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Employment Rulings in the Second Circuit

The Second Circuit covers the federal courts in New York, Connecticut, and Vermont. The rulings below come from the circuit's court of appeals and the federal trial courts within it.

Of the 5,280 published rulings we track here (19612026), 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 5,280 published rulings we track in the Second Circuit.

Defendant Win
1,933 (37%)
Plaintiff Win
969 (18%)
Dismissed
743 (14%)
Mixed Result
679 (13%)
Settlement
622 (12%)
Remanded
334 (6%)

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 5,057 rulings we could classify by stage were decided.

Appeal
1,730 (34%)

A higher court reviewing an earlier decision. Many published opinions come from this stage, after a lot has already happened in the case.

Summary judgment
870 (17%)

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 870 summary-judgment rulings here, 553 ended the case in the employer’s favor and 317 let the worker’s claims continue.

Motion to dismiss
1,513 (30%)

An early request — usually by the employer — to throw the case out before any evidence is gathered.

Trial verdict
109 (2%)

A judge or jury heard the evidence and reached a decision. Relatively few disputes get this far.

Settlement / consent decree
604 (12%)

The two sides resolved the dispute by agreement, sometimes with court approval. Most settlements are private and never show up in published opinions.

Default judgment
150 (3%)

A decision entered because one side did not respond to the case at all.

Other rulings
81 (2%)

Procedural decisions and orders that do not fit the main stages above.

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Recent Rulings in the Second Circuit

Reese

Dec 17, 2024S.D.N.Y.Mixed Result

Isakov

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Williams v. Vircan Group LLC

Dec 17, 2024S.D.N.Y.Settlement

Pineda

Dec 17, 2024E.D.N.Y.Defendant Win

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Dec 16, 2024S.D.N.Y.Dismissed

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Dec 16, 2024S.D.N.Y.Defendant Win

Trippett

Dec 16, 2024S.D.N.Y.Mixed Result

Brown

Dec 16, 2024S.D.N.Y.Dismissed

McCrae

Dec 16, 2024E.D.N.Y.Dismissed

Carrier

Dec 16, 2024W.D.N.Y.Defendant Win

TransUnion

Dec 16, 2024E.D.N.Y.Defendant Win

Kooluris

Dec 13, 2024S.D.N.Y.Dismissed

Ogelton

Dec 13, 2024S.D.N.Y.Remanded

Purcell

Dec 13, 2024D. Conn.Plaintiff Win

Gao

Dec 12, 2024S.D.N.Y.Mixed Result

Drywall Tapers and Pointers of Greater New York Local Union 1974, Affiliated with International Union of Allied Painters and Allied Trades, AFL-CIO v. CCC Custom Carpentry Corp.

Dec 11, 2024S.D.N.Y.Plaintiff Win

Harper

Dec 11, 2024E.D.N.Y.Remanded

Jimenez

Dec 10, 2024S.D.N.Y.Dismissed

Fleming

Dec 9, 2024S.D.N.Y.Settlement

Dalewitz

Dec 7, 2024S.D.N.Y.Plaintiff Win

Purvis

Dec 6, 2024E.D.N.Y.Dismissed

Corbia

Dec 5, 2024S.D.N.Y.Mixed Result

Government Employees Insurance Company v. Surplus SG, Inc.

Dec 5, 2024E.D.N.Y.Plaintiff Win

Marin

Dec 4, 2024S.D.N.Y.Dismissed

Barnes-Anderson

Nov 27, 2024S.D.N.Y.Plaintiff Win

O'Rear

Nov 27, 2024S.D.N.Y.Dismissed

Bell v. CSX Transportation, Inc.

Nov 26, 2024N.D.N.Y.Defendant Win

Qian

Nov 20, 2024D. Conn.Remanded

Drywall Tapers and Pointers of Greater New York Local Union 1974, Affiliated with International Union of Allied Painters and Allied Trades, AFL-CIO v. Nova Brothers, Inc.

Nov 19, 2024S.D.N.Y.Plaintiff Win

Galvan

Nov 18, 2024S.D.N.Y.Defendant Win

Khan

Nov 18, 2024E.D.N.Y.Mixed Result

Titus

Nov 18, 2024D. Conn.Dismissed

Middletown

Nov 18, 2024D. Conn.Defendant Win

Rios

Nov 15, 2024E.D.N.Y.Dismissed

Elmore

Nov 14, 2024S.D.N.Y.Dismissed

Agostini

Nov 14, 2024S.D.N.Y.Dismissed

Sanchez

Nov 14, 2024S.D.N.Y.Defendant Win

Government Employees Insurance Co. v. Active Medical Care, P.C.

Nov 14, 2024E.D.N.Y.Remanded

Restrepo

Nov 14, 2024E.D.N.Y.Dismissed

Martinenko

Nov 13, 2024S.D.N.Y.Dismissed

Florio

Nov 13, 20242nd CircuitDefendant Win

Taebel

Nov 12, 2024S.D.N.Y.Dismissed

Lin

Nov 11, 2024S.D.N.Y.Remanded

Liz

Nov 8, 2024S.D.N.Y.Dismissed

Marin

Nov 8, 2024S.D.N.Y.Remanded

Cortorreal

Nov 8, 2024S.D.N.Y.Dismissed

Granados

Nov 7, 2024S.D.N.Y.Remanded

Santiago

Nov 7, 2024E.D.N.Y.Plaintiff Win

Peters

Nov 6, 2024S.D.N.Y.Settlement

Zamora

Oct 31, 2024S.D.N.Y.Defendant Win

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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.