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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

Hernandez

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Barrera

Sep 9, 2021S.D.N.Y.Settlement

Sloben

Sep 9, 2021S.D.N.Y.Settlement

Stenger

Sep 9, 2021N.D.N.Y.Mixed Result

Baez

Sep 8, 2021S.D.N.Y.Plaintiff Win

Mills

Sep 7, 2021W.D.N.Y.Mixed Result

Macias

Sep 7, 2021E.D.N.Y.Dismissed

Rubio

Sep 3, 2021S.D.N.Y.Plaintiff Win

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Sep 3, 2021E.D.N.Y.Plaintiff Win

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Sep 2, 2021S.D.N.Y.Settlement

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Sep 2, 2021E.D.N.Y.Defendant Win

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Sep 2, 2021E.D.N.Y.Plaintiff Win

Qiu

Sep 1, 2021S.D.N.Y.Defendant Win

Haby

Sep 1, 2021S.D.N.Y.Defendant Win

Khwaja

Sep 1, 2021S.D.N.Y.Mixed Result

Singh

Sep 1, 2021E.D.N.Y.Defendant Win

Julian

Aug 31, 2021S.D.N.Y.Mixed Result

Moskowitz

Aug 31, 2021E.D.N.Y.Dismissed

Sterlin

Aug 30, 2021S.D.N.Y.Settlement

Omni Elevator Corporation v. International Union of Elevator Constructors

Aug 27, 2021W.D.N.Y.Defendant Win

Finnegan

Aug 27, 2021S.D.N.Y.Dismissed

Vasquez

Aug 27, 2021S.D.N.Y.Settlement

Paguada

Aug 27, 2021S.D.N.Y.Dismissed

Quezada

Aug 27, 2021S.D.N.Y.Settlement

Marquez de la Cruz v. Estrellita Poblana, Inc.

Aug 27, 2021S.D.N.Y.Settlement

Gilot

Aug 27, 2021E.D.N.Y.Dismissed

Omni Elevator Corporation v. International Union of Elevator Constructors

Aug 26, 2021W.D.N.Y.Defendant Win

Wang

Aug 26, 2021S.D.N.Y.Plaintiff Win

Ramirez

Aug 25, 2021S.D.N.Y.Plaintiff Win

Hedges

Aug 25, 2021S.D.N.Y.Dismissed

Local Union 97, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, AFL-CIO v. Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation

Aug 25, 2021N.D.N.Y.Plaintiff Win

Chodkowski

Aug 25, 2021E.D.N.Y.Defendant Win

Tangtiwatanapaibul

Aug 24, 2021S.D.N.Y.Settlement

Desir

Aug 24, 2021S.D.N.Y.Settlement

Han

Aug 24, 2021E.D.N.Y.Defendant Win

Adams

Aug 23, 2021D. Conn.Plaintiff Win

Acharya

Aug 20, 2021S.D.N.Y.Plaintiff Win

Patrick

Aug 20, 2021S.D.N.Y.Mixed Result

Mikityuk

Aug 19, 2021S.D.N.Y.Mixed Result

Cao-Bossa

Aug 19, 2021N.D.N.Y.Defendant Win

The Providence Groups, LLC v. Omni Administrators Inc.

Aug 19, 2021E.D.N.Y.Remanded

Quezada

Aug 18, 2021S.D.N.Y.Settlement

Russell-Tucker

Aug 18, 20212nd CircuitDefendant Win

Ferguson

Aug 17, 2021S.D.N.Y.Mixed Result

Bravo

Aug 17, 2021S.D.N.Y.Settlement

Zhang

Aug 16, 2021S.D.N.Y.Defendant Win

Trustees of the District Council No. 9 Painting Industry Insurance Fund and Trustees of the District Council No. 9 Painting Industry Annuity Fund and District Council No. 9 International Union of Pain v. Drywall & Acoustics of N.E. Inc.

Aug 16, 2021S.D.N.Y.Plaintiff Win

Miranda Franco v. Mi Barrio Meat Market Inc.

Aug 16, 2021S.D.N.Y.Settlement

New

Aug 13, 20212nd CircuitDismissed

Campbell

Aug 13, 2021S.D.N.Y.Remanded

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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.