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
Spada
Michael P. Moore v. California Institute of Technology Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Communication Technical Systems, Inc.
Brooks
Pinelli
Adamson
Security Farms v. General Teamsters, Warehousemen & Helpers Union, Union, Local 890 (In re General Teamsters, Warehousemen & Helpers Union, Local 890)
Southern California Gas Company v. Utility Workers Union of America, Local 132, Afl-Cio
Adams
Labor/Community Strategy Center v. Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Labor/Community Strategy Center v. Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Karuk Tribe Housing Authority, Opinion
Roberts
Western Select Securities, Inc. v. San Francisco City & County Employees' Retirement System
California-Nevada Methodist Homes, Inc. v. Federal Emergency Management Agency
Trustees of the Construction Industry & Laborers Health & Welfare Trust v. Desert Valley Landscape & Maintenance, Inc.
Kelada
Foster
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Tapia
United Food & Commercial Workers Union, Local 1036 v. National Labor Relations Board
Teamsters Local Union 58 v. BOC Gases
American Postal Workers Union v. United States Postal Service
Laughon
Laughon v. Int'l Alliance Stage Employees
Lutz
Jay Webster Janet Webster, Husband and Wife and the Marital Communitycomposed Thereof v. Public School Employees of Washington, Inc.
Addeo
USF Reddaway, Inc. v. Teamsters Union, Local 162
Doris Rowe,plaintiff-Appellant v. Laidlaw Transit, Inc., a Foreigncorporation,defendant-Appellee
Estrada
American Medical International, Inc.,plaintiff-Appellee v. National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh,defendant-Appellant
Adam
Alejandro-DeLeon
Hawaii Teamsters and Allied Workers Union, Local 996,petitioner-Appellant v. United Parcel Service
Roy Allan Slurry Seal v. Laborers International Union Of North America Highway And Street Stripers/Road And Street Slurry Local Union 1184, Afl-Cio
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. United Parcel Services, Inc.
National Labor Relations Board v. Advanced Stretchforming International, Inc.
Aguayao Ex Rel. National Labor Relations Board v. Quadrtech Corp.
James Chappel v. Laboratory Corporation of America, AKA National Health Lab
Prazak
William Prazak v. Local 1 International Union of Bricklayers & Allied Crafts
Hawaii Teamsters and Allied Workers Union, Local 996 v. United Parcel Service, Amended
Ruby Simkins M&k Enterprises v. Nevadacare, Inc.
Matsuda
Cole
Ferrin Cole v. Oroville Union High School District
Quigg Brothers-Schermer, Inc. v. Commercial Union Insurance
Quigg Brothers-Schermer, Inc. v. Commercial Union Insurance Company
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Plaintiff-Counterdefendant-Appellee v. Dinuba Medical Clinic, Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Appellant
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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.