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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States in This Circuit
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Recent Rulings in the Ninth Circuit
Union Pacific Railroad Company v. Brent Mower
Arnett v. California Public Employees Retirement System
Almada
National Labor Relations Board v. Advanced Stretch Forming International, Inc.
Continental Laboratory Products, Inc. v. Medax International, Inc.
American Federation of Government Employees v. Federal Labor Relations Authority
American Federation Of Government Employees, Afl-Cio (Afge), Petitioner v. Federal Labor Relations Authority
Association Of Civilian Technicians, Silver Barons Chapter v. Federal Labor Relations Authority
Association of Civilian Technicians v. Federal Labor Relations Authority
Laborers Health And Welfare Trust Fund For Northern California v. Leslie G. Delbon Co., Inc.
Laborers Health & Welfare Trust Fund v. Leslie G. Delbon Co.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Med-National, Inc.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Swift Transportation Co.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Union Pacific Railroad
Boykin v. Boeing Company
21 Employee Benefits Cas. 1081, 97 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 3782, 97 Daily Journal D.A.R. 6400
Dell Hackett, and Other Similarly Situated Employees Eric R. Langford v. Lane County
American Medical International, Inc., and American Medical International, Inc. Executive Severance Plan v. William E. Valliant
Eileen A. Cronyn v. Cigna Employee Benefits, Health Plan Corporation, and Does 1 Through 10, Inclusive
Ronald F. Garcia v. International Rehabilitation Associates Intracorps Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Hurley v. State of Oregon
John Badea v. Employers Health Insurance Co. Orco Construction Company, and Rick Hewitt
F. Farah Etemad v. United States of America Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Eugene P. Regan Michael Regan v. Manager of Employee Benefits Corporate Industrial Relations of Hughes Aircraft Company
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. The Erection Company, Inc.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Pan American World Airways, Inc.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. General Telephone Co. of Northwest, Inc.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Townley Engineering & Manufacturing Company
Guam Fresh, Inc. v. Joseph F. Ada
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. The Boeing Company
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Goodyear Aerospace Corporation
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Nevada Resort Ass'n
Employee Benefits Committee Of The Retirement System Of Hawaiian Telephone Company v. Eleanor Pascoe
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. OCCIDENTAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA, Defendant-Appellee
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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.