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
Joseph Park, by and Through His Guardian Ad Litem, Kyung Hee Park Kyung Hee Park v. Anaheim Union High School District Greater Anaheim Selpa
Park
Hays
Crawford
LaMantia
Wright
Healthcare Employees Union, Local 399 v. National Labor Relations Board
Healthcare Employees Union, Local 399 v. National Labor Relations Board
Toni Feibusch v. Integrated Device Technology, Inc. Employee Benefit Plan, and Sun Life Assurance Co. Of Canada
Bowen
Trustees of the Construction Industry and Laborers Health and Welfare Trust v. Redland Insurance Company
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Caesars Entertainment, Inc.
Evans
AMERCO
Amerco v. National Labor Relations Board
Amerco
Jose Enrique Alberni v. E.K. McDaniel Frankie Sue Del Papa State of Nevada
Systems West LLC v. National Labor Relations Board
Axis-Shield
Icwuc
National Union Fire Insurance v. Wells Fargo Bank, NA
Bakery, Confectionery & Tobacco Workers & Grain Millers International Union, Local 37 v. National Labor Relations Board
Thymes
Machinists District Lodge No. 190, Local Lodge 1584, International Ass'n of Machinists & Aerospace Workers v. National Labor Relations Board
Seven-UP/RC Bottling Co. of Southern California, Inc. v. Amalgamated Industrial Workers Union
Nevada Ex Rel. Steinke v. Merck & Co., Inc.
Amalgamated Transit Union v. Laidlaw Transit Services, Inc.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Alamo Rent-A-Car LLC
Abboud
Badalyan
Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1309 v. Laidlaw Transit Services, Inc.
Adams
Eilts
Banta
International Chemical Workers Union Council of United Food & Commercial Workers International v. National Labor Relations Board
International Chemical Workers Union Council of the United Food & Commercial Workers International and Its Local 1c v. National Labor Relations Board
Icwuc
Brady v. Abbott Laboratories
Brady
Joseph Park, by and Through His Guardian Ad Litem, Kyung Hee Park Kyung Hee Park v. Anaheim Union High School District Greater Anaheim Selpa
Park
Standard Concrete Products Inc. v. General Truck Drivers Union Local 952
Standard Concrete Products Inc. v. General Truck Drivers Union Local 952
Estrada Suchite v. Gonzales
Adamenko
Adamenko
Posada
Reichard
Serramonte
D.K. Ex Rel. Kumetz-Coleman v. Huntington Beach Union High School District
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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.