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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

Samuel Adam Bush v. Washington Mutual

Apr 11, 200611th CircuitDefendant Win

Attada Passe v. U.S. Attorney General

Mar 24, 200611th CircuitDefendant Win

Juan Jorge Moncada Restrepo v. U.S. Atty. Gen.

Mar 16, 200611th CircuitDefendant Win

Kadalie v. Board of Regents of the University of Georgia

Mar 3, 200611th CircuitMixed Result

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Cagle's, Inc.

Feb 24, 200611th CircuitDefendant Win

Sherk

Jan 31, 2006N.D. Ga.Defendant Win

Leopold O v. Enwonwu v. Trans Union, LLC

Jan 31, 200611th CircuitDefendant Win

Coca-Cola Bottling Co. v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen, & Helpers, Local Union No. 991

Jan 26, 2006S.D. Ala.Defendant Win

Union Planters v. The People of the State of NY

Jan 20, 200611th CircuitRemanded

National Labor Relations Board v. Chugach Management Services, Inc.

Jan 10, 200611th CircuitDefendant Win

Betty K Agencies, Ltd. v. M/V Monada

Dec 16, 200511th CircuitRemanded

Vickery

Dec 12, 2005N.D. Ala.Defendant Win

Standifer

Nov 8, 2005N.D. Ala.Defendant Win

Bartlett

Nov 8, 2005M.D. Ga.Defendant Win

Georgia Power Co. v. National Labor Relations Board

Oct 14, 200511th CircuitDefendant Win

Adalberto Tovar-Alvarez v. U .S. Attorney General

Oct 13, 200511th CircuitDefendant Win

Brandon

Sep 29, 2005N.D. Ga.Defendant Win

Dail

Sep 27, 2005M.D. Fla.Settlement

Triangle Construction & Maintenance Corp. v. Our Virgin Islands Labor Union

Sep 14, 200511th CircuitPlaintiff Win

Employers Mutual Casualty Co. v. All Seasons Window & Door Manufacturing, Inc.

Sep 12, 2005S.D. Ala.Dismissed

National Labor Relations Board v. Kelly Bros. Sheet Metal

Aug 26, 200511th CircuitPlaintiff Win

NLRB v. Kelly Brothers Sheet Metal, Inc.

Aug 26, 200511th CircuitMixed Result

United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Northlake Foods, Inc.

Jul 28, 2005M.D. Fla.Mixed Result

Moore

Jul 22, 2005M.D. Ga.Defendant Win

National Union Fire Insurance v. Olympia Holding Corp.

Jul 21, 200511th CircuitDefendant Win

National Labor Relations Board v. Fisher Island Holdings, LCC

Jul 20, 200511th CircuitDefendant Win

Jones

Jul 14, 2005M.D. Ga.Defendant Win

Diego Aristizabal Estrada v. U.S. Attorney General

Jul 8, 200511th CircuitDefendant Win

National Ass'n of Air Traffic Specialists v. Federal Labor Relations Authority

Jul 7, 200511th CircuitDefendant Win

Jordan

Jul 6, 2005N.D. Ga.Plaintiff Win

Tom McAdams v. Francis J. Harvey

Jul 6, 200511th CircuitDefendant Win

Powell

Jul 5, 2005N.D. Ga.Mixed Result

Gathright-Dietrich

Jun 30, 2005N.D. Ga.Mixed Result

Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees v. CSX Transportation, Inc.

Jun 30, 200511th CircuitRemanded

Blanca Hincapie-Cadavid v. U.S. Atty. Gen.

Jun 28, 200511th CircuitDefendant Win

Southwest Florida Area Local American Postal Workers Union AFL-CIO, Inc. v. United States Postal Service

Jun 27, 200511th CircuitDefendant Win

Sphinx International, Inc. v. National Union Fire Insurance

Jun 14, 200511th CircuitDefendant Win

Sergio Posada v. James Cello, Inc.

Jun 10, 200511th CircuitRemanded

Macola

Jun 6, 200511th CircuitRemanded

Michelle Macola v. Government Employees

Jun 6, 200511th CircuitDefendant Win

Janis

Jun 1, 2005M.D. Fla.Defendant Win

Coosada Trucking Company, Inc. v. CIT Financial US

Jun 1, 200511th CircuitMixed Result

Musgrove

May 18, 2005M.D. Fla.Defendant Win

Bell v. Georgia-Pacific Corp.

May 17, 2005M.D. Fla.Defendant Win

Pastor

May 2, 200511th CircuitDefendant Win

Braswell

Apr 26, 2005N.D. Ga.Defendant Win

National Labor Relations Board v. Streicher Mobile Fueling, Inc.

Apr 18, 200511th CircuitDefendant Win

Singh

Apr 4, 2005M.D. Fla.Mixed Result

Enwonwu

Mar 18, 2005N.D. Ga.Defendant Win

Slocumb

Mar 15, 2005N.D. Ga.Mixed Result

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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.