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.
Clifton
Hubbard
McGhee
Brenda Core v. Elies Village 2 LLC
Ronald Pineda v. Abbott Laboratories Inc.
Philips
Kannan
Guadalupe Beltran v. Procare Pharmacy LLC
Vodonick
Smith v. Aetna Life Insurance Company
Ilwu
Davis
Doutherd
Amaro
Labarrere
Dixon
Locals 302 and 612 of the International Union of Operating Engineers Construction Industry Health and Security Fund v. Reclaim Company LLC
Espinoza
NLRB v. Natural Life, Inc.
Thondukolam
Muning Zhong v. Phillips 66 Company
Riley
Stoddart
Taylor
Shores
Buckhorn
Wolf
Murphy v. The Finish Line, Inc.
U.S. EEOC v. Elite Wireless Group, Inc.
Doe
Easley
Wang
Mark Adams v. Metro. Educ. Dist. Found.
Deutsche Bank National Trust Company v. SFR Investments Pool I, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company
Adam Ghadiri v. Southern California Motorcyles
Quezada
Jamal Adams v. Postmates, Inc.
Cash Schiewe v. Service Employees International Union Local 503
Wright
Harris
Maciel
Lapping
Nevada Resort Assocation - International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees and Moving Picture Machine Operators of the United States and Canada Local 720 Pension Trust v. JB Viva Vegas, L.P.
Bailey
California Spine And Neurosurgery Institute v. Blue Cross of California
Delvin Hines v. Constellis Integrated Risk Management Services
Brooke
James Farr v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.
Brooke
Manfre-Lane
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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.