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.
Schwendeman
Gascon
Juvenal Taboada-Bahena v. William Barr
Redwind
Todd Johnston v. Uber Technologies, Inc.
Sandy Santos v. Highland AL-MC GP, LLC
Villarreal
Brunner, Jr. v. Lyft, Inc.
Hudson
Alabsi
Pantoja
Mohammed
Casement
McCauley
Zweizig
Johnson v. Solara, LLC
Tametria Nash-Perry v. JTH Tax Inc.
Smith v. Kaiser Foundation Hospitals
Reynosa-Juarez
Gordon
Yeomans
Noroma
(PS) Awadan v. Reebok Corporate Headquarter
Gomez
Kirk
State of Nevada v. Gilbert
Essmaker
Cavada
Arakji
Jo Ann Gutierrez Bejar v. SOS International LLC
Frausto
Kannan
Sanchez
Fitzgerald
Jackson v. Chrissa Enterprises, Inc.
Matthew Anderson v. Assemblers, Inc.
Hamidi
Acosta
Nolan
Unite Here Local 11 v. NLRB
Alexander Garcia v. Nexeo Solutions, LLC
Cuevas
Camilo
Varner
Schutza
Adams II v. CVS Pharmacy
Andrade
Rodriguez
Guerrero
Collins
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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.