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
Canal Indemnity Co. v. Adair Homes, Inc.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Timeless Investments, Inc.
Locals 302 & 612 of the International Union of Operating Engineers Construction Industry Health & Security Fund v. Gill
Krainski
Seagate Technology LLC v. National Union Fire Insurance
Chau
Small ex rel. National Labor Relations Board v. Operative Plasterers' & Cement Masons' International Ass'n Local 200
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Peabody Western Coal Co.
Unionamerica Insurance Company v. The Fort Miller Group, Inc.
Au-Tomotive Gold Inc. v. Volkswagen of America, Inc.
Skye Taylor v. Volkswagen of America, Inc.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Southwestern Furniture of Wisconsin, LLC
Warren
Leonel Valdez-Estrada v. Eric H. Holder Jr.
Service Employees International Union v. United States
Adaku Eronini v. Jp Morgan Chase Bank Na
Adamyan
Lozada Mendoza v. Holder
Jobs
Trustees of the Construction Industry & Laborers Health & Welfare Trust v. B. Witt Concrete Cutting, Inc.
Alvarez-Adalguiza
Parada
Conocophillips
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores, Inc.
Estrada-Lampayas
Lee v. Sun Life Assur. Co. of Canada
Rimando v. Alum Rock Union Elementary School District
Randal Anderson v. Union Pacific Railroad Company
Kress v. PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP
Fleming v. Yuma Regional Medical Center
Fleming v. Yuma Regional Medica
Vasquez v. Coast Valley Roofing, Inc.
Nevada Service Employees Union v. National Labor Relations Board
Nevada Service Employees Union v. National Labor Relations Board
Loretta Avent v. Tempe Union High School District
Nevada Serv Emp v. NLRB
Eric Rodriguez v. San Mateo Union High School District
Stormans, Inc. v. Selecky
Stormans Inc v. Selecky
Cates
Cates
Sievers
Sievers
Manzo
Manzo
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Go Daddy Software, Inc.
Eeoc v. Go Daddy Software
Riper
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Boeing Co.
Eeoc v. the Boeing Company
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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.