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 1,704 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 1,704 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 1,689 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 297 summary-judgment rulings here, 188 ended the case in the employer’s favor and 108 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 Fifth Circuit
Bombardier Aerospace Employee Welfare Benefits Plan v. Ferrer, Poirot and Wansbrough, Ferrer, Poirot and Wansbrough Steven Mestemacher
Dow Chemical Co. v. Local No. 564, International Union of Operating Engineers
Worthy
Hampton
Bodine
United Ass'n of Journeymen & Apprentices of the Plumbing & Pipefitting Industry of the United States & Canada v. International Maintenance Co.
New Process Steel Corp. v. Union Pacific Railroad
Hatteberg
Reliant Energy Services, Inc. v. Enron Canada Corp.
In Re Enron Corp. Securities, Derivative & ERISA
Smith v. UNION NAT'L. LIFE INS. CO.
Smith v. Union National Life Insurance
Hutchison
Hamm
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. K&B Louisiana Corp.
Roberson
Andrews
Medical Care America, Inc. v. National Union Fire Insurance Co. of Pittsburgh
Pioneer Natural Resources USA, Inc. v. Paper, Allied Industrial, Chemical & Energy Workers International Union Local 4-487
Baker Concrete Construction Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
Fajardo-Estrada
Sanderson Farms, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
J. Vallery Electric, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
Lipscomb
Brown & Root, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
La Gloria Oil & Gas v. NLRB
Vaughn
Toney
Nunn, Yoest, Prin v. Union Pacific Corp
International Chemical Workers Union, Local 683c v. Columbian Chemicals Co.
General Warehousemen & Helpers Union Local 767 v. Albertson's Distribution, Inc.
NLRB v. Albis Plastics
Pioneer Natural Resources USA, Inc. v. Paper, Allied Industrial Chemical & Energy Workers International Union Local 4-487
J
Lara
Carlson
National Union Fire Insurance v. Hibernia National Bank
Kenney
AXA S.A. v. Union Pacific Railroad
Reliant Energy Services, Inc. v. Enron Canada Corp.
Philip
NLRB v. Gallup Inc
Tellepsen Pipeline Services Co. v. National Labor Relations Board
Rainwater
Tellepsen Pipel Svcs v. NLRB
United Ass'n of Journeymen & Apprentices of the Plumbing & Pipe Fitting Industry of the United States & Canada v. International Maintenance Co.
Raven Services Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board
Dow Chemical Co. v. LOCAL NO. 564, INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS
NLRB v. Colburn Electric Co
Worldwide Labor Support of Mississippi, Inc. v. United States
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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.