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
Carr
Skender
National Nurses Organizing Committee-Missouri & Kansas/National Nurses United v. Midwest Division-RMC, LLC
Dawkins
Owens
Chowdada
Scarpino
Together Credit Union v. Allied Solutions, LLC
Rodriguez
Union Pacific Railroad Company v. Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Local 513 International Union of Operating Engineers, AFL-CIO v. James Martin Excavating Inc.
Transdev Services, Inc. v. NLRB
Fingerhut
Williams v. Unemployment Securities
Brown
Fellows
McCoy
Rust
Lechner
Lamb
Baker
Chowdada
Sanders
Johnson v. Evergreen Packaging LLC
Construction Industry Laborers Pension Fund v. Danna Excavating, LLC
Brown
Finger
Smith v. Unum Life Insurance Company of America
Construction Industry Laborers Pension Fund v. Zoie, LLC
Local 513, International Union of Operating Engineers, AFL-CIO v. Petry Excavating, LLC
Gruttemeyer
Greater St. Louis Construction Laborers Welfare Fund v. Terra-Scape Landscape Constructors, LLC
Lokey
Greater St. Louis Construction Laborers Welfare Fund v. Gateway Construction Services, Inc.
Kilcrease-Tiger
Local 513, International Union of Operating Engineers, AFL-CIO v. Innovated Construction LLC
Bohner
Hopman
Local 513 International Union of Operating Engineers, AFL-CIO v. James Martin Excavating Inc.
Gary Miller v. Union Pacific Railroad Company
Anthony Collins v. Abbott Laboratories, Inc.
Dalton
Guadalupe Gonzalez v. R. Bendt
Lewis County Rural Electric Cooperative v. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local Union No. 2
Faulkner
Baker
Zinn
Harris
Miller v. Union Pacific Railroad Company
Taylor
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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.