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
East Bay Automotive Council v. National Labor Relations Board
Adams
Ray
Hood
Anna Hood Lynn Hood Richard Hood v. Encinitas Union School District and Does 1-10
United Steel Workers of America Afl-Cio-Clc v. National Labor Relations Board, Tower Industries, Inc., Intervenor
United Steel Workers v. NLRB
Sharer
Morran
Cieklinski
Employee Painters' Trust v. Ethan Enterprises, Inc.
Ahumada
Trustees of Const. Industry and Laborers Health and Welfare Trust v. Hartford Fire Ins. Co.
Trustees of the Construction Industry & Laborers Health & Welfare Trust v. Hartford Fire Insurance Company
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Hometown Buffet, Inc.
Acosta
Hicks
McSorley
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Maricopa County
Weiss
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. American Home Furnishings, Inc.
Operating Engineers Local Union No. 3 v. Newmont Mining Corp.
Diaz
Polanco-Estrada
Construction Laborers Trust Funds for Southern California Administrative Co. v. Martinez Landscape Co.
Adams
National Association of Agriculture Employees v. Federal Labor Relations Authority, and Customs and Border Protection, Intervenor
National Association of Agriculture Employees v. Federal Labor Relations Authority
Madan
Eddy
Moncada
BNY Midwest Trust Co. v. National Union Fire Insurance
Heller
Carpenters Union Local No. 1109 v. National Labor Relations Board
Hawaii v. Abbott Laboratories, Inc.
Swift
Neily
Carey
Morelewicz
Estrada
Trading Bay Energy Corp. v. Union Oil Co. of California
Trading Bay Energy Corp. v. Union Oil Co.
Helix Electric Inc. v. Division of Labor Standards Enforcement
White
White
Racusin
R. Williams Construction Company v. Occupational Safety & Health Review Commission Elaine Chao, Secretary of Labor
Germann
Principi
American Federation Of Government Employees, Afl-Cio Local 2152 v. Principi
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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.