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.
Gastelum
Michael Fenske v. Fresenius USA Manufacturing, Inc.
Long Beach Memorial Medical Center v. United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union
Avalos
Stillwell
Harper
Ehealthinsurance Services, Inc. v. Healthpilot Technologies LLC
Darling
Avalos
Jamie
Desmond
DeFries
Karl
Rosen
Kollar
AllRounds, Inc. v. eShares, Inc.
Campbell
Magana
Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor v. Mesa Air Group Incorporated
Maday Marenco-Hernandez v. Merrick Garland
NLRB v. Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc.
Handloser
James Shayler v. Los Angeles Press, LLC
Brittney Shaw v. Nike Retail Services, Inc.
Whitfield
Carlos Marquez v. Toll Global Forwarding USA Inc.
Sanchez
Greenwood
Ornelas
King
Uriel Arauz Masis v. Tire's Warehouse, LLC
Reynolds
Sanchez
Adams
Adams
Shafer
Local 169 Laborer International Union v. The Penta Building Group Inc
DeRosa
Jocelyn Trigueros v. Stanford Federal Credit Union
Lutge
Adam Azimov v. Merrick Garland
Freeman
Huerta
G.N.
Cortes
Board of Trustees of the Glaziers, Architectural Metal & Glass Workers Local Union 1399 Health & Welfare Trust v. Summit Commercial Floors, Inc.
Yahoo! Inc. v. National Union Fire Insurance
Hassell
Yuriria Diaz v. Macys West Stores, Inc.
Barr v. Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings
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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.