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
Bjorkedal
Newton
Andrea Newton v. Clinical Reference Laboratory
Franklin
Sharadanant
Adam Moore v. Kurt Indehar
Rabe
Ladco Properties XVII, L.L.C. v. Jefferson-Pilot Life Insurance
Salazar
Jones
Schooley
Fair v. Arkansas Public Employees Retirement System
Rice
Travelers
Travelers Casualty v. IADA Services
Chester Ex Rel. NLRB v. Eichorn Motors, Inc.
McGinnis
William M. McGinnis v. Union Pacific RR
EEOC v. Convergys Customer
Great Plains Trust Co. v. Union Pacific Railroad
Great Plains Trust v. Union Pacific RR
Helen Adaeze Obah v. Alberto Gonzales
Brooks
Darrell L. Smeltzer v. Medtox Laboratories
Patricia Brooks v. Laboratory Corp.
Bradford v. Union Pacific Railroad
Meuir v. Greene County Jail Employees
Meuir v. Greene County Jail Employees
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Restaurant Co.
Pam Huber v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Equal Employment Advisory Council National Chamber Litigation Center, Amici on Behalf Of
Leavy
United Steel, Paper & Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial & Service Workers International Union v. Carlisle Power Transmission Products, Inc.
Kassa
Faust
Lisa Vajdl v. Mesabi Academy of Kidspeace, Inc. Kidspeace Corporation Michael Muehlberg, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Amicus on Behalf Of
Parada
United Transportation Union v. Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad
David A. Smith v. Union Carbide Corp.
Progress Rail Services Corp. v. Western Heritage Credit Union
Standridge v. Union Pacific Railroad
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Louella Rollins v. Woodmen of the World Life Insurance Society, And/or Omaha Woodmen Life Insurance Society
EEOC v. Woodmen of the World
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
EEOC v. Wal-Mart Stores
Crossett Paper Mills Employees Federal Credit Union v. Cumis Insurance Society, Inc.
Reed
Dede Smith v. United Television, Inc. Special Severance Plan
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local Union No. 124 v. Smart Cabling Solutions, Inc.
Travelers Property Casualty Co. of America v. Saint-Gobain Technical Fabrics Canada Ltd.
Timothy Nelson v. Dorn Shuffman Diane McFarland Karen Adams Alan Blake Martha Bellew-Smith Linda Meade
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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.