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
Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics v. United States Forest Service
Brady v. Abbott Laboratories
Brady
Brown
Ganquan Xie v. Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
Casumpang
Beck
Dominguez-Curry
Recon Refractory & Construction Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
Christopher
Owen
Louis
National Treasury Employees Union (Nteu) v. Federal Labor Relations Authority
Quezada-Ortega
Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics v. United States Forest Service
Okwuosa
Henderson v. Office & Professional Employees International Union
Martin
Griffith
Claudette Lutz v. Glendale Union High School, District No. 205 Governing Board of Glendale Union High School, District No. 205
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Columbia Alaska Regional Hospital
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Peabody Western Coal Company
Eeoc v. Peabody Coal Co.
General Construction Company Liberty Northwest Insurance Corp. v. Robert Castro Director, Office of Workers Compensation Programs
Road Sprinkler Fitters Local Union No. 669 v. Cosco Fire Protection, Inc.
Tina Dierkes v. U.S. Department of Labor
Dierkes
Francisco-Farrell
Estrada
American Safety Casualty Insurance v. Nevada Risk Management, Inc.
Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics v. United States Forest Service
Hanson
Eijinio Banuelos v. Construction Laborers' Trust Funds for Southern California
Everitt
Noyes
Amerco
Employers Insurance Co. of Nevada v. United States
Mancini
Calmat Company v. U.S. Department of Labor, Administrative Review Board Robert E. Germann
Adams
In Re Farmers Ins. Exch. Claims Rep. Overtime Pay Litigation
Kalama Services, Inc Cigna Property and Casualty Insurance Company v. Director, Office of Workers Compensation Programs
City of San Jacinto v. National Union Insurance
Las Vegas Sands Inc v. Culinary Workers Union Local 226
Donald Jebian v. Hewlett-Packard Company Employee Benefits Organization Income Protection Plan Erisa Plan
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Pacific Maritime Ass'n
In Re Farmers Ins. Exchange Claims Representatives Overtime Pay Litigation
Herman Resnick v. Michael Adams, Warden Mike Szafir, Administrator, Food Order and Services
Glendale Associates, Ltd. v. National Labor Relations Board
John D. Sergeant v. Inlandboatmen's Union of the Pacific, an Incorporated Association
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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.