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
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. CRST Van Expedited, Inc.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. CRST Van Expedited, Inc.
Olsen
Elam
Liu
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. UMB Bank Financial Corp.
United Steel, Paper, & Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial & Service Workers International Union, AFL-CIO-CLC v. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. CRST Van Expedited, Inc.
Davis
MERFELD
Dock
Johnson v. BE & K CONSTRUCTION CO., LLC
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Southwestern Bell Telephone, L.P.
EEOC v. Southwestern Bell Telephone
Thompson
Reynolds
R.M. Ex Rel. R.M. v. Waukee Community School District
Helm
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. CRST Van Expedited, Inc.
Lewis
Standing Rock Housing Authority v. United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Albert Ray Steward, III v. Royal Bank of Canada
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Ceridian Corp.
Western Pennsylvania Electrical Employees Benefits Funds v. Ceridian Corp.
JCB, INC. v. Union Planters Bank, NA
JCB
Adams
Rebecca Adams v. O'Reilly Automotive
Thornton Drilling Co. v. National Union Fire Insurance
Collins v. Missouri Electric Cooperatives Employees Credit Union
Great Plains Real Estate Development, L.L.C. v. Union Central Life Insurance
Hylla
Cole
McAdams
Commission v. Allstate Insurance
EEOC v. Allstate Insurance Company
National Labor Relations Board v. Bolivar-Tees, Inc.
Bolivar-Tees
National Labor Relations Board v. Five Star Manufacturing, Inc.
Contractors, Laborers, Teamsters & Engineers Health & Welfare Plan v. Killips
Union County, Iowa v. Piper Jaffray & Co., Inc.
Union County, Iowa v. Piper Jaffray & Co.
Tiengkham
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Merchants State Bank
Travelers Property Casualty Co. v. National Union Insurance Co. of Pittsburgh
Teasley
Heyne
Union County v. Piper Jaffray & Co.
Pearson
International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers v. Rousselot, 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.