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 4,198 published rulings we track here (1973–2026), the breakdowns below show how they were decided. They describe published opinions only — not the odds of any particular situation.
Of the 4,198 published rulings we track in the Ninth Circuit.
A workplace lawsuit moves through stages, and a ruling can end it at any of them. Here is where the 4,112 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 492 summary-judgment rulings here, 257 ended the case in the employer’s favor and 235 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.
Browse rulings from courts in each state the Ninth Circuit covers.
Ulloa II v. Securitas Security Services USA, Inc.
Lopez
Balladarez
Bonetti
Borrello
Solis
Aristocrat Technologies, Inc. v. Light & Wonder, Inc.
Board of Trustees of the Construction Industry and Laborers Health and Welfare Trust v. Bottom Line Construction
Hodges
Memory
Vega
Aguilar-Padilla
Tijerina
Anderson
Reno v. Western Cab Company
Vasquez
Little
Sukackas
Maslic
Nottbohm
Tomahawk Manufacturing, Inc. v. Spherical Industries, Inc.
Ashley Hershey v. Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings
Drake
Randi M Mazzara v. Union Pacific Railroad
Peters
Pipich
Hill
Huffington
Nettles
Pomer
Dominique Zavala v. FedEx Ground Package System, Inc.
Board of Trustees of the Teamsters Local 631 Security Fund for Southern Nevada v. CY Expo, LLC
Berg
Hiyas
Taylor
Lovig
Lin
Clark v. Inventhelp Settlement c/o Administrator
Block
Sukackas
Mohareb
Munoz
Adamson
Jandreski
Sanchez
Farhad Ebadat v. Philly Auto Inc.
Perez-Cruet
Tate
Ocasio
Shand
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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.