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
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Western Select Securities, Inc. v. San Francisco City & County Employees' Retirement System
Estrada
California-Nevada Methodist Homes, Inc. v. Federal Emergency Management Agency
Roach
G & G Fire Sprinklers, Inc. v. Arthur S. Lujan, an Individual in His Official Capacity as Labor Commissioner of the State of California
Trustees of the Construction Industry & Laborers Health & Welfare Trust v. Desert Valley Landscape & Maintenance, Inc.
Kelada
Foster
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Tapia
United Food & Commercial Workers Union, Local 1036 v. National Labor Relations Board
Teamsters Local Union 58 v. BOC Gases
Buster
American Postal Workers Union v. United States Postal Service
Walls
Laughon
Nor-Cal Ready Mix, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
Laughon v. Int'l Alliance Stage Employees
San Francisco Web Pressman & Prepress Union Local No. 4 v. Santa Cruz County Sentinel Newspaper
Patrick
Federation of Agents & International Representatives v. United Foods & Commercial Workers Union, Local 101
Watson Laboratories, Inc. v. Rhone-Poulenc Rorer, Inc.
Lutz
Jay Webster Janet Webster, Husband and Wife and the Marital Communitycomposed Thereof v. Public School Employees of Washington, Inc.
Addeo
Hampton
USF Reddaway, Inc. v. Teamsters Union, Local 162
Sardagna
Byron Ingram v. Martin Marietta Long Term Disability Income Plan for Salaried Employees of Transferred Ge Operations, an Erisa Plan
Doris Rowe,plaintiff-Appellant v. Laidlaw Transit, Inc., a Foreigncorporation,defendant-Appellee
United States of America, Exrel., Insoon Lee v. Smithkline Beecham, Inc. Smithkline Beecham Clinical Laboratories Does 1-100
Estrada
United Steelworkers of America v. National Labor Relations Board
Vasheresse
Badaoui-Najjar
American Medical International, Inc.,plaintiff-Appellee v. National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh,defendant-Appellant
Stevedoring Services of America v. Director, Office of Workers Compensation Programs
Adam
Laborers Health & Welfare Trust Fund v. Diablo Landscape Inc.
Alejandro-DeLeon
Plumbers & Pipe Fitters Local Union No. 442 v. Ford Construction Co.
Elaine Chao, Secretary of Labor v. Symms Fruit Ranch, inc.occupational Safety & Health Review Commission
Hawaii Teamsters and Allied Workers Union, Local 996,petitioner-Appellant v. United Parcel Service
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Roy Allan Slurry Seal v. Laborers International Union of North America Highway & Street Stripers/Road & Street Slurry Local Union 1184
Roy Allan Slurry Seal v. Laborers International Union Of North America Highway And Street Stripers/Road And Street Slurry Local Union 1184, Afl-Cio
Walker
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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.