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 5,351 published rulings we track here (1967–2026), 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 5,351 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 5,218 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 639 summary-judgment rulings here, 379 ended the case in the employer’s favor and 259 let the worker’s claims continue; the rest resolved in other ways.
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.
Top Claim Types
Top Employers
- Union Pacific Railroad Company42
- United States Postal Service17
- Abbott Laboratories15
- United Parcel Service, Inc.14
- Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.14
- Wexford of Indiana, LLC14
States in This Circuit
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Recent Rulings in the Ninth Circuit
Stephen H. Bafford v. Northrop Grumman Corporation
Obrien
Mata
Bailey
Vinayagam
Westfall
Metaxas
Gilbert v. Liquor Lord, Inc.
A.I.I.L.
Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor v. Arizona Logistics Incorporated
(PS) Pendarvis v. Elk Grove Self Help Housing Employees
Galisatus
Covington
Schutza
Ballew
Stovall
Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor v. Valley Wide Plastering Construction Incorporated
Jean Adams v. Novo Nordisk A/S
Hamilton
VILLAGOMEZ
Sobaszkiewicz
Dooley
Burrell
Austin v. ABC Legal
Ada Maria Benson v. Hemet Police Department
Fazaei
Harris
Division of Labor Standards Enforcement v. Save Mart Supermarkets
Johnson v. One Nevada Credit Union
Chavez
Hughes
McDonald
Lowry McCray v. Westrock Services, LLC
Pipich
Tris Carpenter v. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, District Council 36
Nosaka
Jungblut
Cram
Love
Erik Rudolph v. Herc Rentals, Inc.
Lueck
Anderson
Allison
Nelson v. California Employment Development Department
Raya
Arnold Vasquez v. McLane Foodservice, Inc.
Karl
De Bernardi v. City and County of San Francisco
Winn
Bowman
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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.