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
Javier Adame Chavarin v. Jefferson Sessions
Mike Newcastle v. L. Adams
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Adams v. United States Customs & Border Protection
George Morse v. Nevada Attorney General
GCIU-Employer Retirement Fund v. Quad/Graphics, Inc.
Paul Fix v. Union Pacific Railroad Co.
M.C.
Teleflex Medical Inc. v. National Union Fire Insurance Co. of Pittsburgh
Saluja v. Advance America Cash Advance Centers of Nevada, Inc.
Endo Painting Service, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
Runyon
McDaniel
Irene Chavez-De-Estrada v. Jefferson Sessions
Erica Adam v. Gregory Dobin
Tessema
Kourosh Hamidi v. Service Employees International Union Local 1000
Danielle Estrada v. Kaiser Foundation Hospitals
Pollitt v. Casa Grande Union High School District No. 82
National Labor Relations Board v. Irish
Millennium Laboratories, Inc. v. Darwin Select Insurance Co.
Gray
Pinder
Union Asset Management Holding AG v. Sandisk LLC
Ilwu
Eun Sug Cha v. 1199SEIU Health Care Employees Pension Fund
Leon Campbell v. Nevada Property 1 LLC
Wadler
Adam Saetrum v. Jake Vogt
Gustavo Estrada v. Douglas Gillespie
R.F. ex rel. Frankel v. Delano Union School District
Kevin Smith v. Union Pacific Railroad Company
McArthur
Ware
Kenneth Bailey v. Union Bank Retirement Plan
James Chadam v. Palo Alto Unified Sch. Dist.
Saif Khorshed v. Paula Adams
Volis v. Housing Authority of Los Angeles Employees
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Wendell O'Neal v. Lynne Adams
Arendt v. Washington-Idaho-Montana Carpenters-Employers Retirement Trust Fund
National Labor Relations Board v. Uber Technologies, Inc.
United Food & Commercial Workers Union Local Nos. 135, 324, 770, 1036, 1167, 1428, 1442 v. National Labor Relations Board
Fenske
Avila
James Fenske v. Service Employees Int'l Inc.
National Labor Relations Board v. Teamsters Union Local No. 70
Daniel Hansen v. Robinson Nevada Mining Co.
National Credit Union Administration Board v. RBS Securities, Inc.
Larson
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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.