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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

Stone v. First Union Corp.

Sep 4, 2001S.D. Fla.Defendant Win

Waldinger Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board

Aug 24, 200111th CircuitDefendant Win

NLRB v. Glades Health Care Center

Jul 20, 200111th CircuitPlaintiff Win

National Labor Relations Board v. Glades Health Care Center

Jul 20, 200111th CircuitDefendant Win

Wanda L. Adams v. Florida Power Corporation

Jul 5, 200111th CircuitDefendant Win

Wanda L. Adams v. Florida Power Corporation

Jul 5, 200111th CircuitDefendant Win

Mason v. Smithkline Beecham Clinical Laboratories

Jun 28, 2001S.D. Fla.Defendant Win

Moore

Jun 21, 2001M.D. Fla.Dismissed

Alexander

Jun 18, 2001N.D. Ala.Mixed Result

Employers Insurance of Wausau v. Bright Metal Specialties, Inc.

May 22, 200111th CircuitDefendant Win

Employers Insurance v. Bright Metal

May 22, 200111th CircuitDefendant Win

Seals

May 4, 2001N.D. Ga.Mixed Result

Alpert

Apr 25, 2001N.D. Ga.Defendant Win

NLRB v. Gimrock Construction, Inc.

Apr 20, 200111th CircuitRemanded

National Labor Relations Board v. Gimrock Construction

Apr 20, 200111th CircuitRemanded

Demyan

Apr 11, 2001S.D. Fla.Plaintiff Win

Farrell

Apr 3, 2001N.D. Ga.Defendant Win

Hudson

Mar 28, 2001N.D. Ga.Mixed Result

Collis

Mar 28, 2001N.D. Ga.Defendant Win

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

Mar 23, 2001S.D. Fla.Plaintiff Win

Edwards

Mar 9, 2001M.D. Fla.Defendant Win

Employers

Feb 2, 200111th CircuitPlaintiff Win

Employers

Feb 2, 200111th CircuitPlaintiff Win

NLRB v. LAMPI LLC

Jan 30, 200111th CircuitDefendant Win

National Labor Relations Board v. Lampi LLC

Jan 30, 200111th CircuitDefendant Win

Pryor

Jan 19, 2001N.D. Ala.Defendant Win

Chilton

Dec 19, 2000M.D. Fla.Defendant Win

Ruszala

Dec 19, 2000M.D. Fla.Defendant Win

Thomas H. Yochum v. Barnett Banks, Inc. Severance Pay Plan, Employee Benefits Committee of the Barnett Banks, Inc. Severance Pay Plan

Dec 13, 200011th CircuitPlaintiff Win

Delta Air Lines, Inc. v. Air Line Pilots Ass'n, International

Dec 11, 2000N.D. Ga.Plaintiff Win

Wales

Nov 30, 2000M.D. Fla.Plaintiff Win

Adams

Nov 30, 2000M.D. Ala.Remanded

United States ex rel. Clausen v. Laboratory Corp. of America, Inc.

Nov 29, 2000N.D. Ga.Dismissed

Adams v. Thiokol Corporation

Nov 6, 200011th CircuitMixed Result

Watkins

Nov 1, 2000N.D. Ala.Remanded

Story

Oct 31, 2000M.D. Fla.Defendant Win

Lambert

Oct 27, 2000N.D. Ga.Plaintiff Win

James F. Adams v. Thiokol Corporation

Oct 25, 200011th CircuitMixed Result

James F. Adams v. Thiokol Corporation

Oct 25, 200011th CircuitMixed Result

Canaday

Oct 24, 2000M.D. Ala.Defendant Win

Mays

Sep 28, 2000M.D. Ala.Mixed Result

Crawford

Sep 20, 2000N.D. Ga.Defendant Win

Deas

Aug 29, 2000S.D. Ala.Defendant Win

United Food & Commercial Workers Unions, Employers Health & Welfare Fund v. Philip Morris, Inc.

Aug 22, 200011th CircuitDefendant Win

Lyons v. Georgia-Pacific Corp. Salaried Employees Retirement Plan

Aug 11, 200011th CircuitDefendant Win

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Total System Services, Inc.

Aug 7, 200011th CircuitDefendant Win

EEOC v. Total System Services, Inc.

Aug 7, 200011th CircuitDefendant Win

EEOC v. Total System Services, Inc.

Aug 7, 200011th CircuitDefendant Win

EEOC v. Total System Services, Inc.

Aug 7, 200011th CircuitDefendant Win

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

Aug 4, 200011th 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.