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 1,389 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.
Of the 1,389 published rulings we track in the Eighth Circuit.
A workplace lawsuit moves through stages, and a ruling can end it at any of them. Here is where the 1,386 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 342 summary-judgment rulings here, 214 ended the case in the employer’s favor and 125 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.
Browse rulings from courts in each state the Eighth Circuit covers.
Becton, Dickinson & Co. v. Accu-Path Medical Laboratory, Inc.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Woodbridge Corp.
EEOC v. Woodbridge Corp.
Marken Gannon v. Circuit City Stores, Inc., - Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Amicus on Behalf Of
R&b Appliance Parts, Inc., Doing Business as Adasen Distributing v. Amana Company, L.P., Doing Business as Amana Appliances
Johnson v. Union Pacific Railroad
McArthur Johnson v. Union Pacific RR
Tom Cooney, Jr. v. Union Pacific Railroad Company
Stevenson
Union Pacific Railroad Company, a Delaware Corporation v. Progress Rail Services Corporation, an Alabama Corporation
Union Pacific RR v. Progress Rail
King Soopers v. NLRB
Advanced Construction Services, Inc., Petitioner/cross-Respondent v. National Labor Relations Board, Respondent/cross-Petitioner
Advanced
Chicago Truck Drivers, Helpers & Warehouse Workers Union Pension Fund v. Brotherhood Labor Leasing
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. United Parcel Service, Inc.
Daggitt v. United Food And Commercial Workers International Union, Local 304a
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. American Home Products Corp.
Daggitt v. United Food & Commercial Workers International Union, Local 304A
Herman
NLRB v. Davenport Lutheran
National Labor Relations Board v. Davenport Lutheran Home
Sheet Metal Workers International Association, Local Union No. 36 v. Systemaire, Inc.
Zemo v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor
AgGrow Oils, L.L.C. v. National Union Fire
Nelson v. Wittern Group, Inc.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Automatic Systems Co.
ChadAllen Beers v. Tammy Stockton
Clyde M. Kellogg v. Union Pacific Railroad Company, a Corporation
Clyde M. Kellogg v. Union Pacific RR
Berkey
Badralsadat Madani v. Univ. of NE Bd. of
New World Communications v. National Labor Relations Board
Wildman
National Labor Relations Board v. Superior of Missouri, Inc.
NLRB v. Superior of MO
Carleton College, Petitioner/respondent v. National Labor Relations Board, Respondent/petitioner
Carleton College v. NLRB
Amalgamated Transit Union Local No. 1498 v. Jefferson Partners, Doing Business as Jefferson Lines, L.P.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Woodbridge Corp.
Larson
Beard
Virginia Fowler v. Smithkline Beecham Clinical Laboratories, Inc.
Fair
Gordon Ex Rel. Gordon v. Ottumwa Community School District
Kathleen Burds v. Union Pacific Corp.
Burds v. Union Pacific Corporation
Randall Boersig v. Union Electric Company International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 1439
Trailmobile Trailer, LLC v. International Union of Electronic, Electrical, Salaried, Machine and Furniture Workers
Trailmobile Trailer, LLC v. International Union of Electronic, Electrical, Salaried, MacHine & Furniture Workers, Local Union No. 1149
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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.