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 1,784 published rulings we track here (1976–2026), 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 1,784 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 1,750 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 174 summary-judgment rulings here, 108 ended the case in the employer’s favor and 66 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
States in This Circuit
Browse rulings from courts in each state the Ninth Circuit covers.
Recent Rulings in the Ninth Circuit
Walker
Duke
Jones
Smith v. Cigna Health & Life Insurance Company
(PS) Tapia v. The Boeing Company
Pratt
Gober
Service Employees Intl. v. NLRB
Moses
Sanders
Lyons
San Joaquin County Employees' v. Travelers Casualty and Surety
Ward
Langer
Drevaleva
Armijo
Trotta
Langemo
Barich
Martinez-Carranza
Ralph
Brown
Bey
Miguel Peralta Estrada v. Merrick Garland
Capadanno
Operating Engineers Health And Welfare Trust Fund For Northern California v. A1 Broom Service, Inc.
Whitfield
Acevedo
Isaiah Calles v. United Parcel Services, Inc.
Samson Tug and Barge Co., Inc v. International Longshore and Warehouse Union
Wadas
Medimpact Healthcare Systems, Inc. v. IQVIA Holdings Inc.
Iwaniszek
Oakley
State of Washington v. Matheson Flight Extenders Inc
Richey
Navarro
Knapps
George Avalos v. East Africa Humanitarian Organization Properties, Inc.
Roy
Davis
Reyes
Polee
Avalos
Lerner
Karapetian
Barrett
Asencio
Garcia
Melanie Walther v. Brookdale Senior Living Communities, Inc.
Showing 801–850 of 1,784 rulings · Page 17 of 36
Browse Other Circuits
Explore employment rulings from the other federal circuits.
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.