Employment Rulings in the First Circuit
The First Circuit covers the federal courts in Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Puerto Rico. The rulings below come from the circuit's court of appeals and the federal trial courts within it.
Of the 367 published rulings we track here (1983–2026), 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 367 published rulings we track in the First Circuit.
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 361 rulings we could classify by stage were decided.
A higher court reviewing an earlier decision. Many published opinions come from this stage, after a lot has already happened in the case.
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 72 summary-judgment rulings here, 48 ended the case in the employer’s favor and 24 let the worker’s claims continue.
An early request — usually by the employer — to throw the case out before any evidence is gathered.
A judge or jury heard the evidence and reached a decision. Relatively few disputes get this far.
The two sides resolved the dispute by agreement, sometimes with court approval. Most settlements are private and never show up in published opinions.
A decision entered because one side did not respond to the case at all.
Procedural decisions and orders that do not fit the main stages above.
Top Claim Types
Top Employers
- United States Postal Service4
- Raytheon Company4
- DCP Midstream, L.P.4
- The Wheatleigh Corporation3
- Abbott Laboratories, Inc.3
- Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada3
States in This Circuit
Browse rulings from courts in each state the First Circuit covers.
Recent Rulings in the First Circuit
Theidon v. Harvard University
Barrows
Flaherty v. Entergy Nuclear Operations Inc
Suzuki v. Abiomed, Inc.
Desai
Elliott-Lewis
Del Sesto v. Prospect CharterCARE, LLC
Del Sesto v. Prospect CharterCARE, LLC
Gonzalez-Bermudez
Bazile
Mehic
Montoya
PARASKEVOPOULOS
Posada
Ventura
Bonbon
Karpinski
Nagy
Sullivan
National Labor Relations Board v. NSL Country Gardens LLC
Union of Concerned Scientists v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Persson
Perez-Tejada
Geiman
Burnham
Wickberg
Cotten
Mercado
Ayele
Martinez
R. Alexander Acosta, Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor v. Quality Granite and Cabinetry, LLC and Christopher Bouchard
Lazo
SHKURATOVA
Rathman
Brown-Morrison
Waithaka
In re Wells Fargo Erisa 401(K) Litig.
Acosta
Hoffman
Bruce
Hohmann
Lipin
Fleming
Scolnick
McAnarney
Masomi
Lavery
Gordon Simmons and Siegelinde Simmons v. Service Credit Union
Rios
Elliott-Lewis
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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.