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Starbucks Corporation

Federal civil lawsuits naming Starbucks Corporation, a Restaurants & Eating Places company.

Public CompanyRestaurants & Eating Places
Ticker
Nasdaq: SBUX
Business
Retail-Eating & Drinking Places
Headquarters
Seattle, WA
Incorporated in
Washington
SEC CIK
829224

Starbucks Corporation is a public company in Retail-Eating & Drinking Places, based in Seattle, WA (traded on Nasdaq as SBUX, incorporated in Washington). It appears in 274 federal civil lawsuits in this index, most often as a defendant (247 of 274). These cases are most often Civil Rights and Contract matters, filed between 1993 and 2026, most frequently in District Court, S.D. New York. The most common causes of action are Employment Discrimination, Patent Infringement, and Americans with Disabilities Act. Frequent opposing parties include Starbucks Corp, Cohan, and Brown.

274
Lawsuits
247
As Defendant
27
As Plaintiff
17
Open
257
Terminated
1993–2026
Span
8 mo
Median Duration
8.1 cases/yrPredominantly defendant · 90%Civil Rights-heavy · 48%Activity rising

Cases by State

AL — 4 casesAZ — 1 casesAR — 0 casesCA — 0 casesCO — 6 casesCT — 5 casesDE — 0 casesDC — 3 casesFL — 17 casesGA — 12 casesID — 0 casesIL — 20 casesIN — 7 casesIA — 2 casesKS — 1 casesKY — 0 casesLA — 2 casesME — 2 casesMD — 0 casesMA — 7 casesMI — 3 casesMN — 1 casesMS — 0 casesMO — 4 casesMT — 1 casesNE — 2 casesNV — 5 casesNH — 0 casesNJ — 12 casesNM — 1 casesNY — 46 casesNC — 2 casesND — 0 casesOH — 3 casesOK — 0 casesOR — 12 casesPA — 18 casesRI — 1 casesSC — 1 casesSD — 0 casesTN — 2 casesTX — 35 casesUT — 1 casesVT — 0 casesVA — 3 casesWA — 29 casesWV — 0 casesWI — 1 casesWY — 0 cases
HI · 1PR · 1

Open Cases Over Time

1993peak 18 open2026

Case Types Over Time

19932026
Civil RightsContractPatentLaborTrademark

Filings by Year

19932026

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Civil Rights131
Contract36
Patent28
Labor27
Trademark17
Personal Property / Fraud11

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Frequent Opposing Parties

Filtered Trademark Clear

17 Cases — Newest First