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.
Davis Wire Corp. v. Teamsters Local Union No. 117
S Bar B Ranch v. Omimex Canada, Ltd.
Yerli Mauricio Moncada Lopez v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Ilwu
Theresa Carsten v. Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Global Horizons, Inc.
Tae-Si Kim v. Adam Kearney
Slack
Ovitsky v. California Department of Fair Employment & Housing
Frankl
Regional Local Union No. 846 v. Gulf Coast Rebar, Inc.
Rubin v. Vista Del Sol Health Services, Inc.
Stratton
California v. United States Department of Labor
Adam Jones v. Bath & Body Works, LLC
Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund v. Apollo Group Inc.
Hooks
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Wedco, Inc.
Rena'e. Starks v. Land Title of Nevada, Inc.
Aki
Rock-Tenn Services, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
California-Nevada Annual Conference of the Methodist Church v. City of San Francisco
Eeoc v. Peabody Western Coal Company
Bay Area Roofers Health & Welfare Trust v. Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Bashas' Inc.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Peabody Western Coal Co.
Veronica Ollier v. Sweetwater Union High School
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Peters' Bakery
Uprc
Irigaray Dairy v. Dairy Employees Union Local No. 17 Christian Labor Ass'n of the United State
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Peters' Bakery
Mark Legassie v. Raytheon Company Employee Benefits Administration Committee
Corns
Cristina Martinez De Estrada v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Edward Zimbelman v. Southern Nevada Regional Housing Authority
Nagahi v. California Employment Development Department
National Labor Relations Board v. Vista Del Sol Health Services, Inc.
Barroga v. Board of Administration of California Public Employees' Retirement System
Adan Munoz-Henriquez v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Nooner v. El Dorado Union High School District
Teichert Construction v. Secretary of Labor
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Farmers Insurance
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Global Horizons, Inc.
Joint Trustees of the International Longshore & Warehouse Union-Pacific Maritime Ass'n Pension Plan v. Ross
Takata v. Hartford Comprehensive Employee Benefit Service Co.
United Transportation Union v. Ray Lahood
Mulligan
Myhre
Hilton Fisher v. S. Adair
Overstreet ex rel. National Labor Relations Board v. Gunderson Rail Services, LLC
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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.