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
Browse rulings from courts in each state the Ninth Circuit covers.
Recent Rulings in the Ninth Circuit
Standard Concrete Products Inc. v. General Truck Drivers, Office, Food & Warehouse Union, Local 952
Pacific Lumber Co. v. National Union Fire Insurance
Las Vegas Sands Inc v. Culinary Workers Union Local 226
Donald Jebian v. Hewlett-Packard Company Employee Benefits Organization Income Protection Plan Erisa Plan
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Pacific Maritime Ass'n
Fadaie
Cisneros
Kalski
Stewart
Cisneros
In Re Farmers Ins. Exchange Claims Representatives Overtime Pay Litigation
Herman Resnick v. Michael Adams, Warden Mike Szafir, Administrator, Food Order and Services
Glendale Associates, Ltd. v. National Labor Relations Board
Spada
Casey Ruud, Westinghouse Hanford Company, Intervenor v. U.S. Department of Labor Westinghouse Hanford Company
Ruud
Neilson
John D. Sergeant v. Inlandboatmen's Union of the Pacific, an Incorporated Association
Peterson
Elaine L. Chao, Secretary of Labor v. A-One Medical Services, Inc. Alternative Rehabilitation Home Healthcare, Inc. Lorraine Black and Hanahn Korman
Adams
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps
Service Employees International Union v. St. Vincent Medical Center
Dumaw
National Labor Relations Board v. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 48, Afl-Cio
Simpson
Employers Insurance v. Price Aircraft Co.
Employers Ins. of Wausau v. PRICE AIRCRAFT CO.
Shelley Savage v. Glendale Union High School, District No. 205, Maricopa County
Larry Meyer Virginia Badalamente Meyer v. Ameriquest Mortgage Company, a Delaware Corporation
Southern Union Co. v. Southwest Gas Corp.
Steven Richardson v. Continental Grain Company Director, Office of Workers Compensation Programs
Angle
Sonoma Falls Developers, LLC v. Nevada Gold & Casinos, Inc.
Moreno-Estrada
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Robert L. Reeves & Associates
Foster
Union Pacific Railroad v. California Public Utilities Commission
Zhang
Union Oil Co. v. Terrible Herbst, Inc.
Larry Meyer Virginia Badalamente Meyer v. Ameriquest Mortgage Company, a Delaware Corporation
Group Voyagers, Inc. v. Employers Insurance
Employers Insurance v. Granite State Insurance
Duncan
Evergreen New Hope Health & Rehabilitation Center v. National Labor Relations Board
Casumpang
Kesington
Ramirez-Adan
Suzuki Motor Corporation and American Suzuki Motor Corporation v. Consumers Union of United States, Inc., a Non-Profit New York Corporation
Nada Raad v. Fairbanks North Star Borough School District
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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.