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.
Plada
Carrillo
Johnson v. Foot Locker Stores, Inc
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen v. Union Pacific Railroad Company
Yadav
Lawson
Douglas
DeGruy-Hampton
Union Pacific Railroad Company v. The American Railway & Airway Supervisors' Association
Badaiki
Uzcategui
Coulon
Tedesco
Red River United v. Caddo Parish School Board
Rodrigues
Johnson v. North Texas Dancers, LLC
Jefferson
Lennix
Badeaux
Bridges
Trevillion
Babin
Quesada
Jana Landry v. Pilar Laborde-Lahoz
Ellis
Adams
Oncor Electric Delivery v. NLRB
Williams v. Genesis Energy, LLC
Bias
Gray
Prince-Moore
Eltayeb
McKinney v. Sheriffs Office Rapides Parish
Verrett
Moore
Lowes Home Centers v. NLRB
Taylor
Diaz
Badaiki
Garcia
Adams
Hall
Corrica
Kitziger
Bailey
Cunningham
Predmore
Hutchinson
Adams
Hardnett
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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.