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.
Cornwell
Afl-Cio & California Labor v. Camber of Commerce
Brian Dias William Mason, Sr. v. Jose Elique Michael Murray University and Community College System of Nevada University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Adams
Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1309 v. Laidlaw Transit Services, Inc.
Manuel Mora, on His Own Behalf and on Behalf of All Persons Similarly Situated v. Construction Laborers Pension Trust for Southern California
Mora
LGS Architects, Inc. v. Concordia Homes of Nevada
Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics v. United States Forest Service
Laborers Local 341 v. Anchorage Sand and Gravel Company, Inc.
Brady v. Abbott Laboratories
Brady
Grizzard
Brown
Teplick
Jones Stevedoring Co. v. Director, Office of Workers Compensation Programs
Maionchi
National Labor Relations Board v. Boden Store Fixtures, Inc.
Eklund
Ganquan Xie v. Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
National Labor Relations Board v. Ethan Enterprises, Inc.
Adams
Ramadan
Casumpang
Adams
Beck
Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics v. United States Forest Service
Irvin
Hogya
Dominguez-Curry
Recon Refractory & Construction Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
Recon Refractory & Construction Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
In Re McKesson HBOC, Inc. ERISA Litigation
Christopher
Adams
Owen
St Joseph's Hospital v. United Staff Nurses Union
Jeffrey M. Louis, Dpm v. U.S. Department of Labor, an Executive Department of the United States
Louis
Louis
National Treasury Employees Union (Nteu) v. Federal Labor Relations Authority
Quezada-Ortega
Graves
Green
Shane
Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics v. United States Forest Service
Okwuosa
Irvin
Graham County Electric Cooperative, Inc. v. Local Union No. 287, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
In re Syncor Erisa Litigation
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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.