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 4,198 published rulings we track here (1973–2026), the breakdowns below show how they were decided. They describe published opinions only — not the odds of any particular situation.
Of the 4,198 published rulings we track in the Ninth Circuit.
A workplace lawsuit moves through stages, and a ruling can end it at any of them. Here is where the 4,112 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 492 summary-judgment rulings here, 257 ended the case in the employer’s favor and 235 let the worker’s claims continue.
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.
Browse rulings from courts in each state the Ninth Circuit covers.
Lopez
Cuevas
Ball
Khankin
Campbell
Ruiz
Doe
Northwest Laborers Employers Health & Security Trust v. Pro Clean NW LLC
Michael Harris v. Computer Annex Corporation
Varner
De La Cerda v. San Diego Convention Center Corporation, Inc.
Carlson
Sommer
Brenda McGuire v. Life Insurance Company of North America
Hosseini
Angela Madatovian v. Bayer Healthcare LLC
Denton
Honeycutt
Parks
Washington State Convention Center Public Facilities District v. Employers Insurance Company of Waus
Varner
Rosalba Hernandez v. Amcor Flexibles LLC
Spencer
Hernandez
Rodriguez-Ahumada
Wright
Trustees of the Nevada Resort Association - International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees and Moving Picture Machine Operators of the United States and Canada, Local 720, Pension Trust v. Shepard Exposition Services, Inc.
Locals 302 and 612 of the International Union of Operating Engineers Construction Industry Health & Security Fund v. Yelm Property Development LLC
HonorHealth
Salehian
Revital Gallen v. Liberty Life Assurance Company of Boston
Wheeler
Nilsen
Taylor
Cipolla
Nelson v. Hawaiian Airlines, Inc.
Martinez
Holland-Thielen
Barrons
Ivie
Riddick
White
Jose Antonio Santana Rubio v. Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, LLC
Storey
Tanseer Kazi v. PNC, Bank, N.A.
Greenley
Darwin Boggs v. Hannahs Restaurant, Inc.
Papageorge
Shianne Hollander v. McGriff Insurance Services, LLC
Lazaro Rodriguez v. Rentokil North America, 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.