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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States in This Circuit
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Recent Rulings in the Ninth Circuit
James Fenske v. Service Employees Int'l Inc.
Daniel Hansen v. Robinson Nevada Mining Co.
Orr v. Nevada State Board of Osteopathic Medicine
Georgina Martinez Quezada v. Loretta E. Lynch
In re Taco Bell Wage & Hour Actions
Regional Local Union No. 846 v. Gulf Coast Rebar, Inc.
Rosemary Garity v. Apwu National Labor Org.
Rosemary Garity v. Apwu National Labor Org.
Arizona ex rel. Brnovich v. Volkswagen AG
Quinton Brown v. Larry Adams
Joshua Shapiro v. America's Credit Union
Gomez
Elizabeth Stevenson v. Abbott Laboratories
Dibs v. Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School District
Edmund
Anderson v. Sun Life Assurance of Canada, Inc.
Fernandez v. Board of Regents of Nevada System of Higher Education
Hooks Ex Rel. National Labor Relations Board v. Kitsap Tenant Support Services, Inc.
Badame v. J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.
Afscme
Banda v. Antelope Valley Union High School District
Previti v. National Union Fire Insurance Co. of Pittsburgh, PA
Alla Rosenfield v. Globaltranz Enterprises
Saks v. International Longshore & Warehouse Union-Pacific Maritime Ass'n Benefit Plans
Dejeu v. Washington State Department of Labor & Industries
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. McLane Co.
Marc Nadeau v. Loretta E. Lynch
Geico
Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees Division/IBT v. BNSF Railway, Inc.
Howard Young v. Trans Union
Oregon Teamster Employers Trust v. Hillsboro Garbage Disposal, Inc.
Vincent White v. Eastside Union School District
US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Placer ARC
Bethany Williams v. National Union Fire Ins.
Hugo Lua v. Nancy Adams
Zimbelman
Pierce v. Santa Maria Joint Union High School District
Davis Wire Corp. v. Teamsters Local Union No. 117
S Bar B Ranch v. Omimex Canada, Ltd.
Yerli Mauricio Moncada Lopez v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Ilwu
Tae-Si Kim v. Adam Kearney
Frankl
Rubin v. Vista Del Sol Health Services, Inc.
Eeoc v. Peabody Western Coal Company
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Peabody Western Coal Co.
Veronica Ollier v. Sweetwater Union High School
Irigaray Dairy v. Dairy Employees Union Local No. 17 Christian Labor Ass'n of the United State
Cristina Martinez De Estrada v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Barroga v. Board of Administration of California Public Employees' Retirement System
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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.