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
Hooks
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Wedco, Inc.
Rena'e. Starks v. Land Title of Nevada, Inc.
Maria Estrada Pedroza v. Eric Holder, Jr.
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
Garcon
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.
Ramirez
Raul Quijada Coronado 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
Charles Summers v. Nevada Attorney General
Takata v. Hartford Comprehensive Employee Benefit Service Co.
United Transportation Union v. Ray Lahood
Mulligan
Myhre
Hilton Fisher v. S. Adair
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Walgreen Co.
Overstreet ex rel. National Labor Relations Board v. Gunderson Rail Services, LLC
International Longshore & Warehouse Union & Pacific Maritime Ass'n v. ICTSI Oregon, Inc.
McAdam
United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Global Horizons, Inc.
Grimsley v. Charles River Laboratories, Inc.
Barryngton Searcy v. Ada County Prosecuting Attorney's Office
Adam Richards v. Ed Prieto
Daniel Anderson v. HSBC Bank Nevada
Jaime Estrada v. C. Clines
Jarmaal Smith v. Nancy Adams
American President Lines, Ltd. v. International Longshore & Warehouse Union
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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.