Docket Nexus — Federal court records.
Party

3M

Federal civil lawsuits naming 3M.

In this index, 5,856 federal civil lawsuits name a party recorded as 3M, most often as a defendant (5,853 of 5,856). These may be different parties who share the name; records here are grouped by name only. These cases are most often Product Liability and Contract matters, filed between 1990 and 2025, most frequently in District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

5,856
Lawsuits
5,853
As Defendant
3
As Plaintiff
7
Open
5,849
Terminated
1990–2025
Span
12 mo
Median Duration
5,833 of these cases (100%) 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.
163 cases/yrPredominantly defendant · 100%Product Liability-heavy · 100%Activity declining

Cases by State

AL — 97 casesAZ — 7 casesAR — 0 casesCA — 0 casesCO — 0 casesCT — 0 casesDE — 0 casesDC — 0 casesFL — 2 casesGA — 4 casesID — 0 casesIL — 1 casesIN — 0 casesIA — 0 casesKS — 0 casesKY — 1 casesLA — 0 casesME — 0 casesMD — 1 casesMA — 1 casesMI — 2 casesMN — 7 casesMS — 24 casesMO — 3 casesMT — 1 casesNE — 0 casesNV — 0 casesNH — 0 casesNJ — 1 casesNM — 0 casesNY — 1 casesNC — 6 casesND — 0 casesOH — 1 casesOK — 0 casesOR — 1 casesPA — 5,654 casesRI — 1 casesSC — 25 casesSD — 0 casesTN — 3 casesTX — 4 casesUT — 2 casesVT — 0 casesVA — 2 casesWA — 4 casesWV — 0 casesWI — 0 casesWY — 0 cases

Open Cases Over Time

1990peak 5,021 open2025

Case Types Over Time

19902025
Product LiabilityContractCivil RightsAntitrustFederal Tax / Statutory Actions

Filings by Year

19902025

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Product Liability5,833
Contract10
Civil Rights4
Antitrust2
Federal Tax / Statutory Actions2
Patent2

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Filtered Antitrust Clear

2 Cases — Newest First

  • Conyer v. 3M
    Antitrust Terminated District Court, E.D. PennsylvaniaNo. 2:08-cv-81519Filed 06/02/2008
  • Armaly Brands Inc v. 3M
    Antitrust Terminated District Court, E.D. MichiganNo. 2:01-cv-71886Filed 05/17/2001