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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Recent Rulings in the Eighth Circuit
Becton, Dickinson & Co. v. Accu-Path Medical Laboratory, Inc.
EEOC v. Woodbridge Corp.
Marken Gannon v. Circuit City Stores, Inc., - Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Amicus on Behalf Of
R&b Appliance Parts, Inc., Doing Business as Adasen Distributing v. Amana Company, L.P., Doing Business as Amana Appliances
Johnson v. Union Pacific Railroad
Tom Cooney, Jr. v. Union Pacific Railroad Company
Union Pacific Railroad Company, a Delaware Corporation v. Progress Rail Services Corporation, an Alabama Corporation
Union Pacific RR v. Progress Rail
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Daggitt v. United Food And Commercial Workers International Union, Local 304a
Daggitt v. United Food & Commercial Workers International Union, Local 304A
National Labor Relations Board v. Davenport Lutheran Home
Sheet Metal Workers International Association, Local Union No. 36 v. Systemaire, Inc.
AgGrow Oils, L.L.C. v. National Union Fire
Nelson v. Wittern Group, Inc.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Automatic Systems Co.
ChadAllen Beers v. Tammy Stockton
Clyde M. Kellogg v. Union Pacific Railroad Company, a Corporation
Clyde M. Kellogg v. Union Pacific RR
Berkey
Badralsadat Madani v. Univ. of NE Bd. of
Wildman
National Labor Relations Board v. Superior of Missouri, Inc.
NLRB v. Superior of MO
Carleton College, Petitioner/respondent v. National Labor Relations Board, Respondent/petitioner
Carleton College v. NLRB
Amalgamated Transit Union Local No. 1498 v. Jefferson Partners, Doing Business as Jefferson Lines, L.P.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Woodbridge Corp.
Beard
Virginia Fowler v. Smithkline Beecham Clinical Laboratories, Inc.
Kathleen Burds v. Union Pacific Corp.
Burds v. Union Pacific Corporation
Randall Boersig v. Union Electric Company International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 1439
Trailmobile Trailer, LLC v. International Union of Electronic, Electrical, Salaried, Machine and Furniture Workers
Trailmobile Trailer, LLC v. International Union of Electronic, Electrical, Salaried, MacHine & Furniture Workers, Local Union No. 1149
Randall Boersig v. Union Electric Co.
Donna Robinson Phillips v. Union Pacific Railroad Company
Donna R. Phillips v. Union Pacific RR
UPIU
International Paper Company v. United Paperworkers International Union
Philomena Badami v. Terry Flood
Sandra Jarrett, - Appellee/ Cross v. Erc Properties, Inc., - Appellant/ Cross
Burlington Northern Railroad Company v. Farmers Union Oil Company of Rolla, a Corporation
Burlington Northern v. Farmers Union Oil
Joseph H. Badami v. Brian Wayne Burgess
Chicago Truck Drivers, Helpers And Warehouse Workers Union Pension Fund v. Brotherhood Labor Leasing
Eugene Herring v. The Canada Life Assurance Company
Gardner
Gary A. Davolt v. The Executive Committee of O'Reilly Automotive, as Trustee and Plan Administrator of the O'Reilly Automotive Employee Health Plan
NLRB v. Monson Trucking
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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.