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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

Wilke

Aug 22, 2019M.D. Ala.Mixed Result

Schofield

Aug 21, 2019M.D. Fla.Plaintiff Win

Advanced Masonry Associates, LLC v. NLRB

Aug 16, 201911th CircuitDefendant Win

Shultz

Aug 13, 2019M.D. Ala.Plaintiff Win

Cooper

Jul 26, 2019N.D. Ala.Remanded

Stan McAdams v. The Jefferson County 911 Emergency Commuications District, Inc.

Jul 24, 201911th CircuitRemanded

Headley

Jul 24, 2019M.D. Ala.Plaintiff Win

Stan McAdams v. The Jefferson County 911 Emergency Commuications District, Inc.

Jul 24, 201911th CircuitRemanded

McGuire v. Intelident Solutions, LLC

Jul 17, 2019M.D. Fla.Plaintiff Win

Bowman

Jul 12, 2019M.D. Ala.Defendant Win

Fuller

Jul 12, 2019M.D. Ala.Mixed Result

Hamner

Jul 10, 2019N.D. Ala.Dismissed

Oltmanns

Jul 8, 2019S.D. Ga.Dismissed

Jurriaans

Jun 26, 2019M.D. Ala.Defendant Win

Norton

Jun 24, 2019M.D. Ala.Dismissed

Allen

Jun 20, 2019S.D. Ala.Dismissed

Armando Adames Rivas v. The Bank of New York Mellon

Jun 10, 201911th CircuitDefendant Win

Karen C. Yeh Ho v. Adam Sabocik

May 24, 201911th CircuitDefendant Win

Outokumpu Stainless USA, LLC v. National Labor Relations Board

May 13, 201911th CircuitDefendant Win

Security Walls, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board

Apr 23, 201911th CircuitDefendant Win

Payne

Apr 12, 2019S.D. Ala.Dismissed

Sheila Annette Cunningham v. Florida Credit Union

Feb 20, 201911th CircuitDefendant Win

Scottsdale Ins. Co. v. Granada Ins. Co.

Feb 5, 2019S.D. Fla.Defendant Win

Carlos Posadas Paguada v. U.S. Attorney General

Feb 1, 201911th CircuitDismissed

Peeples

Jan 30, 2019S.D. Ala.Mixed Result

Richard P. Jahn, Jr. v. Government Employees Insurance Company

Dec 27, 201811th CircuitDefendant Win

Dukes v. Suncoast Credit Union (In Re Dukes)

Dec 6, 201811th CircuitDefendant Win

Celeste L. Guice v. Secretary, Department of Labor

Oct 25, 201811th CircuitDefendant Win

Jones

Sep 26, 2018N.D. Ga.Plaintiff Win

Ala. Teachers Credit Union v. Design Build Concepts, Inc.

Aug 10, 2018N.D. Ala.Defendant Win

Monroe Cnty. Employees' Ret. Sys. ex rel. Situated v. S. Co.

Aug 10, 2018N.D. Ga.Mixed Result

Jones

Aug 6, 2018N.D. Ga.Dismissed

Samsung Electronics America, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board

Jul 31, 201811th CircuitDefendant Win

Michael B. Brown v. Secretary of Labor

Jul 11, 201811th CircuitDefendant Win

Traver

Jul 10, 2018S.D. Ala.Dismissed

Adam R. White v. Paul Freeman

Jul 6, 201811th CircuitPlaintiff Win

Cowabunga, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board

Jun 26, 201811th CircuitDefendant Win

Everglades College, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board

Jun 26, 201811th CircuitMixed Result

Norma A. Estrada v. U.S. Attorney General

May 24, 201811th CircuitDismissed

Chris Payne v. DOCO Credit Union

May 8, 201811th CircuitDefendant Win

Boswell

Apr 18, 2018S.D. Ala.Remanded

Transit Connection, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board

Apr 13, 201811th CircuitDefendant Win

Boswell

Apr 10, 2018S.D. Ala.Remanded

Gee

Apr 4, 2018S.D. Ala.Remanded

Martin Mechanical Contractors, Inc. v. Secretary, U.S. Department of Labor

Mar 27, 201811th CircuitDefendant Win

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Exel, Inc.

Mar 16, 201811th CircuitMixed Result

PECO Foods Inc. v. Retail Wholesale and Department Store Union Mid-South Council

Mar 15, 201811th CircuitDefendant Win

Family Medicine Pharmacy, LLC v. Impax Laboratories, Inc.

Mar 6, 2018S.D. Ala.Settlement

McAdam Props., LLC v. Dunkin' Donuts Franchising, LLC

Feb 21, 2018N.D. Ala.Remanded

Government Employees Insurance Company v. Hanna Mercer

Feb 13, 201811th CircuitPlaintiff Win

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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.