Docket Nexus — Federal court records.
Corporate Family

3M — All Entities

Federal civil lawsuits across the 3M corporate family — 135,397 cases naming any of its 10 affiliated entities. These are distinct legal entities grouped by corporate affiliation; each also has its own page, and a case naming several members is counted once.

135,397
Lawsuits
135,171
As Defendant
226
As Plaintiff
20,750
Open
114,647
Terminated
1990–2026
Span
133,547 of these cases (99%) are Product Liability filings — large waves of near-identical suits consolidated into multidistrict litigation (MDL) proceedings. The totals and the year chart reflect that concentration, not typical caseload.
3659 cases/yrPredominantly defendant · 100%Product Liability-heavy · 99%Activity rising

Cases by State

AL — 561 casesAZ — 34 casesAR — 21 casesCA — 0 casesCO — 10 casesCT — 16 casesDE — 33 casesDC — 6 casesFL — 104,546 casesGA — 53 casesID — 2 casesIL — 60 casesIN — 68 casesIA — 11 casesKS — 8 casesKY — 36 casesLA — 47 casesME — 4 casesMD — 19 casesMA — 59 casesMI — 20 casesMN — 6,846 casesMS — 73 casesMO — 121 casesMT — 1 casesNE — 2 casesNV — 9 casesNH — 4 casesNJ — 54 casesNM — 10 casesNY — 503 casesNC — 128 casesND — 1 casesOH — 40 casesOK — 22 casesOR — 19 casesPA — 2,100 casesRI — 22 casesSC — 19,168 casesSD — 0 casesTN — 12 casesTX — 541 casesUT — 4 casesVT — 4 casesVA — 18 casesWA — 24 casesWV — 22 casesWI — 18 casesWY — 1 cases
AK · 4HI · 1PR · 7

Open Cases Over Time

1990peak 101,272 open2026

Case Types Over Time

19902026
Product LiabilityReal PropertyCivil RightsPatentContract

Filings by Year

19902026

Case Types

Product Liability133,547
Real Property1,034
Civil Rights158
Patent152
Contract139
Personal Property / Fraud119

Where Filed

  • District Court, N.D. Florida104,389
  • District Court, D. South Carolina19,168
  • District Court, D. Minnesota6,846
  • District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania2,080
  • District Court, N.D. Alabama549

Entities in This Family

135,397 Cases — Newest First