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.
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Recent Rulings in the Ninth Circuit
Richard Haskins v. Employers Insurance of Wausau
Adam Backhaut v. Apple Inc.
National Labor Relations Board v. Remington Lodging & Hospitality, LLC
NLRB v. Remington Ldg. & Hosp.
Matthew Corzine v. Adam Laxalt
Brand Tarzana Surgical Institute, Inc. v. International Longshore & Warehouse Union-Pacific Maritime Ass'n Welfare Plan
Dresel v. Pension Plan of the Pacific Northwest Laboratories, Battelle Memorial Institute
Usdol
Jean Adams v. Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
Ponce De Leon v. International Longshoremen's & Warehousemen's Union-Pacific Maritime Ass'n Welfare Plan
Thomas Knickmeyer v. Nevada Ex Rel. Eighth Judicial
Int'l Longshore & Whse. Union v. Columbia Grain, Inc.
Duane Hutchings v. One Nevada Credit Union
Kollman v. National Union Fire Insurance Co.
Judy Bamberger v. National Union Fire Ins. Co.
Coletta Beneli v. NLRB
Johnson v. Service Employees International Union Local 1107
Sage Redwind v. Western Union, LLC
Nutrivita Laboratories, Inc. v. Vbs Distribution, Inc.
United Nurses Associations of California v. National Labor Relations Board
Oregon Bureau of Labor & Industries Ex Rel. Fair Housing Council of Oregon v. Chandler Apartments, LLC
Ilwu
Daniel Demetris v. Transp. Workers Union of Am.
Yahoo! Inc. v. National Union Fire Insurance Co. of Pittsburgh, PA
M.C.
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. McLane Co.
Tarbuck v. Nevada, Ex Rel. Nevada Youth Training Center
Daniel Demetris v. Transp. Workers Union of Am.
City of Roseville Employees' Retirement System v. Sterling Financial Corp.
Orzechowski v. Boeing Co. Non-Union Long-Term Disability Plan, Plan Number 625
Javier Adame Chavarin v. Jefferson Sessions
Meritage Homes of Nevada, Inc. v. FNBN-RESCON I, LLC
Paul Fix v. Union Pacific Railroad Co.
Saluja v. Advance America Cash Advance Centers of Nevada, Inc.
Runyon
McDaniel
Erica Adam v. Gregory Dobin
Tessema
Kourosh Hamidi v. Service Employees International Union Local 1000
Danielle Estrada v. Kaiser Foundation Hospitals
National Labor Relations Board v. Irish
Pinder
Eun Sug Cha v. 1199SEIU Health Care Employees Pension Fund
Leon Campbell v. Nevada Property 1 LLC
Ware
James Chadam v. Palo Alto Unified Sch. Dist.
Saif Khorshed v. Paula Adams
Nncc
Wendell O'Neal v. Lynne Adams
Avila
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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.