Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
28 distinct federal employment cases from public court records (2005–2025)
13 trusted published court opinions across 13 distinct cases · 5 docket-only cases without a recorded end date
What public court records show
Public federal court records list Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois as an employer in 28 distinct federal employment cases between 2005 and 2025.
Of the 13 trusted published opinions analyzed, the most common outcomes were: 10 ended in a ruling for the employer, 2 had a mixed result, and 1 ended in a ruling for the worker.
Plaintiffs won 1 of 13 adjudicated opinions (8%).
The most common claims on record were Retaliation, Discrimination, and Harassment.
Cases were filed across 1 state (IL).
These figures summarize publicly available U.S. federal court records only. Most workplace disputes are resolved privately and never appear in litigation. A case outcome reflects many factors and is not a finding that any employer violated the law.
Written decisions across 13 distinct cases.
1 of 13 adjudicated opinions ended in a plaintiff win.
Does not imply wrongdoing — many cases are dismissed or resolved without findings of liability.
Jurisdictions represented in the analyzed opinions.
About this employer
Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois appears in 13 trusted published federal employment opinions. Recent written decisions on record:
Service Employees International Union, Local 73 v. Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (2025) — Mixed Result. This case involved a dispute between Service Employees International Union Local 73 and the University of Illinois Board of Trustees. The union filed claims alleging discrimination and civil rights violations against university workers, though the specific details of what triggered these allegations are not available i… Read the ruling.
Plotner v. Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (2025) — Defendant Win. Plotner filed a lawsuit against the University of Illinois, claiming she experienced a hostile work environment based on a disability under federal disability law (the ADA). She alleged that harassment she faced at work violated her rights as a person with a disability. Read the ruling.
Berry v. The Board of Trustees of The University of Illinois (2024) — Mixed Result. Berry filed a lawsuit against the University of Illinois claiming she faced discrimination, harassment, and retaliation based on her race. She also alleged the university created a hostile work environment and violated the Illinois Gender Violence Act. Read the ruling.
The published opinions primarily involve Retaliation (5 of 13), Discrimination (4 of 13), Harassment (3 of 13). Browse the linked claim hubs for outcome statistics and other employers facing the same allegations. Retaliation, Discrimination and Harassment.
Published opinions span Illinois. Illinois is an EEOC deferral state, which extends the federal Title VII / ADA / ADEA filing deadline from 180 to 300 days. Browse state-specific employment rulings for jurisdictional patterns. Illinois rulings.
These published opinions sit within the education sector, where Title IX intersects with Title VII and tenure-revocation cases raise heightened procedural protections.
Opinion Outcomes
Opinion Stages
13 analyzed opinions have a classified procedural stage.
Of the 5 summary-judgment opinions, 4 ended the case in Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois’s favor and 1 let the worker’s claims continue.
What do these stages mean?
- Appeal
- A higher court reviewing an earlier decision. Many published opinions come from this stage, after a lot has already happened in the case.
- Summary judgment
- 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.
- Motion to dismiss
- An early request — usually by the employer — to throw the case out before any evidence is gathered.
Published federal-court opinions only — most workplace disputes are resolved privately. This is not anyone’s odds, and not a finding that any employer violated the law.
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What these numbers mean
A case is one lawsuit, identified by its court and docket number. The docket is the running court record for that same case — it is not an extra case.
A published opinion or ruling is a written court decision. One case can produce several opinions, so opinion counts and case counts answer different questions. Only trusted, reportable opinions are used in the outcome statistics on this page.
Docket entries are the individual filings inside a case — motions, orders, scheduling notices. We read them to confirm a case is real and to see where it got to, but an entry is never counted as a case or as an outcome. A single case can generate hundreds of entries.
Far fewer opinions than cases is normal. Many employment cases settle privately or close without a published opinion. No opinion here does not mean the worker lost; it means this public record does not show a reportable result.
Everything on this page comes from public federal court records. Where we are not confident a record is accurate, we leave it out rather than guess.
Federal court cases
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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 presence of an employer on this page does not imply wrongdoing — many cases are dismissed or resolved without findings of liability.