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.
Top Claim Types
States in This Circuit
Browse rulings from courts in each state the Fifth Circuit covers.
Recent Rulings in the Fifth Circuit
Nlrb v. Ara Automotive Group
Rena
Oldham
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Louisiana Network, Inc.
I.M.T.C.
Riverside Cement v. Nlrb
Tarver
Nlrb v. Pilgrim Industries
Carpet Transport v. Nlrb
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Olson's Dairy Queens, Inc.
Bonham
Williams v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Tarka
McCarty Processors v. Nlrb
Nlrb v. McCarty Processors, Inc
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Southern Publishing Co., Inc.
Unarco Com'l Products v. Nlrb
Horton Automatics v. Nlrb
North Star Drilling v. Nlrb D
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MISSISSIPPI STATE TAX COMMISSION, Defendant-Appellee
Cardell Cabinets, Inc. v. Nlrb D
Nlrb v. Hearst Corp. D
Fotios
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. American Federation of Government Employees Local 1617
Nlrb v. Alamo Cement Co.
Eeoc v. Richardson Sav. & Loan
Eeoc v. International Longshoremen
35 Fair empl.prac.cas. 1892, 35 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 34,798 Eeoc v. Allstate Ins. Co
Nlrb v. Benchmark Industries
Eeoc v. A.R.A. Manufacturing
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Allstate Insurance
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Group Hospital Service, Inc.
D Beasley v. Terminal Transport Co., Inc. (U. S. And Eeoc)
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MAGNOLIA ELECTRIC POWER ASSOCIATION, Defendant-Appellee
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Peoples Bank of Indianola
23 Fair empl.prac.cas. 1824, 24 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 31,211 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Delta Airlines, Inc
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. United States Steel Corp.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Southwest Texas Methodist Hospital
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Blue Bell, Inc.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Lockheed Electronics Co.
United Supermarkets, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Browning-Ferris Industries of Louisiana, Inc.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Parish Water Work's Co.
Temple-Eastex, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HUTTIG SASH & DOOR COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee
Grissom
Answer, Inc. Of San Antonio v. Nlrb
Nlrb v. Houston Natural Gas Corp
Nlrb v. Service Technology Corporation
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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.