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
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Alia Corp.
Grimsley v. Charles River Laboratories, Inc.
Fadal MacHining Centers, LLC v. Mid-Atlantic Cnc, Inc.
Plaza Auto Center, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
Fadal MacHining Centers, LLC v. Compumachine, Inc.
Maffeo v. Nevada Ex Rel. Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education
National Labor Relations Board v. Legacy Health System
Durand
Service Employees International Union, United Healthcare Workers-West v. Prime Health Care Services, Inc.
Adams
Local Joint Executive Board v. National Labor Relations Board
Solis
International Union of Painter & Allied Trades, District 15 Local 890L v. J & R Flooring, Inc.
Intern. Union of Painter v. J & R Flooring, Inc.
Cannata
Federal Insurance Company v. Union Pacific Railroad Company
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. High Speed Enterprise, Inc.
Ada Vargas Romero v. Eric H. Holder Jr.
Jose Estrada Quiroa v. Eric H. Holder Jr.
Welder
Chudacoff
Chudacoff
Glasser
Ellen Gordon-Ross v. Nuview Union School District
Department of Fair Employment & Housing v. Lucent Technologies, Inc.
Department of Fair Employment v. Lucent Technologies, Inc.
Adan De Leon-Calderon v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Herlina Snider v. Greater Nevada LLC
Buenaventura
AutoZone, Inc. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Villagomes
Adam
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. GNLV Corp.
Delian Brewer v. Darrell Adams
Levias
Adam Shelton, Jr. v. Mike Knowles
Adam Robinson v. John Marshall
Ayalew Mergia v. Anne Marie Adams
Marin-Posada
Progeny Ventures, Inc. v. Western Union Financial Services, Inc.
Parada-Chicas
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Banner Health
Eeoc v. Banner Health
Lee v. Northern Nevada Adult Mental Health Services
Almada
DR
Saahdi Coleman v. Derral Adams
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Prospect Airport Services, Inc.
Eeoc v. Prospect Airport
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. UPS Supply Chain Solutions
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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.