The Tenth Circuit covers the federal courts in Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Utah, and Wyoming. The rulings below come from the circuit's court of appeals and the federal trial courts within it.
Of the 1,132 published rulings we track here (1972–2026), the breakdowns below show how they were decided. They describe published opinions only — not the odds of any particular situation.
Of the 1,132 published rulings we track in the Tenth Circuit.
A workplace lawsuit moves through stages, and a ruling can end it at any of them. Here is where the 1,101 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 263 summary-judgment rulings here, 178 ended the case in the employer’s favor and 85 let the worker’s claims continue.
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.
Browse rulings from courts in each state the Tenth Circuit covers.
Maccagnan v. Cherry Creek School District No. 5
Sharpe-Miller v. Walmart
Plump
Adams
Bobby Lee Smith v. Oklahoma Attorney General’s Office, et al.
Gillespie
Evans
West
Barnes
Kazimi
Teamsters Local No. 795 v. Kroger Co., The
Egan
Adamson
Graves
Black v. Union Pacific Railroad Company
Swepson
Ultimo
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Genesh, Inc.
Tintic Consolidated Metals v. Secretary of Labor
Doe
Nielson
Gifford
Feldkamp
Perez
Reynolds
Butler v. Specialized Loan Servicing LLC
Gomez
Johnson v. Parks Floyd Investments LLC
Perry
Cook
Comber
Bautista
Hardy
Levy
Johnson v. Johnson
Bradley
R.
James
King
Fuller
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Walmart Inc.
Middleton
Vianello
H.
Peddada
Coates
Hodgden
Peterson
Jones
Bongiovanni
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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.