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Employment Rulings in the Eleventh Circuit

The Eleventh Circuit covers the federal courts in Alabama, Florida, and Georgia. The rulings below come from the circuit's court of appeals and the federal trial courts within it.

Of the 1,807 published rulings we track here (19682026), the breakdowns below show how they were decided. They describe published opinions only — not the odds of any particular situation.

How These Rulings Ended

Of the 1,807 published rulings we track in the Eleventh Circuit.

Defendant Win
782 (43%)
Dismissed
300 (17%)
Plaintiff Win
278 (15%)
Mixed Result
240 (13%)
Remanded
149 (8%)
Settlement
58 (3%)

What Happens at Each Stage

A workplace lawsuit moves through stages, and a ruling can end it at any of them. Here is where the 1,761 rulings we could classify by stage were decided.

Appeal
772 (44%)

A higher court reviewing an earlier decision. Many published opinions come from this stage, after a lot has already happened in the case.

Summary judgment
331 (19%)

A ruling where the judge decides the case — or part of it — without a trial, because one side argues the key facts are not in dispute. For workers, getting past this step is often the biggest hurdle.

Of the 331 summary-judgment rulings here, 229 ended the case in the employer’s favor and 102 let the worker’s claims continue.

Motion to dismiss
520 (30%)

An early request — usually by the employer — to throw the case out before any evidence is gathered.

Trial verdict
47 (3%)

A judge or jury heard the evidence and reached a decision. Relatively few disputes get this far.

Settlement / consent decree
58 (3%)

The two sides resolved the dispute by agreement, sometimes with court approval. Most settlements are private and never show up in published opinions.

Default judgment
15 (1%)

A decision entered because one side did not respond to the case at all.

Other rulings
18 (1%)

Procedural decisions and orders that do not fit the main stages above.

States in This Circuit

Browse rulings from courts in each state the Eleventh Circuit covers.

Recent Rulings in the Eleventh Circuit

Davis

Sep 29, 2022N.D. Ga.Mixed Result

Allen

Sep 29, 2022N.D. Ga.Dismissed

SNEED

Sep 23, 2022M.D. Ga.Plaintiff Win

Kondapalli

Sep 21, 2022M.D. Fla.Plaintiff Win

Benjamin

Sep 15, 2022M.D. Fla.Plaintiff Win

Culverhouse

Sep 13, 2022M.D. Ala.Defendant Win

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Qualtool, Inc.

Sep 12, 2022M.D. Fla.Mixed Result

Braggs

Sep 8, 2022M.D. Ala.Defendant Win

Star Title Partners of Palm Harbor, LLC v. Illinois Union Insurance Company

Sep 6, 202211th CircuitDefendant Win

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Outokumpu Stainless Steel USA, LLC

Sep 1, 2022S.D. Ala.Plaintiff Win

United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry of the United States and Canada, AFL-CIO, Local 188 Pension Fund v. Johnson Controls, Inc.

Aug 31, 2022S.D. Ga.Settlement

Facsina

Aug 31, 2022S.D. Fla.Mixed Result

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Qualtool, Inc.

Aug 30, 2022M.D. Fla.Mixed Result

Braggs

Aug 23, 2022M.D. Ala.Mixed Result

Castillo Sanchez v. ABC Professional Tree Services, Inc.

Aug 19, 2022S.D. Fla.Defendant Win

Shed

Aug 18, 2022M.D. Fla.Dismissed

HOCKADAY

Aug 15, 2022M.D. Ga.Plaintiff Win

Spears

Jul 27, 2022S.D. Ala.Mixed Result

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Dolgencorp, LLC

Jul 26, 2022N.D. Ala.Mixed Result

Urban

Jul 26, 2022M.D. Fla.Plaintiff Win

Myers

Jul 25, 2022N.D. Ala.Defendant Win

Salazar Cano v. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commision (EEOC)

Jul 21, 2022S.D. Fla.Dismissed

Graves

Jul 21, 2022M.D. Fla.Defendant Win

Branaman

Jul 20, 2022N.D. Ala.Remanded

Amadasun

Jul 19, 2022N.D. Ga.Dismissed

HOCKADAY

Jul 19, 2022M.D. Ga.Mixed Result

Murdock

Jul 12, 2022S.D. Fla.Mixed Result

O'Neal

Jul 11, 2022M.D. Fla.Defendant Win

Freeman

Jul 7, 2022N.D. Ga.Plaintiff Win

Webb

Jul 7, 2022S.D. Fla.Dismissed

Ramirez

Jul 7, 2022M.D. Fla.Plaintiff Win

Government Employees Insurance Co. v. The Right Spinal Clinic, Inc.

Jul 6, 2022M.D. Fla.Plaintiff Win

Rivera

Jul 6, 2022M.D. Fla.Plaintiff Win

Mason v. Pathfinders for Independence, Inc.

Jul 6, 2022M.D. Fla.Defendant Win

Moxley

Jul 5, 2022M.D. Fla.Defendant Win

Churchill

Jul 1, 2022M.D. Fla.Mixed Result

Torres

Jul 1, 2022M.D. Fla.Mixed Result

NDC Construction Company v. Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor

Jun 30, 202211th CircuitDefendant Win

FAMA Construction, LLC v. U.S. Department of Labor

Jun 30, 202211th CircuitDefendant Win

Straker

Jun 23, 2022M.D. Fla.Defendant Win

U.S. Department of Labor v. Tampa Electric Company

Jun 22, 202211th CircuitDefendant Win

Hall

Jun 17, 2022M.D. Ala.Settlement

Wilkie

Jun 15, 2022M.D. Fla.Defendant Win

Stone v. Fishhawk Anderson Inc

Jun 14, 2022N.D. Ala.Defendant Win

HENDERSON v. CHATTAHOOCHEE SLEEP CENTER LLC

Jun 13, 2022M.D. Ga.Plaintiff Win

Kersch

May 27, 2022N.D. Ga.Defendant Win

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. St. Joseph's/Candler Health System, Inc.

May 20, 2022S.D. Ga.Mixed Result

United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry of the United States and Canada, AFL-CIO, Local 188 Pension Fund v. Johnson Controls, Inc.

May 20, 2022S.D. Ga.Mixed Result

ADAMS

May 19, 2022M.D. Ga.Remanded

NGANGA

May 18, 2022M.D. Ga.Dismissed

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These figures summarize publicly available published court opinions only. Published opinions over-represent summary-judgment rulings (decisions made without a trial) and appeals, because those are the stages where judges most often write formal opinions. Most workplace disputes settle privately and never appear here at all. A ruling’s outcome reflects many case-specific factors and is not a prediction for any other situation. Read more about how we source and classify rulings.

Data sourced from public federal court records via CourtListener.com. Case outcomes extracted using AI analysis. This information is for educational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. The classification of outcomes and case stages is based on automated analysis and may not reflect the full scope of each case.