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
Navarro
Buczek-Booth
Knight
Covington
Krebsbach
Simon
Brown
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Ranger Tool & Die Inc
Su
Morris
Clark v. Capital Humane Society
S.
Navarro
Bland-McCullough
Johnson v. Union Pacific Railroad Co.
Spotted Bear v. Poor Bear
Shustarich
Wulf
Stotesbery
Gibson
Jones
Johnson v. Union Pacific Railroad Co.
Molina
Ramos
Frost
International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail & Transportation Workers, Transportation Division v. Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern Railroad
Norton
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Interventional Pain Management Associates, PLLC
Jones
Bush
Kendall
Grandson
Unified System Division, Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. Union Pacific Railroad Company
Schmit
Bowman
Abarca
Andrews-Byrd
Redding
Schreiber
Sanders
Allen
G.E.S.
Boyer
Myers
Schall
Iron Workers Local 25 Pension Fund v. Harmon, Inc.
Woods
Dobbins
Kasso
Seals
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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.