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.
Gottfried
Kimbro
Brown
Ortega
Peace
United States Department of Labor v. Mr. Cao's LLC
Rogers v. Keurig Dr Pepper The American Bottling Company
Hardy
Wood
Arellanes
Walker
Mighell
Creger
Swepson
Valencia
United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Chipotle Services, LLC
Garrels
Ortega
Volk
Brock
Wong
Duncan
Lipe
Gomez
Stanley
Burgess
Joppy
Berberich
Wilson
Cross
Gile
Valdez
Deakin
Stokes
Benbrook
Jane Doe v. Taos Municipal Schools
Romero-Valdez
Bereznak
Myers
Bennett
Graesser
Smith v. Transwest Inc.
Mitchell v. Ascension Via Christi Hospital St Teresa, Inc.
Easter
Rylatt
Woods
McFadden
Rodriguez-Ortega
Palczynsky
Deakin
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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.