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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

MENDOZA

Jun 12, 2020S.D. Fla.Settlement

Grissom

Jun 11, 2020M.D. Ala.Dismissed

Viccione

Jun 7, 2020S.D. Fla.Defendant Win

Philipps

Jun 4, 2020S.D. Fla.Plaintiff Win

Bosarge

May 29, 2020S.D. Ala.Dismissed

Hawthorne

May 29, 2020N.D. Ala.Mixed Result

Valcarcel

May 27, 2020S.D. Fla.Defendant Win

Blain

May 27, 2020M.D. Fla.Remanded

BAILEY

May 22, 2020M.D. Ga.Defendant Win

Robinson

May 19, 2020S.D. Fla.Remanded

Edwin Taylor Corporation v. U.S. Department of Labor

May 19, 202011th CircuitDefendant Win

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Austal USA, LLC

May 18, 2020S.D. Ala.Defendant Win

Anita Johnson v. U.S. Department of Labor

May 18, 202011th CircuitDefendant Win

Anita Johnson v. U.S. Department of Labor

May 18, 202011th CircuitDefendant Win

Henderson v. Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings

May 14, 2020N.D. Ala.Defendant Win

Groover

May 8, 2020M.D. Fla.Defendant Win

Migliozzi

May 7, 2020M.D. Fla.Remanded

Michael B. Brown v. U.S. Department of Labor

May 4, 202011th CircuitDefendant Win

Grooms

Apr 22, 2020M.D. Ala.Dismissed

Petitphait

Apr 10, 2020M.D. Fla.Dismissed

Collins

Apr 10, 2020N.D. Ala.Plaintiff Win

Boles

Mar 27, 2020M.D. Fla.Plaintiff Win

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Chalfont & Associates Group, Inc

Mar 24, 2020M.D. Fla.Plaintiff Win

T.J. Jacobs v. U.S. Department of Labor

Mar 24, 202011th CircuitDefendant Win

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Austal USA, LLC

Mar 20, 2020S.D. Ala.Defendant Win

McNeal

Mar 18, 2020S.D. Fla.Defendant Win

Adams

Mar 18, 2020N.D. Ala.Dismissed

Adams

Mar 18, 2020N.D. Ala.Defendant Win

Randall Mechanical, Inc. v. Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor

Mar 18, 202011th CircuitRemanded

Revol

Mar 16, 2020S.D. Fla.Plaintiff Win

Watts

Mar 6, 2020N.D. Ala.Defendant Win

Merritt

Mar 3, 2020M.D. Fla.Plaintiff Win

Jackson v. Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs

Mar 3, 2020M.D. Fla.Remanded

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. O'Reilly Automotive Stores, Inc.

Feb 24, 2020M.D. Fla.Mixed Result

Nekouee

Feb 19, 2020M.D. Ala.Dismissed

Carter

Feb 18, 2020N.D. Ala.Plaintiff Win

Carroll

Feb 11, 2020M.D. Ala.Defendant Win

Mann

Feb 7, 2020M.D. Ala.Dismissed

Dukes

Jan 30, 2020M.D. Fla.Settlement

Ada Albors Gonzalez v. Federal National Mortgage Association

Jan 29, 202011th CircuitDefendant Win

Dillard

Jan 27, 2020S.D. Fla.Defendant Win

Dukes

Jan 27, 2020M.D. Fla.Settlement

Tim Powell v. Alabama Credit Union Administration

Jan 16, 202011th CircuitDefendant Win

John Short v. Immokalee Water and Sewage District

Jan 15, 202011th CircuitDefendant Win

Packers Sanitation Services, Inc. v. U.S. Department of Labor

Jan 10, 202011th CircuitDefendant Win

Sheedy

Jan 7, 2020M.D. Fla.Defendant Win

Pilipenko

Jan 6, 2020S.D. Fla.Defendant Win

Mody

Jan 2, 2020M.D. Fla.Remanded

Rodriguez

Dec 30, 2019S.D. Fla.Plaintiff Win

Tackett

Dec 18, 2019N.D. Ala.Settlement

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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.