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
Dejeu v. Washington State Department of Labor & Industries
Peter Helfrich v. the Nevada Bar
Prime Healthcare Services, Inc. v. Services Employees International Union
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Bowen v. M. Caratan, Inc.
Johnson v. Serenity Transportation, Inc.
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. McLane Co.
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Marc Nadeau v. Loretta E. Lynch
Geico
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Saravia v. Dynamex, Inc.
Davis v. Con-Way Freight Inc.
Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees Division/IBT v. BNSF Railway, Inc.
Howard Young v. Trans Union
Oregon Teamster Employers Trust v. Hillsboro Garbage Disposal, Inc.
International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employee & Moving Picture Technicians, Artist, & Allied Crafts of the United States v. InSync Show Productions, Inc.
Vincent White v. Eastside Union School District
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US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Placer ARC
Bethany Williams v. National Union Fire Ins.
Gregory Pellerin v. Nevada County
Hugo Lua v. Nancy Adams
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Surf City Steel, Inc. v. International Longshore & Warehouse Union
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Fresno County Employees' Retirement Ass'n v. Alphatec Holdings, Inc.
Margie Bedolla v. Labor Ready Southwest, Inc.
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Jimmy Yamada v. William Snipes
American President Lines, Ltd. v. International Longshore & Warehouse Union
Pierce v. Santa Maria Joint Union High School District
DeFazio v. Hollister Employee Share Ownership Trust
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.
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Theresa Carsten v. Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Global Horizons, Inc.
Tae-Si Kim v. Adam Kearney
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Ovitsky v. California Department of Fair Employment & Housing
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Regional Local Union No. 846 v. Gulf Coast Rebar, Inc.
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California v. United States Department of Labor
Adam Jones v. Bath & Body Works, LLC
Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund v. Apollo Group 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.