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.
Phoen
Shimomura
Apple Inc. v. Rivos, Inc.
Corry
Kava Holdings, LLC v. NLRB
Sanft
Pappas
Carpenters Southwest Administrative Corporation v. HRM Construction and Engineering Inc.
Merhi
Zamudio
Christopher Frankovich v. Home Depot U.S.A., Inc.
Jamal Mashat v. STV Incorporated
Fisk
Vigil
Watson
Christopher Peterson v. National Railroad Passenger Corporation
Francisca Gutierrez v. Barcel USA, Inc.
Munger
Frazer
Dempsey
Dempsey
Foreman
Husok
Shruhan
Williams v. Aramark Campus LLC
Salazar
Boyle
Erhart
Erhart
Merhi
Kelee Williams v. Robert Half International, Inc.
Melendrez
M.
Grace
Martha Cristerna v. FedEx Corporation
Erblich
Chalmers
Salazar
Maggio
Diana Price v. Home Deport U.S.A., Inc.
Pontikis
Patricia Lacy v. The Elevance Health Companies, Inc.
Alvaro Orosco v. Puma Canyon Restaurant Group, LLC
Mirabelli
Dutton
Blackstock-Peter
Lawson
Maese-Thomason
Escobedo
Christopher Peterson v. National Railroad Passenger Corporation
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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.