Employment Rulings in the Seventh Circuit
The Seventh Circuit covers the federal courts in Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin. The rulings below come from the circuit's court of appeals and the federal trial courts within it.
Of the 1,243 published rulings we track here (1975–2026), 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 1,243 published rulings we track in the Seventh 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 1,238 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 307 summary-judgment rulings here, 203 ended the case in the employer’s favor and 104 let the worker’s claims continue.
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
Top Employers
- Union Pacific Railroad Company45
- Abbott Laboratories28
- Board of Education of the City of Chicago12
- Union Pacific Railroad11
- United Airlines, Inc.10
- Chicago Transit Authority9
States in This Circuit
Browse rulings from courts in each state the Seventh Circuit covers.
Recent Rulings in the Seventh Circuit
Willie Jones v. Heartland Employment Services
Willie Jones v. Heartland Employment Services
Mouloki
Schindler
Davis
Medina
Monroe
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. S&C Electric Company
Pearson
Armada (Singapore) Pte Ltd. v. Amcol Int'l Corp.
Armada (Singapore) PTE Limited v. Amcol International Corporatio
Burton
Wiggins
Thompson
People of the State of Illinois v. Xing Ying Employment Agency
Smith v. Union Pacific Railroad
Crum
Williams v. TGI Fridays Inc
Massey
Gunchick
Iron Workers' Mid-America Pension Plan v. All American Steel, Inc.
Nistra
Farias
Behn
Trump
Teamsters Local Union No. 727 Health and Welfare Fund v. PAS LLC
Stapleton
Brotherhood of Locomotive Eng v. Union Pacific Railroad Compan
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, General Committee of Adjustment, Western Lines v. Union Pacific Railroad Co.
Fox Valley Laborers' Health and Welfare Fund v. TNT Landscape Construction Inc.
Adama Njie v. Joseph Yurkovich
Garza
Abdullah Ennin v. CNH Industrial America LLC
In re Jimmy John's Overtime Litigation
Price
Peppers
Aku
Suqin Zhu v. Hakkasan NYC LLC
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers & Trainmen v. Union Pacific Railroad
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers v. Union Pacific Railroad
Sidney Hillman Health Center o v. Abbott Laboratories, Incorpora
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Rent-A-Center East, Inc.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Union Pacific Railroad
EEOC v. Union Pacific Railroad Compan
United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. AutoZone, Inc.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Dolgencorp, LLC
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers & Trainment, General Committee of Adjustment, Union Pacific Western Lines & Pacific Harbor Lines v. Union Pacific Railroad
Rebecca Hill v. Service Employees Internationa
Sweatt
Ronald Sweatt v. Union Pacific Railroad Compan
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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.