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
Yamada
Tadaryl Williams v. H. Skolnick
Widada
Saahdi Coleman v. Derral Adams
Flores
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Prospect Airport Services, Inc.
Eeoc v. Prospect Airport
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. UPS Supply Chain Solutions
Canal Indemnity Co. v. Adair Homes, Inc.
Ollier
Garcia
Jules Jordan Video, Inc. v. 144942 Canada Inc.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Timeless Investments, Inc.
Locals 302 & 612 of the International Union of Operating Engineers Construction Industry Health & Security Fund v. Gill
Nicholson
Krainski
Ross
International Union of Painter & Allied Trades, District 15, Local 159 v. J & R Flooring, Inc.
Martin Rascon Quezada v. Eric H. Holder Jr.
USFS
Seagate Technology LLC v. National Union Fire Insurance
Seagate Tech. v. NAT. UNION FIRE INS. CO.
Padam Khanna v. Baljit Randhawa
Hugo Ryan-Moncada v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Chau
Encore
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. California Psychiatric Transitions, Inc.
Small ex rel. National Labor Relations Board v. Operative Plasterers' & Cement Masons' International Ass'n Local 200
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Peabody Western Coal Co.
Jorge Parada-Quintanilla v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Plumbers Union Local No. 12 Pension Fund v. Ambassador's Group
Tate
Lucey
Lucey
Unionamerica Insurance Company v. The Fort Miller Group, Inc.
Bopp
Au-Tomotive Gold Inc. v. Volkswagen of America, Inc.
Bopp
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Pinal County
Solis
Ollier
McCluskey
United Steel, Paper & Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial & Service Workers International Union v. Shell Oil Co.
James Morgan v. Clark County Credit Union
Ollier
Ermovick v. Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP Long Term Disability Coverage for All Employees
Leonard Neely v. B. Adams
Skye Taylor v. Volkswagen of America, Inc.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Southwestern Furniture of Wisconsin, LLC
Warren
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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.