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.
Oxana Grabois v. Adam Grabois
Eeoc v. Bnsf Railway Company
Adamson
Jason Hill v. Volkswagen Group of America, I
Donna De Rosa v. Tri-Union Seafoods, LLC
Jason Hill v. Volkswagen, Ag
Jason Hill v. Volkswagen, Ag
Ronald Fleshman, Jr. v. Volkswagen, Ag
Constr. Laborers Trust Funds for S. Cal. Admin. Co. v. Anzalone Masonry, Inc.
Regional Local Union No. 846 v. Gulf Coast Rebar, Inc.
Nat'l Labor Relations Bd. v. Int'l Ass'n of Bridge
Margie Bedolla v. Labor Ready Southwest
Casino Pauma v. NLRB
Valaria Garnett v. Derral Adams
Adamina McKenzie v. San Joaquin Valley College
Erendira Rangel-Palacios v. Sweetwater Union H.S. Dist.
Milton Rodas Quezada v. Jefferson Sessions
Laborers' International Union v. Mammoth Pacific, Lp
Gciu-Employer Ret. Fund & Bd. of Trs. of the Gciu Emp'r Ret. Fund v. Quad/Graphics, Inc.
Brett Noble v. Nevada Checker Cab Corp.
Millennium Laboratories, Inc. v. Allied World Assurance Co.
William Mahoe v. Oper. Eng'rs Union Local No. 3
Local Joint Executive Board v. NLRB
Gregory Garmong v. Nevada Supreme Court
Ross
American Civil Liberties Union v. Federal Bureau of Investigation
Richard Haskins v. Employers Insurance of Wausau
Michael Gaddy v. N. Adam
Adam Backhaut v. Apple Inc.
City of Hialeah Employees' Ret. Sys. v. FEI Co.
Wormuth
David Steckbeck v. Bartenders Union Local 165
National Labor Relations Board v. Remington Lodging & Hospitality, LLC
NLRB v. Remington Ldg. & Hosp.
Hodge v. Hartford Life & Accident Ins. Co.
Matthew Corzine v. Adam Laxalt
Douglas Arledge v. Ada County
United Transportation Union v. Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Co.
Brand Tarzana Surgical Institute, Inc. v. International Longshore & Warehouse Union-Pacific Maritime Ass'n Welfare Plan
Dresel v. Pension Plan of the Pacific Northwest Laboratories, Battelle Memorial Institute
Michael Otto v. Abbott Laboratories Inc.
Usdol
Acosta v. Idaho Falls Sch. Dist. No. 91
Jean Adams v. Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
Ponce De Leon v. International Longshoremen's & Warehousemen's Union-Pacific Maritime Ass'n Welfare Plan
Thomas Knickmeyer v. Nevada Ex Rel. Eighth Judicial
Veridian Credit Union v. Eddie Bauer, LLC
A.V.
Capay, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
Micha v. Sun Life Assurance of Canada, Inc.
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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.