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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. Complete Dewatering, Inc.

Apr 23, 1998S.D. Fla.Defendant Win

NLRB v. McClain of Georgia, Inc.

Apr 17, 199811th CircuitPlaintiff Win

Wilson

Mar 31, 1998N.D. Ga.Mixed Result

King

Mar 28, 1998N.D. Fla.Mixed Result

COOPER-JOLLEY

Feb 25, 1998N.D. Ga.Defendant Win

Paleologos

Jan 16, 1998N.D. Ga.Defendant Win

Britt Metal Processing v. NLRB

Dec 31, 199711th CircuitDefendant Win

Green

Dec 11, 1997N.D. Ga.Defendant Win

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Union Camp Corp.

Dec 2, 1997S.D. Ga.Mixed Result

Int'l Brotherhood v. NLRB

Nov 13, 199711th CircuitMixed Result

BE&K Construction Company v. NLRB

Oct 27, 199711th CircuitDefendant Win

Spooner

Sep 26, 1997N.D. Ga.Mixed Result

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Phillips Colleges, Inc.

Aug 29, 1997M.D. Fla.Defendant Win

Allen

Jul 15, 1997N.D. Ga.Defendant Win

McCoy

Jun 16, 1997M.D. Ga.Mixed Result

Ferrill

Jun 16, 1997N.D. Ala.Mixed Result

Taft Coal Company v. NLRB

Jun 6, 199711th CircuitDefendant Win

Wisdom

Jun 4, 1997N.D. Ga.Defendant Win

Eeoc v. Domino's Pizza, Inc.

Apr 17, 199711th CircuitPlaintiff Win

NLRB v. Naples Community Hospital

Mar 10, 199711th CircuitPlaintiff Win

National Medical Associates v. NLRB

Feb 13, 199711th CircuitMixed Result

Lee Brass Company v. NLRB

Dec 24, 199611th CircuitDefendant Win

Lackey

Nov 1, 1996N.D. Ala.Remanded

Cleveland v. KFC National Management Co.

Oct 29, 1996N.D. Ga.Mixed Result

Eeoc v. Sprint Communications, Inc.

Oct 7, 199611th CircuitPlaintiff Win

Dewitt

Sep 9, 1996N.D. Ga.Defendant Win

EEOC v. Tire Kingdom, Inc.

Apr 12, 199611th CircuitDefendant Win

NLRB v. Meisner Electric, Inc.

Apr 5, 199611th CircuitDefendant Win

Meisner Electric, Inc. v. NLRB

Apr 5, 199611th CircuitDefendant Win

Meyer

Mar 13, 199611th CircuitRemanded

Addison

Aug 10, 1995N.D. Ga.Defendant Win

Veal

Jul 31, 1995M.D. Ga.Defendant Win

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Kloster Cruise Ltd.

Jul 2, 1995S.D. Fla.Defendant Win

Nelson v. Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind

Jun 6, 1995N.D. Ala.Plaintiff Win

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Kloster Cruise Ltd.

May 12, 1995S.D. Fla.Plaintiff Win

Kroger Company v. NLRB

Mar 14, 199511th CircuitDefendant Win

Haluska

Nov 29, 1994N.D. Ga.Defendant Win

Siegel

Nov 3, 1994N.D. Ga.Defendant Win

Larkins

Jul 6, 1994N.D. Ga.Defendant Win

Plaisance

May 20, 1994N.D. Ga.Defendant Win

Richardson v. Bedford Place Housing Phase I Associates

Mar 16, 1994N.D. Ga.Defendant Win

Florida Tile v. NLRB

Mar 9, 199411th CircuitMixed Result

Bell v. K Mart Corp.

Feb 25, 1994N.D. Ga.Defendant Win

NLRB v. Int'l Alliance of T.S.E

Feb 4, 199411th CircuitDefendant Win

Hamilton Plastic Products v. NLRB

Dec 13, 199311th CircuitPlaintiff Win

NLRB v. Tuskegee Area Trans.

Sep 30, 199311th CircuitDefendant Win

Tuskegee Area Trans. System v. NLRB

Sep 30, 199311th CircuitDefendant Win

NLRB v. Sunland Construction Co.

Sep 16, 199311th CircuitPlaintiff Win

Forestwood Farms, Inc. v. NLRB

Aug 27, 199311th CircuitMixed Result

Nlrb v. Castaways Management, Inc.

May 13, 199311th 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.