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
Stotesbery
Johnson v. Union Pacific Railroad Co.
Norton
Bush
Kendall
Grandson
Bowman
Andrews-Byrd
Schreiber
Sanders
Allen
Howard
Fiorito
Stotesbery
Beukes
Hardy
Gardner
Crowder Hitz v. Symetra Life Insurance Company
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Drivers Management, LLC
Menze
Ruebel
Rael
NLRB v. Enright Seeding, Inc.
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Union Pacific Railroad Company
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Drivers Management, LLC
Carpenter
Doughty-Reed
Steele
LaCour
NLRB v. Noah's Ark Processors, LLC
Whitehouse
Gray
Cohen
Jackson v. Arkansas Continued Care Hospital of Jonesboro LLC
Hogan
Moore
Deborah Lightner v. Catalent CTS (Kansas City)
Tatum
Tatum
Colleen Johnson v. Midwest Division - RBH, LLC
Yarnell
Gustilo
Mecke
Carlton
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Texar Line Clearance, Inc.
Greater St. Louis Construction Laborers Welfare Fund v. CMT Roofing, LLC
Banks
Owen
Kiel
Pollyanna Burns v. School Svc Emp Union Local 284
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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.