Employment Rulings in the Ninth Circuit
The Ninth Circuit covers the federal courts in Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands. The rulings below come from the circuit's court of appeals and the federal trial courts within it.
Of the 5,351 published rulings we track here (1967–2026), 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 5,351 published rulings we track in the Ninth 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 5,218 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 639 summary-judgment rulings here, 379 ended the case in the employer’s favor and 259 let the worker’s claims continue; the rest resolved in other ways.
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
- Union Pacific Railroad Company42
- United States Postal Service17
- Abbott Laboratories15
- United Parcel Service, Inc.14
- Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.14
- Wexford of Indiana, LLC14
States in This Circuit
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Recent Rulings in the Ninth Circuit
Castellanos Almada v. Ashcroft
Draw Pictures v. Trans Union Consumer Relations Corp.
National Labor Relations Board v. George Joseph Orchard Siding, Inc.
Fouad Youssef Hakim Mansour v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General, Soheir Gamil Shaker Ewada v. John Ashcroft, Attorney General
Estrada
American Safety Casualty Insurance v. Nevada Risk Management, Inc.
Doe
National Union Fire Insurance Co. of Pittsburg v. ESI Ergonomic Solutions, LLC
Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics v. United States Forest Service
Hanson
Eijinio Banuelos v. Construction Laborers' Trust Funds for Southern California
In Re Syncor ERISA Litigation
Dae Sung Lee v. United States Taekwondo Union
Roe Ex Rel. Preschooler II v. Nevada
Everitt
Calstar LLC v. First Union National Bank
Lueck
Van Wagenen v. Ashcroft
Noyes
Amerco
AMERCO
Employers Insurance Co. of Nevada v. United States
Martin
Partida
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Pacific Maritime Ass'n
National Labor Relations Board v. Cable Car Advertisers, Inc.
O'Connor
Matthews
Mancini
Calmat Company v. U.S. Department of Labor, Administrative Review Board Robert E. Germann
Versace
Performance Mechanical, Inc. v. Operating Engineers Local Union No. 3
Adams
George
Employers Reinsurance Corp. v. GMAC Insurance
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Raytheon Technical Services Co.
In Re Farmers Ins. Exch. Claims Rep. Overtime Pay Litigation
Guzman
Van Winkle v. Union Pacific Railroad
Trustees of the Construction Industry & Laborers Health & Welfare Trust v. Summit Landscape Companies
Metts
Jensen
Kalama Services, Inc Cigna Property and Casualty Insurance Company v. Director, Office of Workers Compensation Programs
National Labor Relations Board v. Michael's Painting
Aja Termine v. William S. Hart Union High School District
Aja Termine ex rel. Termine v. William S. Hart Union High School District
Employers Teamsters Local Nos. 175 & 505 Pension Trust Fund v. Clorox Co.
City of San Jacinto v. National Union Insurance
Sanchez
Quansah
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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.