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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

Brillas v. Bennett Auto Supply, Inc.

Dec 21, 2009S.D. Fla.Defendant Win

Jackson v. Sara Lee Bakery Group

Dec 16, 2009N.D. Ala.Mixed Result

Ada Mae Ruthledge v. NCL (Bahamas), Ltd.

Dec 15, 200911th CircuitRemanded

LeFrere

Dec 4, 200911th CircuitPlaintiff Win

Corbitt v. Home Depot U.S.A., Inc.

Dec 4, 200911th CircuitDefendant Win

Eller Media Corp. v. National Union Fire Insurance

Dec 4, 200911th CircuitDefendant Win

Ash v. SAMBODROMO, LLC

Nov 17, 2009S.D. Fla.Mixed Result

Ramadan Likollari v. U.S. Atty. Gen.

Nov 5, 200911th CircuitDefendant Win

Dominguez v. Miami-Dade County

Oct 20, 2009S.D. Fla.Defendant Win

Coppage

Oct 19, 2009N.D. Ga.Defendant Win

Gilliland

Oct 15, 2009N.D. Ga.Defendant Win

Yvett Smith v. Atlanta Postal Credit Union

Sep 28, 200911th CircuitDefendant Win

LeFrere

Sep 11, 200911th CircuitPlaintiff Win

Keenan Hopkins Schmidt & Stowell Contractors, Inc. v. Continental Casualty Co.

Sep 1, 2009M.D. Fla.Defendant Win

National Labor Relations Board v. Austal USA, LLC

Aug 25, 200911th CircuitPlaintiff Win

Dunklin

Aug 24, 2009M.D. Ala.Mixed Result

United States Ex Rel. Stephens v. Tissue Science Laboratories, Inc.

Aug 13, 2009N.D. Ga.Defendant Win

Seldon

Aug 6, 2009M.D. Ga.Defendant Win

Jordan

Jul 31, 2009M.D. Ala.Remanded

Southeast Laborers Health and Welfare Fund v. Bayer Corporation

Jul 30, 2009S.D. Fla.Dismissed

Adams

Jun 30, 2009M.D. Ga.Dismissed

Byrne

Jun 29, 2009M.D. Ala.Defendant Win

Glenn

Jun 25, 2009N.D. Ga.Plaintiff Win

Taplett

Apr 30, 2009M.D. Fla.Defendant Win

Southwire Co. v. Nat'l Union Fire Ins. Co.

Apr 29, 200911th CircuitPlaintiff Win

Carlos M. Muino v. U.S. Department of Labor

Apr 28, 200911th CircuitDefendant Win

Richey

Apr 15, 2009M.D. Fla.Defendant Win

Kevin O'Halloran v. First Union National Bank

Apr 10, 200911th CircuitDefendant Win

Jorge Guzman v. Irmadan, Inc.

Mar 27, 200911th CircuitDefendant Win

Alvaro Parada Perez v. U.S. Attorney General

Mar 24, 200911th CircuitDefendant Win

George T. Luckie v. U.S. Dept. of Labor

Mar 24, 200911th CircuitDefendant Win

Demers v. Adams Homes of Northwest Florida, Inc.

Mar 20, 200911th CircuitMixed Result

Greene v. National Labor Relations Board

Mar 20, 200911th CircuitDefendant Win

Diana Carmen Crisales Granada v. U.S. Atty. Gen.

Mar 3, 200911th CircuitDefendant Win

Soloski

Mar 2, 2009N.D. Ga.Plaintiff Win

Shelly Lapenna v. Government Employees Insurance

Feb 27, 200911th CircuitDefendant Win

Teresa Vegter v. Canada Life Assurance Co.

Feb 9, 200911th CircuitDefendant Win

American Civil Liberties Union of Florida, Inc. v. Miami-Dade County School Board

Feb 5, 200911th CircuitDefendant Win

Long

Feb 4, 2009M.D. Ala.Mixed Result

Smith v. Angel Food Ministries, Inc.

Feb 3, 2009M.D. Ga.Mixed Result

Rando

Feb 2, 200911th CircuitDefendant Win

Bush

Feb 2, 2009M.D. Fla.Defendant Win

Gregory v. EBF & Associates, L.P.

Jan 27, 2009S.D. Fla.Defendant Win

Edward J. Goodman Life Income Trust v. Jabil Circuit, Inc.

Jan 26, 2009M.D. Fla.Dismissed

US EX REL. BANE v. Breathe Easy Pulmonary Services, Inc.

Jan 23, 2009M.D. Fla.Mixed Result

Wackenhut Corp. v. Service Employees Internation Union

Jan 6, 2009S.D. Fla.Defendant Win

Burge

Dec 16, 2008M.D. Fla.Dismissed

United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Mallinckrodt, Inc.

Dec 11, 2008M.D. Fla.Defendant Win

Milbourn

Nov 20, 2008S.D. Fla.Defendant Win

National Labor Relations Board v. Richmond Health Care

Nov 18, 200811th 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.