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.
Kenna Donora Porter v. Delta Airlines, Inc.
Allison
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. GIPHX10 LLC
John Edwards v. CoreCivic of Tennessee, LLC
Adamson
Droesch
Denise Zapata v. Cambridge Investment Research, Inc.
Ancheta
Bright
Ortiz
Burris
Sierra Nevada Transportation, Inc v. Nevada Transportation Authority, DIvision of the Nevada Department of Business and Industry
Wilson
John Ho v. Rykadan 005 LLC
Brewster v. All American Oilfield, LLC
Anderson
Monplaisir
Langer
Adams
Jessica Bell v. Union Pacific Railroad Company
Alonso
Trump
Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor v. Valley Wide Plastering Construction Incorporated
Kincheloe
Jesse Alvarez v. AutoZone, Inc.
Cherry
Bhandari
Arakji
Yoo
Swirski
Ornelas
Reichert
Adams
Hinds
Bankruptcy Estate of Diego M. Galietti v. Western Progressive-Nevada, Inc.
Dixon
Rockymore
Roy Yiun v. RB-CB LLC
Taylor
Northern California Electrical Workers Pension Trust v. Three Brothers Electrical Contractors
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Norval Electric Cooperative, Inc.
Kosloski
Luz Zendejas v. Coast-United Advertising Co., Inc.
Zavislak
John Baker v. Tech Data Corporation
Strojnik
Hairston
Mantikas
Osvaldo Vazquez v. Target Corporation
Jose Mendoza, Jr. v. Amalgamated Transit Union
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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.