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.
Nance
Utah Alcoholism Foundation v. Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratories-Non-Bargaining Unit Employees' Comprehensive Medical Benefits Plan
Inga F. Danville v. Regional Lab Corporation, a New Mexico Corporation Doing Business as Tricore Reference Laboratories
Dave Chandler Daniel Hayes Cheryl St. John Robert G. Prokop v. The City of Arvada, Colorado
Lejeune
American Federation of Government Employees, Afl-Cio, Local 1592 v. Federal Labor Relations Authority
Allen Marshall Std. v. Union Pacific
Estrada
Hagerman
Earnest
Spaulding v. United Transportation Union
Spaulding
Ellison
Powell
McClaran
National Labor Relations Board v. King Soopers, Inc.
Silva
Cirulis
Employers Reinsurance Corp. v. Jefferson Pilot Financial Insurance
Moore
Mj Metal Products, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board, National Labor Relations Board v. Mj Metal Products, Inc.
Adkins
MJ Metal Products v. NLRB
Prickett
National Labor Relations Board v. Reliable Electric Construction Co.
Robinson
Lewis
Thompson
Michael I. Kroll v. Frank A. Finnerty, Jr., Chief Counsel for the New York State Grievance Committee for the Tenth Judicial District
Oil, Chemical, & Atomic Workers International Union v. Conoco, Inc.
Lloyd
Brotherhood
Payne
Smith v. Union Pacific Railroad
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Swift Transportation Co.
Jeremias Silva v. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, a National Labor Union, and Luis Arellano, Evelina Marquez
NLRB v. Pueblo of San Juan
National Labor Relations Board v. Pueblo of San Juan
National Labor Relations Board v. Pueblo Of San Juan
Kozeny
Whitehat
Negron
Local No. 7 United Food & Commercial Workers International Union v. King Soopers, Inc.
Horizon/CMS
Paper, Allied, Chemical & Energy Workers International Union, Local 5-508 v. Slurry Explosive Corp.
Sharp
Webco Industries, Inc. v. Natioanal Labor Relations Board
National Labor Relations Board v. Triple C Maintenance, Inc.
National Labor Relations Board v. Oklahoma Installation Co.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Kansas City Southern Railway
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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.