The Fifth Circuit covers the federal courts in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas. The rulings below come from the circuit's court of appeals and the federal trial courts within it.
Of the 1,495 published rulings we track here (1970–2026), the breakdowns below show how they were decided. They describe published opinions only — not the odds of any particular situation.
Of the 1,495 published rulings we track in the Fifth Circuit.
A workplace lawsuit moves through stages, and a ruling can end it at any of them. Here is where the 1,488 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 337 summary-judgment rulings here, 213 ended the case in the employer’s favor and 123 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.
Browse rulings from courts in each state the Fifth Circuit covers.
Stanley
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. First Metropolitan Financial Services, Inc.
Field
Owens
Badaiki
Nance-Bush
Hernandez
Hernandez
Yadav
Scott
Union Pacific Railroad Company v. American Railway
Babin
Huddleston
Mario Estrada-Hernandez v. William Barr, U. S. Att
Roberts
Muslow
Kidwell
Moore
Richardson v. Famous Bourbon Management Group, Inc.
Field
Adams
Brooke Adams v. Fan Chen
Murphy v. Stevens Transport Inc
Armstead
Patterson
Moody v. Associated Wholesale Grocers, Inc.
William Adams v. Alcolac, Inc.
Wagner
Foley
Caraway
STP Nuclear Operating Company v. NLRB
Buckner
Sutherland
William Adams v. Alcolac, Inc.
Winn
Delise Adams v. Memorial Hermann
Combs
Kidwell
Kidwell
Chaves
Johns Manville v. United Steel Paper and Forestry Rubber Manufacturing Energy Allied Industrial Service Workers International Union GMP Council of the MSW
Field
Siria Estrada-Zambreno v. William Barr, U.
Muslow
Brown
Serna
Taboada A. v. AmFirst Insurance Company
Hicks
Gusman
Sanchez
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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.