (a transparent in-house formula, not an authority's verdict — no external adjudicator). Reproduce it from its named inputs; falsified if the formula or inputs are wrong. Lower warrant than the adjudged figures above.

### Labor & employment filings concentrate most in Central District of California

**DERIVED.** Across 94 districts with labor & employment filings, the most were in Central District of California (1,725). The per-district ranking is DERIVED from the FJC IDB district field (a selection over counts under correction; occurred=false, adjudged=false).

Source: Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts — Judicial Business, Table C-3 — https://www.uscourts.gov/statistics-reports/analysis-reports/judicial-business-united-states-courts
Falsifier: occurred=FALSE (a calculation, not an event) and adjudged=FALSE (a transparent in-house formula, not an authority's verdict — no external adjudicator). Reproduce it from its named inputs; falsified if the formula or inputs are wrong. Lower warrant than the adjudged figures above.

### What this case-category snapshot is — and is NOT

**INTERPRETATION.** These are RECORDED/AGGREGATED filing counts and DERIVED shares for one nature-of-suit category — what was FILED, not what happened. They are NOT case outcomes, merit, win rates, or legal advice. For a legal decision, consult a licensed attorney.

Source: Justice Atlas L5 boundary (filing counts ≠ outcomes or merit) — https://justice-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/
Falsifier: occurred=FALSE (a framing, not an event) and adjudged=FALSE (an in-house reading, not an authority's verdict) — the LOWEST-warrant claim here. A flat representation would render this identically to the official facts; the four-status does not.

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Every claim above carries a four-status warrant (RECORDED / MODELED / DERIVED / INTERPRETATION) and a named source you can re-fetch — this is a research object, not a flat fact. Structured: `https://justice-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/justice/docket/labor-suits.jsonld`

## Data

### Labor & employment — national summary (FY2024)

AGGREGATED filing count under correction (reviewStatus=correction_open); share and split are DERIVED. Not outcomes or advice.

| Metric | Value | Warrant |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cases commenced | 22,197 | AGGREGATED |
| Share of federal civil docket | 8% | DERIVED |
| U.S. government as party | 239 (1%) | DERIVED |
| Private-party cases | 21,958 | DERIVED |
| Districts with filings | 94 | AGGREGATED |

### Top districts for Labor & employment filings (FY2024)

DERIVED ranking over AGGREGATED counts under correction.

| District | Cases commenced | Warrant |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Central District of California | 1725 | DERIVED |
| District of New Jersey | 1488 | DERIVED |
| Middle District of Florida | 1311 | DERIVED |
| Northern District of Illinois | 1027 | DERIVED |
| Southern District of New York | 968 | DERIVED |
| Northern District of Georgia | 931 | DERIVED |
| Southern District of Florida | 921 | DERIVED |
| Eastern District of New York | 770 | DERIVED |
| Eastern District of Pennsylvania | 762 | DERIVED |
| Southern District of Texas | 697 | DERIVED |
| Northern District of California | 583 | DERIVED |
| Western District of Texas | 579 | DERIVED |