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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

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Asplundh Tree Expert Co.

Aug 7, 200311th CircuitDefendant Win

Stone v. First Union Corp.

Jul 1, 2003S.D. Fla.Mixed Result

Iduoze

Jun 16, 2003N.D. Ga.Defendant Win

Boler

May 29, 2003M.D. Fla.Defendant Win

Lewis B. Freeman v. First Union National

May 7, 200311th CircuitRemanded

Blaske

Apr 30, 2003N.D. Ga.Defendant Win

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

Apr 21, 200311th CircuitDefendant Win

Csx Transportation, Inc. v. Brotherhood Of Maintenance Of Way Employees

Apr 21, 200311th CircuitDefendant Win

Continental Casualty Co. v. Barbara F. Adamo

Apr 2, 200311th CircuitRemanded

Matthew v. EX REL. CRAIG v. v. DEKALB COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM

Feb 11, 2003N.D. Ga.Defendant Win

Neal H. Howard & Associates, P.C. v. Carey & Danis, LLC

Feb 11, 2003M.D. Ga.Defendant Win

Mangrum

Feb 10, 2003N.D. Ga.Defendant Win

Smith v. Health Center of Lake City, Inc.

Feb 5, 2003M.D. Fla.Remanded

Johnson ex rel. National Labor Relations Board v. Sunshine Piping, Inc.

Dec 26, 2002N.D. Fla.Defendant Win

Lawrence

Dec 2, 2002M.D. Fla.Defendant Win

Collier

Sep 30, 2002N.D. Ga.Defendant Win

Daniel Heimmerman v. First Union Mortgage Corp.

Sep 18, 200211th CircuitDefendant Win

McDaniel

Sep 13, 2002N.D. Ga.Mixed Result

Andrew J. Wagner v. Daewoo Heavy Industries America Corporation, Jack Mosler, George Valencia, David O'dell, Donald Adams

Jul 23, 200211th CircuitRemanded

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Joe's Stone Crabs, Inc.

Jul 12, 200211th CircuitMixed Result

Associated Rubber Co. v. National Labor Relations Board

Jul 5, 200211th CircuitDefendant Win

Williamson

Jun 21, 2002N.D. Ala.Defendant Win

Olmsted

Jun 5, 2002M.D. Fla.Defendant Win

Antalan

May 22, 2002S.D. Ala.Defendant Win

Wilshin

May 10, 2002M.D. Ga.Defendant Win

United States Ex Rel. Clausen v. Laboratory Corp. of America, Inc.

May 9, 200211th CircuitDefendant Win

Mehinovic

May 2, 2002N.D. Ga.Plaintiff Win

O'Halloran

Apr 26, 2002M.D. Fla.Mixed Result

Loskill v. Barnett Banks, Inc. Severance Pay Plan

Apr 25, 200211th CircuitPlaintiff Win

Walton

Apr 5, 2002M.D. Fla.Defendant Win

Harris

Mar 27, 2002N.D. Ga.Mixed Result

Thrasher

Mar 22, 2002N.D. Ala.Mixed Result

Lyons

Mar 12, 2002N.D. Ga.Mixed Result

Kennedy v. Critical Intervention Services, Inc.

Mar 11, 2002M.D. Fla.Plaintiff Win

Climer

Mar 7, 2002M.D. Ga.Defendant Win

Combs

Mar 6, 2002M.D. Ga.Mixed Result

Carl A. Green v. Union Foundry

Feb 7, 200211th CircuitDefendant Win

Heupel

Feb 7, 2002N.D. Ala.Defendant Win

Pastor

Feb 6, 2002S.D. Fla.Defendant Win

Segura

Feb 4, 2002M.D. Fla.Defendant Win

Bradford v. Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc.

Jan 25, 2002N.D. Ga.Mixed Result

Traylor

Jan 23, 2002N.D. Ga.Defendant Win

Samad Radamis Fahim v. U.S. Attorney General

Jan 9, 200211th CircuitDefendant Win

Gonser

Jan 9, 2002M.D. Ga.Defendant Win

Wales

Dec 21, 2001M.D. Fla.Plaintiff Win

Serauskus

Dec 13, 2001N.D. Ga.Defendant Win

Hutson

Dec 11, 2001M.D. Ga.Defendant Win

Miami Area Local, American Postal Workers Union v. United States Postal Service

Nov 16, 2001S.D. Fla.Defendant Win

Dillon

Nov 15, 2001M.D. Ala.Dismissed

Carter

Oct 2, 2001M.D. Fla.Defendant 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.