After the Board of Regents v Roth (1972) decision by the U. S. Supreme Court, litigation by public employees increased dramatically. This study uses a longitudinal analysis of decisions of federal district courts to examine the continuing impact of Roth on trends in employee lawsuits. Using content analysis, the trends are examined relative to different regions, types of plaintiff employees, types of complaints, and types of defendant governments and officials. The findings are that there has been a steady increase in the volume and complexity of public employee Section 1983 litigation. Some regional variation was found with cases in the Northeast gradually increasing and decreased greatly in the South. Discrimination cases increased the most and public safety employees were the most active plaintiffs. Dramatic increases were found in cases against municipal government entities and officials.