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
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Recent Rulings in the Ninth Circuit
Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics v. United States Forest Service
Murdock
Estrada
Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics v. United States Forest Service
Cornelio
Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics v. United States Forest Service
Krahn
SFPP, L.P. v. Union Pacific Railroad
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Harris Farms Inc.
River Oak Center for Children, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
Platt Electrical Supply, Inc. v. Underwriters Laboratories, Inc.
Murrell
Au-Tomotive Gold, Inc. v. Volkswagen of America, Inc.
McCabe Hamilton & Renny Co. v. International Longshore & Warehouse Union, Local 142
Cranney
James
Hylinger
Adams
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. ABM Industries Inc.
Jackson v. Attorney General of Nevada
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. NCL America, Inc.
Jada Toys, Inc. v. Mattel, Inc.
National Labor Relations Board v. United Food & Commercial Workers Union, Local 1036
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. NCL America, Inc.
In Re Syncor ERISA Litigation
Gibson
Thorpe
Walters Wholesale Electric Co. v. National Union Fire Insurance Co. of Pittsburgh
Houston v. Encinitas Union School District
Grabinski
Local Joint Executive Board v. National Labor Relations Board
Local Joint Executive Board of Las Vegas v. NLRB
International Ass'n of Machinists & Aerospace Workers, Local Lodge 845 v. National Labor Relations Board
Estrada
Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics v. United States Forest Service
Golden Gate Restaurant Association v. San Francisco Central Labor Council
National Labor Relations Board v. Friendly Cab Co.
NLRB v. Friendly Cab Co.
United Steelworkers of America v. Retirement Income Plan for Hourly-Rated Employees of ASARCO, Inc.
United Steelworkers v. Retirement Income Plan for Hourly-Rated Employees of Asarco, Inc.
In re M.L. Stern Overtime Litigation
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Catholic Healthcare West
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Robert L. Reeves & Associates
Neerdaels
National Treasury Employees Union v. Federal Labor Relations Authority
Global Horizons, Inc. v. U.S. Department of Labor
Global Horizons, Inc. v. U.S. Department of Labor
Roe
Young
District Council No. 16 of the International Union of Painters & Allied Trades, Glaziers, Architectural Metal & Glass Workers, L
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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.