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 1,462 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 1,462 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 1,452 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 310 summary-judgment rulings here, 196 ended the case in the employer’s favor and 114 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.
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States in This Circuit
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Recent Rulings in the Eighth Circuit
Michael McKinzy v. Union Pacific Railroad Company
Lenzen
Adams Bank & Trust v. FirsTier Bank
Union Insurance v. Hull & Co.
Fiend, Inc. v. International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees
Penford Corp. v. National Union Fire Insurance
Matt Padavich v. Hartford Life Insurance Co.
General Drivers & Helpers Union, Local 749 v. Wilson Trailer Co.
Ely
Stowers
Adams v. Tyson Foods, Inc.
National Labor Relations Board v. Leiferman Enterprises, LLC
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Crye-Leike, Inc.
Green
Muhonen
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Schwan's Home Service
Richard Purcell v. Union Pacific Railroad
Fesler
McClendon
In re Principal U.S. Property Account ERISA Litigation
Bissada
Solis
National Labor Relations Board v. Whitesell Corp.
City of North Little Rock v. Union Pacific Railroad
American Civil Liberties Union v. Tarek Ibn Ziyad Academy
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Rock Tenn Co.
Adams
Richardson v. Booneville School District
Newport v. United States Department of Labor
Union Electric Company v. James Devine
Osthus
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Con-Way Freight, Inc.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Hibbing Taconite Co.
Brooks
Estrada
Hunter Levi v. United States Dept of Labor
Adam
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Schwan's Home Service
National Labor Relations Board v. Whitesell Corp.
National Labor Relations Board v. American Directional Boring, Inc.
Pitts
DER
Usery
Froud
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Hibbing Taconite Co.
Norman
Adam Strege v. Deutsche Hypotheken Bank
In Re RBC Dain Rauscher Overtime Litigation
Green
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Kelly Services, 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.