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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

Egan

Mar 22, 2021S.D.N.Y.Defendant Win

Baumann Bus Company, Inc. v. Transport Workers Union of America, Local 252, AFL-CIO

Mar 22, 2021E.D.N.Y.Defendant Win

Andrews

Mar 20, 2021S.D.N.Y.Dismissed

Quezada

Mar 19, 2021S.D.N.Y.Settlement

Morales

Mar 19, 2021E.D.N.Y.Dismissed

Singh

Mar 19, 2021E.D.N.Y.Dismissed

Silvester

Mar 18, 2021S.D.N.Y.Defendant Win

Hill

Mar 18, 2021S.D.N.Y.Defendant Win

Trustees of Local 138 Pension Trust Fund v. Intercounty Paving Associates LLC

Mar 18, 2021E.D.N.Y.Defendant Win

Curtis

Mar 18, 2021D. Conn.Defendant Win

Guglielmo

Mar 17, 2021S.D.N.Y.Defendant Win

Nunez Rodriguez v. Veneca Parking Corp.

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

Canfield

Mar 17, 2021S.D.N.Y.Dismissed

Ali

Mar 17, 2021S.D.N.Y.Defendant Win

Hall

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

Waronker

Mar 16, 2021E.D.N.Y.Defendant Win

Kapoor

Mar 16, 2021D. Conn.Defendant Win

Justino

Mar 15, 2021S.D.N.Y.Mixed Result

Lopez-Motherway

Mar 15, 2021E.D.N.Y.Remanded

Chevalier

Mar 12, 2021S.D.N.Y.Defendant Win

Dolcine

Mar 12, 2021S.D.N.Y.Dismissed

Monegro

Mar 11, 2021S.D.N.Y.Settlement

Gonzalez

Mar 10, 2021S.D.N.Y.Remanded

Adams-Flores

Mar 10, 2021S.D.N.Y.Defendant Win

Adams

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

Romero

Mar 8, 2021S.D.N.Y.Remanded

Quesada

Mar 8, 2021E.D.N.Y.Plaintiff Win

Bailey

Mar 6, 2021D. Conn.Defendant Win

Agureyev

Mar 5, 2021S.D.N.Y.Defendant Win

Parness

Mar 4, 2021S.D.N.Y.Remanded

Rinaldi

Mar 4, 2021S.D.N.Y.Defendant Win

Perez

Mar 3, 2021S.D.N.Y.Settlement

Rollag

Mar 3, 2021S.D.N.Y.Defendant Win

Thorne

Mar 3, 2021S.D.N.Y.Settlement

Trustees of the New York City District Council of Carpenters Pension Fund, Welfare Fund, Annuity Fund, Apprenticeship, Journeyman Retraining, Educational and Industry Fund v. Minelli Construction Co., Inc.

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

Diaz

Mar 2, 2021S.D.N.Y.Mixed Result

Borelli

Mar 2, 2021S.D.N.Y.Defendant Win

Brightman

Mar 2, 2021S.D.N.Y.Defendant Win

Allen

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

Pereira

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

Deas

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

Illescas

Mar 1, 2021S.D.N.Y.Settlement

Building Service 32BJ Health Fund v. LB&B Associates Inc.

Mar 1, 2021S.D.N.Y.Settlement

Mor USA, Inc., a New Jersey corporation v. Adam Trading, Inc., a New York dissolved corporation

Mar 1, 2021E.D.N.Y.Plaintiff Win

Ortiz

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

Ziccarelli

Feb 27, 2021S.D.N.Y.Mixed Result

Cajero Torres v. Sushi Sushi Holdings Inc.

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

Sarit

Feb 26, 2021S.D.N.Y.Settlement

Villanueva

Feb 26, 2021S.D.N.Y.Settlement

Spectrum Dynamics Medical Limited v. General Electric Company

Feb 25, 2021S.D.N.Y.Plaintiff 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.