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
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Recent Rulings in the Eighth Circuit
Phillips
Wright Electric, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
Dakota Underground, Inc. v. Secretary of Labor
Dakota Underground v. Secretary of Labor
Adair
McKenzie Engineering v. NLRB
NLRB v. MDI Commercial
Hartig
McGraw
Jacobsen
EEOC v. McDonnell Douglas Corp.
Edwards
Miles
21 Employee Benefits Cas. 1794, Pens. Plan Guide (Cch) P 23937p John Hill v. At&t Corporation
Pace Industries, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
Eye
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Hi 40 Corp.
SHARP/NLRB
Michael Aucutt v. Six Flags Over Mid-America, Inc., a Missouri Corporation in Good Standing, Equal Employment Advisory Council, Amicus Curiae
Johnson v. Metropolitan Sewer Dist.
Siemers
Reich v. Avoca Motel
McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. USEEOC
Trbovich
Auer
Linda Miller v. National Casualty Company, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Amicus Curiae
EEOC v. McDonnell Douglas Corp.
William J. Welsh, Appellee/cross-Appellant v. Burlington Northern, Inc., Employee Benefits Plan, Appellant/cross-Appellee
Murray v. Stuckey's, Inc.
Pat S. BRANDIS, Et Al., Appellants, v. KAISER ALUMINUM & CHEMICAL CORPORATION, Et Al., Appellees
Dane
Jennings
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Delight Wholesale Co.
EEOC v. Independent Stave Co., Inc.
EEOC v. Ritenour School Dist.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. South Dakota Wheat Growers Ass'n
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. The Rath Packing Company
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Kenneth Balk & Associates, Inc.
Villarreal v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
37 Fair empl.prac.cas. 1346, 37 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 35,269, 6 Employee Benefits Ca 1629
Shell Oil Co. v. United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Samuel T. ROBINO, Appellant, v. Eleanor Holmes NORTON, Chair, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Appellee
EEOC v. Emerson Elec. Co.
Giles
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Murphy Motor Freight Lines, Inc.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. North Central Airlines
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Fry-Wagner Moving & Storage Co.
Cihacek
EEOC v. Contour Chair Lounge Co., Inc.
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OP. COM'N v. Quick Shop Mkts., Inc.
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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.