Employment Rulings in the Fifth Circuit
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 730 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.
How These Rulings Ended
Of the 730 published rulings we track in the Fifth 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 728 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 182 summary-judgment rulings here, 140 ended the case in the employer’s favor and 42 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.
Top Claim Types
Top Employers
- Union Pacific Railroad Company19
- Exxon Mobil Corporation5
- Employers Insurance of Wausau5
- Union Pacific Railroad Company, Inc.4
- Creative Vision Resources, L.L.C.4
- United Parcel Service, Inc.3
States in This Circuit
Browse rulings from courts in each state the Fifth Circuit covers.
Recent Rulings in the Fifth Circuit
Eeoc v. Txi Operations, Lp
United States ex rel. King v. Alcon Laboratories, Inc.
CPWH Residential Ltd. v. Union Planters Bank, NA (In Re CPWH Residential Ltd.)
Independent Coca-Cola Employees' Union v. Coca-Cola Bottling Co. United, Inc.
American Employers' Insurance v. Eagle, Inc.
Mowdy
Gerhold
Sanderson Farms Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
Celestine
CCC Group, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
Rock-Tenn Co. v. Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical & Energy Workers International Union
Airhart
Texas City Metal Trades Council v. Union Carbide Corp.
Local Union No. 898 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers v. XL Electric, Inc.
Local 107 Office & Professional Employees International Union v. Offshore Logistics, Inc.
Rivera
National Labor Relations Board v. Superior Protection, Inc.
Igbokwe
Rothe Development Corp. v. U.S. Department of Defense
Amer Fed Govt Empl v. Fed Labor Relations
Bennett
Tucker
Barton
EEOC v. Wynell Inc
EEOC v. Wynell Inc
National Union Fire Insurance v. U.S. Liquids, Inc.
Vizena
Bourgeois
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Dunbar Diagnostic Services Inc.
EEOC v. Dunbar Diagnostic
Adams
Chao
Facility Insurance v. Employers Insurance
Shegog
Adams
Bombardier Aerospace Employee Welfare Benefits Plan v. Ferrer, Poirot and Wansbrough, Ferrer, Poirot and Wansbrough Steven Mestemacher
Worthy
Hampton
Bodine
New Process Steel Corp. v. Union Pacific Railroad
Hatteberg
Reliant Energy Services, Inc. v. Enron Canada Corp.
Hamm
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. K&B Louisiana Corp.
Roberson
Baker Concrete Construction Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
Fajardo-Estrada
Sanderson Farms, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
Lipscomb
Brown & Root, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
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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.