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
Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees v. Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad
Budrovich
Murray
St. Luke's Episcopal-Presbyterian Hospitals, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
St. Luke's Hospital v. NLRB
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Chemsico, Inc.
Beverly Enterprises-Minnesota, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
Marion R. Stafne v. Unicare Homes, D/B/A Trevilla of New Brighton, Inc., Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Amicus on Behalf Of
Arthur
In Re JE Adams Industries, Ltd.
Brotherhood Of Maintenance Of Way Employees v. Soo Line Railroad Company
Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees v. Soo Line Railroad
Esicorp, Inc. St. Louis Testing Laboratories, Inc. v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. American Home Products Corp.
Minnesota School Board Ass'n Insurance Trust v. United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Secretary of Labor v. United States Postal Service
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
Cooney v. Union Pacific Railroad
Stevenson
Union Pacific Railroad Company, a Delaware Corporation v. Progress Rail Services Corporation, an Alabama Corporation
Union Pacific RR v. Progress Rail
Bradley Lee Winters v. Robert Adams and Craig Prahm
Bradley Lee Winters v. Robert Adams
King Soopers, Inc., Petitioner/cross-Respondent v. National Labor Relations Board, Respondent/cross-Petitioner
King Soopers v. NLRB
Khazai
SGI/Argis Employee Benefit Trust Plan v. Canada Life Assurance Co.
Advanced Construction Services, Inc., Petitioner/cross-Respondent v. National Labor Relations Board, Respondent/cross-Petitioner
Advanced
Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Co. v. Barr Laboratories, Inc.
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.
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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.