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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Recent Rulings in the Eighth Circuit
Green
Belle-Bey
Cleaver
Procter & Gamble Manufacturing Company, The v. Association of Employees of the St. Louis Plant
Carlton
Clemens
Schneider
Southern Bakeries, LLC v. NLRB
Tasha McNeil v. Union Pacific Railroad Co
Brand v. Nat'l Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh
Johnson v. Allied Excavating, Inc.
White
Jon Higgins v. Union Pacific Railroad Co.
Adam Vasseur v. TEI Construction Services
Weber
Rhone
Edgett
St. Paul Park Ref. Co. v. Nat'l Labor Relations Bd.
Kappelmeier
McIntosh
Evans
Franklin
Burns
McIntyre
Hall
Childers
Warner
Bluelinx Corporation v. Construction, Building Material, Ice & Coal Helpers & Inside Employees Union Local Number 120, The
McClure
Eilen
Elsherif
Secretary of Labor v. Walmart Stores East
Michael Holloway v. Union Pacific Railroad Co.
Wright
Jones
Wildman
Employers Preferred Ins. Co. v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity
Walsh
Findlator
Hill-Smith
Murdock
Cassidy
Adams
Acosta
LeMaire
Dustin Hess v. Union Pacific Railroad Co.
U.S. Dep't of Labor v. Harris (In Re Harris)
Hamilton-Warwick
Parada
Anderson
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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.