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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 (19722026), 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.

Defendant Win
600 (42%)
Dismissed
258 (18%)
Mixed Result
227 (16%)
Plaintiff Win
223 (16%)
Remanded
95 (7%)
Settlement
31 (2%)

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.

Appeal
553 (40%)

A higher court reviewing an earlier decision. Many published opinions come from this stage, after a lot has already happened in the case.

Summary judgment
242 (18%)

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.

Motion to dismiss
485 (35%)

An early request — usually by the employer — to throw the case out before any evidence is gathered.

Trial verdict
34 (2%)

A judge or jury heard the evidence and reached a decision. Relatively few disputes get this far.

Settlement / consent decree
23 (2%)

The two sides resolved the dispute by agreement, sometimes with court approval. Most settlements are private and never show up in published opinions.

Default judgment
14 (1%)

A decision entered because one side did not respond to the case at all.

Other rulings
18 (1%)

Procedural decisions and orders that do not fit the main stages above.

States in This Circuit

Browse rulings from courts in each state the Tenth Circuit covers.

Recent Rulings in the Tenth Circuit

Hill

Jun 9, 2025W.D. Okla.Defendant Win

Zou

Jun 4, 2025N.D. Okla.Plaintiff Win

Cruz

Jun 3, 2025D. UtahPlaintiff Win

Alvarez

Jun 2, 2025D. Colo.Plaintiff Win

Zarco

Jun 2, 2025D. Kan.Mixed Result

Robson

May 30, 2025D. Kan.Defendant Win

Ahmadi

May 28, 2025D. Colo.Dismissed

Friederich

May 23, 2025D. Kan.Mixed Result

Bingham

May 22, 2025D. UtahSettlement

Hazell

May 9, 2025D. Colo.Dismissed

Riley

May 9, 2025D.N.M.Plaintiff Win

Riley

May 8, 2025D.N.M.Plaintiff Win

Walz

May 6, 2025D. UtahPlaintiff Win

Dean

May 5, 2025W.D. Okla.Plaintiff Win

Helmers

May 2, 2025D. Kan.Plaintiff Win

B.

May 2, 2025D. UtahPlaintiff Win

W.

Apr 29, 2025D. UtahMixed Result

H.

Apr 29, 2025D. UtahDismissed

Driscoll

Apr 25, 2025D. Colo.Dismissed

Wood

Apr 22, 2025D. UtahMixed Result

Webb

Apr 21, 2025D. Colo.Mixed Result

Kimball

Apr 17, 2025D. Colo.Defendant Win

Chavez

Apr 16, 2025D.N.M.Defendant Win

Brambel

Apr 16, 2025D. Kan.Dismissed

Towers

Apr 15, 2025D. Kan.Dismissed

Calderon

Apr 14, 2025D. Colo.Dismissed

Dimick

Apr 9, 2025D. Colo.Plaintiff Win

Gachupin

Apr 9, 2025D.N.M.Dismissed

Lipe

Apr 8, 2025D.N.M.Dismissed

Palczynsky

Apr 7, 2025D.N.M.Dismissed

Willingham

Apr 2, 2025E.D. Okla.Settlement

Brophy

Apr 1, 2025D. Kan.Mixed Result

Olupitan

Apr 1, 2025W.D. Okla.Dismissed

Reali

Mar 31, 2025D.N.M.Mixed Result

Medford

Mar 31, 2025W.D. Okla.Defendant Win

Rogers v. Keurig Dr Pepper The American Bottling Company

Mar 31, 2025D. Kan.Dismissed

McKeown

Mar 31, 2025W.D. Okla.Remanded

Scott

Mar 31, 2025N.D. Okla.Defendant Win

Brandi-Vanmeter

Mar 28, 2025D. UtahMixed Result

P.

Mar 28, 2025D. UtahDismissed

Lipe

Mar 28, 2025D.N.M.Dismissed

Hutchison

Mar 27, 2025D. Colo.Defendant Win

Brown

Mar 26, 2025D. Colo.Plaintiff Win

Archuleta

Mar 25, 2025D.N.M.Dismissed

Fulkerson

Mar 24, 2025D.N.M.Defendant Win

Carlson

Mar 24, 2025D. UtahDismissed

Blinman

Mar 24, 2025D.N.M.Mixed Result

West

Mar 19, 2025D.N.M.Plaintiff Win

Mondragon

Mar 19, 2025D.N.M.Dismissed

Thurman

Mar 19, 2025D. Kan.Settlement

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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.