Employment Rulings in the Tenth Circuit
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 1,434 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.
How These Rulings Ended
Of the 1,434 published rulings we track in the Tenth 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 1,369 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 242 summary-judgment rulings here, 162 ended the case in the employer’s favor and 80 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.
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States in This Circuit
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Recent Rulings in the Tenth Circuit
Estrada
Wilczynski
Rothe
Baker
Kelley
Puentes
Reese
Edwards
Bowers
Wisneski
Radulescu
Wagner
Dorn
Hall
Pfannenstiel
United Food & Commercial Workers Union, Local 1564 v. Smith's Food & Drug Centers, Inc.
Bledsoe
Porter
Adams
Kenney
Judd
Bandokoudis
Cuervo
Mims
Propst
Carter
Watkins
Judson
Sexton
Ray
Beseau
Faine
Martinez
Cox
Avant
Litzsinger
EEOC v. Jackson National Life Insurance Company
Walker
Cummings v. American Postal Worker's Union - AFL-CIO
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees v. Board of County Commissioners of Bernalillo County
Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Trust v. Becker Boiler Co., Inc.
Harris
Johnson v. Norton County Hospital
Romero
Jaiyeola
Carroll
Gonzalez
Baskerville
Sandin
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. JBS USA, LLC
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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.