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.
Top Claim Types
States in This Circuit
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Recent Rulings in the Eighth Circuit
Ena J. Wages v. Stuart Management Corporation
Chavonya Watson v. Heartland Health Laboratories
Greater Omaha Packing Co. v. National Labor Relations Board
Khadara-Ayan Yousuf v. Fairview Health Services
Valspar Corp. v. National Union Fire Insurance Co. of Pittsburgh
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. PMT Corp.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Product Fabricators, Inc.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Audrain Health Care, Inc.
PSC Custom, LP v. United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union, Local No. 11-770
Cornelius Brown v. Union Pacific Railroad
Wages
Maverick Transportation, LLC v. U.S. Department of Labor
Eartha McMiller v. Metro
Minnihan v. Mediacom Communications Corp.
Reyco Granning LLC v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local Union No. 245
Adams
Ray
Cindy Adair v. ConAgra Foods
National Labor Relations Board v. RELCO Locomotives, Inc.
International Union of Operating Engineers Local 148 v. Gateway Hotel Holding, Inc.
Lenzen v. Workers Compensation Reinsurance Ass'n
Brown
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Hill Country Farms, Inc.
Dimas Lopez v. Tyson Foods, Inc.
Warren Unilube, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
Laborers District Council v. Natonal Labor Relations Board
Jenkins
National Labor Relations Board v. American Firestop Solutions, Inc.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Product Fabricators, Inc.
Breckenridge O'Fallon, Inc. v. Teamsters Union Local No. 682
Lenzen
Penford Corp. v. National Union Fire Insurance
General Drivers & Helpers Union, Local 749 v. Wilson Trailer Co.
Stowers
National Labor Relations Board v. Leiferman Enterprises, LLC
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Crye-Leike, Inc.
Muhonen
Bissada
Solis
City of North Little Rock v. Union Pacific Railroad
American Civil Liberties Union v. Tarek Ibn Ziyad Academy
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Rock Tenn Co.
Adams
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Con-Way Freight, Inc.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Hibbing Taconite Co.
Estrada
Adam
National Labor Relations Board v. Whitesell Corp.
Pitts
Usery
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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.