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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

Henry E. Adams v. Cobb County School District

Jun 15, 200711th CircuitDefendant Win

Watkins Motor Lines, Inc. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Jun 13, 200711th CircuitDefendant Win

Watkins Motor Lines, Inc. v. EEOC

Jun 13, 200711th CircuitDefendant Win

CSX Transportation, Inc. v. United Transportation Union

Jun 7, 200711th CircuitDefendant Win

National Labor Relations Board v. Concrete Form Walls, Inc.

May 22, 200711th CircuitPlaintiff Win

NLRB v. Concrete Form Walls, Inc.

May 22, 200711th CircuitPlaintiff Win

Thomas

May 17, 2007N.D. Ga.Defendant Win

MAVERICK MEDIA GROUP v. Hillsborough County, Fla.

May 16, 2007M.D. Fla.Defendant Win

John Carlo, Inc. v. Secretary of Labor

May 14, 200711th CircuitDefendant Win

Vondriska

May 10, 2007M.D. Fla.Mixed Result

Georgia Power Co. v. National Labor Relations Board

Apr 17, 200711th CircuitMixed Result

MacOla v. Government Employees Insurance

Apr 11, 200711th CircuitRemanded

Taylor

Mar 28, 2007N.D. Ga.Mixed Result

Monaco v. Tanning Research Laboratories, Inc.

Mar 13, 200711th CircuitDefendant Win

EMCON/OWT, Inc. v. Secretary of Labor

Mar 13, 200711th CircuitDefendant Win

Mellot

Mar 6, 2007N.D. Ga.Defendant Win

Tomczyk

Mar 6, 2007N.D. Ga.Plaintiff Win

Watts

Feb 27, 2007N.D. Ga.Defendant Win

Armitage

Feb 13, 2007M.D. Fla.Plaintiff Win

Perez

Jan 29, 2007M.D. Fla.Mixed Result

John Acevedo v. First Union Nat'l Bank

Jan 26, 200711th CircuitDefendant Win

Ross

Jan 23, 2007N.D. Ga.Dismissed

Newman

Jan 18, 2007M.D. Ala.Defendant Win

Calvert

Jan 18, 2007N.D. Ga.Mixed Result

McGuire

Jan 17, 2007M.D. Fla.Plaintiff Win

Tom McAdams v. Francis J. Harvey

Jan 16, 200711th CircuitDefendant Win

Schweers

Jan 8, 2007M.D. Ala.Defendant Win

National Labor Relations Board v. Gimrock Construction, Inc.

Dec 27, 200611th CircuitPlaintiff Win

Lake Mary Health Care Associates, LLC v. National Labor Relations Board

Dec 20, 200611th CircuitDefendant Win

Adam Elend v. Sun Dome, Inc.

Dec 6, 200611th CircuitDefendant Win

Badier

Dec 1, 2006N.D. Ga.Dismissed

Jarvy Arlex Posada-Lopez v. U.S. Atty. General

Nov 29, 200611th CircuitDismissed

Professional Employer Plans, Inc. v. Leading Edge Ins. Group, Inc.

Nov 3, 200611th CircuitPlaintiff Win

David King v. Nation Union Fire Insurance Co.

Nov 2, 200611th CircuitDefendant Win

Heritage Corp. of S. Fl v. National Union Fire In.

Oct 27, 2006S.D. Fla.Defendant Win

Adams

Aug 22, 200611th CircuitDefendant Win

John (Jimmy) Adams v. Chattooga County

Aug 22, 200611th CircuitDefendant Win

American Civil Liberties Union v. Miami-Dade County School Board

Jul 24, 2006S.D. Fla.Plaintiff Win

Reis

Jul 21, 2006M.D. Fla.Defendant Win

Redner

Jul 20, 2006M.D. Fla.Dismissed

Pope Ex Rel. Pope v. Cherokee County Bd. of Educ.

May 29, 2006N.D. Ga.Dismissed

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. RPH Management, Inc.

May 22, 200611th CircuitDefendant Win

EEOC v. RPH Management, Inc.

May 22, 200611th CircuitPlaintiff Win

United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Federal Express Corp.

May 11, 200611th CircuitPlaintiff Win

Edgar Hernando Rodriguez Posada v. U.S. Atty. Gen.

May 4, 200611th CircuitDefendant Win

Young

May 3, 2006N.D. Ala.Defendant Win

Ramadan Likollari v. U.S. Attorney General

Apr 27, 200611th CircuitDefendant Win

Lamb

Apr 21, 2006M.D. Fla.Dismissed

Novella

Apr 19, 2006M.D. Fla.Defendant Win

Hernandez Moncada v. U.S. Attorney General

Apr 18, 200611th CircuitRemanded

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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.