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
Browse rulings from courts in each state the Ninth Circuit covers.
Recent Rulings in the Ninth Circuit
Orr v. Nevada State Board of Osteopathic Medicine
Georgina Martinez Quezada v. Loretta E. Lynch
Elinor Otto v. Employee Ret. Income Plan
In re Taco Bell Wage & Hour Actions
Regional Local Union No. 846 v. Gulf Coast Rebar, Inc.
Pacific Maritime Ass'n v. National Labor Relations Board
Rosemary Garity v. Apwu National Labor Org.
Rosemary Garity v. Apwu National Labor Org.
Anderson
Arizona ex rel. Brnovich v. Volkswagen AG
Quinton Brown v. Larry Adams
Western Sugar Cooperative v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local Union 190
Jason Yamada v. Nobel Biocare Holding Ag
Adams
Illinois Union Insurance Co. v. Intuitive Surgical, Inc.
Leight
National Credit Union Administration Board v. Goldman Sachs & Co.
Nat'l Credit Union Admin Board v. Goldman Sachs and Co
Joshua Shapiro v. America's Credit Union
Gomez
Kirchhof
Tedrow
Elizabeth Stevenson v. Abbott Laboratories
Jason Yamada v. Nobel Biocare Holding Ag
Dibs v. Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School District
Edmund
Manuel Ramirez v. Escondido Union School Dist.
Linsey Adams v. Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital
Gamage v. Nevada Ex Rel. Board of Regents of Higher Education
Anderson v. Sun Life Assurance of Canada, Inc.
Knickmeyer
Fernandez v. Board of Regents of Nevada System of Higher Education
Reyes
AAA Nevada Insurance v. Buenaventura
Hooks Ex Rel. National Labor Relations Board v. Kitsap Tenant Support Services, Inc.
Dairy Employees Union Local No. 17 v. Robert Vander Eyk Dairy
Adan Prieto-Cortez v. Loretta E. Lynch
Millennium Laboratories, Inc. v. Allied World Assurance Co. (U.S.), Inc.
United States Ex Rel. Adams v. Aurora Loan Services, Inc.
Badame v. J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.
Anaheim Union High School District v. J.E.
Afscme
Banda v. Antelope Valley Union High School District
McGlasson
Previti v. National Union Fire Insurance Co. of Pittsburgh, PA
California v. United States Department of Labor
Dairy
Ellis v. San Francisco State University
Alla Rosenfield v. Globaltranz Enterprises
Saks v. International Longshore & Warehouse Union-Pacific Maritime Ass'n Benefit Plans
Showing 4,001–4,050 of 5,351 rulings · Page 81 of 108
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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.