Employment Rulings in the Eighth Circuit
The Eighth Circuit covers the federal courts in Arkansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota. The rulings below come from the circuit's court of appeals and the federal trial courts within it.
Of the 752 published rulings we track here (1973–2026), 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 752 published rulings we track in the Eighth 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 752 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 180 summary-judgment rulings here, 112 ended the case in the employer’s favor and 67 let the worker’s claims continue; the rest resolved in other ways.
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
Browse rulings from courts in each state the Eighth Circuit covers.
Recent Rulings in the Eighth Circuit
Thomas v. Fmc Corporation Retirement Plan For Hourly Employees
Upsher-Smith
Nebraska Plastics, Inc. v. MOSS-ADAMS CAPITAL, LLC
Minnesota School Boards Association Insurance Trust v. Employers Insurance of Wausau, a Mutual Company, a Corporation
MN School Boards v. Employers Ins. of
Cynthia McAllister v. Transamerica Occidental Life Insurance Company
Poage
Dehne
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Oilgear Co.
Gerald Alumbaugh v. Union Pacific Railroad Company and the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
National Labor Relations Board v. Miller Waste Mills
National Labor Relations Board v. Miller Waste Mills
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Liberal R-Ii School District
EEOC v. Liberal R-II School
National Labor Relations Board, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 265, Intervenor on Appeal v. Wolfe Electric Company
NLRB v. Wolfe Electric Co.
Ron Thomas v. Union Pacific Railroad Company
Devitt
Susan J. Thorn v. Amalgamated Transit Union Amalgamated Transit Union, Local 1005
Midamerican Energy Co. v. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 499
Royal Insurance Company of America American Employers Insurance Co. v. Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine, Inc.
Omaha Paper Stock v. Secretary of Labor
McKenzie Engineering v. NLRB
Multimedia KSDK, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
Upsher-Smith Laboratories, Inc. v. Federal Insurance
Steven E. Crown v. Union Pacific RR
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Northwest Airlines, Inc.
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., and National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania v. Rli Insurance Company
Johnnie Mae Rowe v. Union Planters Bank of Southeast Missouri, Kevin Chambers, Patricia Robbins
EEOC v. Exel, Inc.
EEOC v. Group Health Plan
James B. Ross v. Rail Car America Group Disability Income Plan the Canada Life Assurance Company
Birton
Peter Donovan v. Harrah's Maryland Heights Corporation, a Nevada Corporation
Johnnie Mae Rowe v. Union Planters Bank
Southern Union Co. v. MO Public Service
Morgan v. Contractors, Laborers, Teamsters & Engineers Pension Plan
Principi
Hanson
Vogt v. Farmers Union Co-Operative Ass'n
Grinnell Fire v. NLRB
Bruce A. Mead v. Intermec Technologies Corporation Short Term Disability Plan for Employees of Norand Corporation
Cline
Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees v. Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad
St. Luke's Episcopal-Presbyterian Hospitals, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
St. Luke's Hospital v. NLRB
Beverly Enterprises-Minnesota, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
Marion R. Stafne v. Unicare Homes, D/B/A Trevilla of New Brighton, Inc., Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Amicus on Behalf Of
Arthur
In Re JE Adams Industries, Ltd.
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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.