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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Recent Rulings in the Tenth Circuit
Morris
Firebird Structures, LCC v. United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners, Local Union No. 1505
Jackson v. Education & Employment Ministry
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. BNSF Railway Co.
Clincy
Benavidez
Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace, Local 2001 v. Spirit Aerosystems, Inc.
Peavy
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Tricore Reference Laboratories
Pueblo of Pojoaque v. New Mexico
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Western Distributing Co.
United Steel, Paper & Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial & Service Workers International Union & Its Local 13-857 v. Phillips 66 Co.
Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center v. District 1199NM, National Union of Hospital & Healthcare Employees
Collins
Perez
Lebahn
Benavidez
United Steel Workers Local Union No. 348 v. Magellan Midstream Holdings GP, LLC
Resource Associates Grant Writing & Evaluation Services, Inc. v. Southampton Union Free School District
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. PJ Utah, LLC
United Food & Commercial Workers International Union, Local No. 7 v. King Soopers, Inc.
Salemi
Chavez
Sweesy
Kunze
Robinson
BNSF Railway Co. v. United States Department of Labor
Adair
National Labor Relations Board v. Community Health Services, Inc.
Fourth Corner Credit Union v. Federal Reserve Bank
Anderson Living Trust v. WPX Energy Production, LLC
Lounds v. Lincare, Inc.
Medina v. Catholic Health Initiatives
International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 627 v. National Labor Relations Board
Shahmaleki v. Kansas State University
Blue Mountain Energy v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor
United Steel, Paper & Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial & Service Workers International Union v. Phillips 66 Co.
Peavy
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. JetStream Ground Services, Inc.
Kennett
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. BNSF Railway Co.
Didier
Sanders
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. JBS USA, LLC
Adam
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Beverage Distributors Co.
Ellis
Muragara
Tennille
Reiling ex rel. B.J.W.R. v. Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada
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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.