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
Pittman
Maderazo
Rood
National Labor Relations Board v. United States Postal Service
National Union Fire Insurance v. Aerohawk Aviation, Inc.
Beck
Brown
Beck
International Ass'n of Machinists & Aerospace Workers v. National Labor Relations Board
In Re Wells Fargo Home Mortg. Overtime Pay Litig.
Termine
Communications Workers of America Plan for Employees' Pensions & Death Benefits v. CSK Auto Corp.
American Isuzu Motors, Inc. v. Fladeboe Volkswagen, Inc.
American Federation of Government Employees Local 1 v. Stone
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. NCL America Inc.
Armada Bulk Carriers v. ConocoPhillips Co., Inc.
Adam
Glass
Employers-Teamsters Local Nos. 175 & 505 Pension Trust Fund v. Anchor Capital Advisors
District Council No. 16 of the International Union of Painters & Allied Trades, Glaziers, Architectural Metal & Glass Workers, Local 1621 V. B & B Glass, Inc.
Saenz
District Council No. 16 of the International Union of Painters & Allied Trades, Glaziers, Architectural Metal & Glass Workers, Local 1621 v. B & B Glass, Inc.
Chastain
Jada Toys, Inc. v. Mattel, Inc.
Beck
Hoyle
Perez-Reynada
Young
In Re American Wagering, Inc.
Racusin
Jarrett
Paper, Allied-Industrial Chemical & Energy Workers International Union, Local 8-192 v. TXI Riverside Cement Co.
Searcy
Pantoja-Adame
Acosta
Gilliam v. Nevada Power Co.
Gilliam
In Re Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Wage and Hour Lit.
Duc Ngoan Mai v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor
In Re Wal-Mart Wage and Hour Employment Practices
Barroga
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Scolari Warehouse Markets, Inc.
Willie
Anna Hood Lynn Hood Richard Hood v. Encinitas Union School District and Does 1-10
Hood
Parent V.S., on Behalf of Student A.O. v. Los Gatos-Saratoga Joint Union High School District
Mutafyan
Ioane John Opeta v. Northwest Airlines Pension Plan for Contract Employees
Oregon-Washington Carpenters-Employers Pension Trust Fund v. BQC Construction, Inc. Hardware Service
Kidman
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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.