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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Recent Rulings in the Fifth Circuit
Adamik
PDG Chemical Inc. v. Oil, Chemical & Atomic Workers International Union
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Palafox Hospitality, Ltd.
Brown
Breeden
Temporary Employment Services v. Trinity Marine Group, Inc.
Poly-America, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
Temporary Employment Services v. Trinity Marine Group, Inc.
Lafargue
Northwinds Abatement v. Employers Ins Wausau
Herrington
Northwinds Abatement, Inc. v. Employers Insurance of Wausau
Myers
Entergy Gulf States, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
Adams
Weber Aircraft Inc. v. General Warehousemen & Helpers Union Local 767
Carter
Williams v. Simmons Co.
Adams
Chao
Willis
Willis
Moreno-Estrada
Cousin
Classroom Teachers of Dallas v. Dallas Independent School District
Valmont Industries v. NLRB
Union Pacific Resources Group, Inc. v. Rhône-Poulenc, Inc.
Coffman
Jinks
Isaac
Adams
Aboul-Fetouh
Dunn
Blakeney
Valmont Industries, Inc., Petitioner-Cross-Respondent v. National Labor Relations Board, Respondent-Cross-Petitioner
Williams v. Midwest Employers Casualty Co.
Middleton
Baker
Adams
Paris
Adams
Rodriguez
Mitchell v. Union Pacific RR Co
NLRB v. Baptist Hosp Orange
Rivera
Hatteberg
Rivera
Staftex Staffing v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, U.S. Dept. of Labor
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Exxon Corp.
Brown
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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.