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 2,136 published rulings we track here (1973–2026), the breakdowns below show how they were decided. They describe published opinions only — not the odds of any particular situation.
Of the 2,136 published rulings we track in the Seventh Circuit.
A workplace lawsuit moves through stages, and a ruling can end it at any of them. Here is where the 2,124 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 556 summary-judgment rulings here, 357 ended the case in the employer’s favor and 198 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 Seventh Circuit covers.
MULLIGAN
Breuder
Mlsna, Mark v. Union Pacific Railroad
NLRB v. Constellation Brands U.S. Oper
Tubbs
Laborers' Pension and Laborers' Welfare Fund for the Health and Welfare Department of the Construction and General Laborers' District Council of Chicago Vicinity v. R & W Clark Construction, Inc.
Rios, Jr. v. Air Methods Corporation
Boveri
Reilly, Michael v. Century Fence Company
Bricklayers Union Indiana Pension Fund Trustees of the v. Best Brickwashing, LLC
Chicago Teachers Union, Local 1 American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO v. Board of Education of the City of Chicago
Okada
McKeown
Adams
Teamsters Local Union No. 72t v. De La Torre Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Inc.
Central Laborers' Pension, Welfare and Annuity Funds v. Wyandotte Corp.
Troesch
Domaracki
Altounian Construction, Inc. v. Administrative District Council 1 of Illinois of International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers
Taylor
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Wal-Mart Stores East, LP
Toth
Stipe
Eric White v. UAL
Eric White v. UAL
Strong
Laborers' Pension Fund v. Midwest Milling and Paving Company
Francis
Breuder
Central Laborers' Pension Fund v. Signature Demolition Services Inc.
Trnava
Jackson v. American Water Co.
Employers & Cement Masons 90 Health & Welfare Fund v. Edwards-Kamadulski, LLC
McCutchan
Johnson v. Sun & Chang Corporation
King
Veljkovic
Willis
O'Shea
Cervantes
Beasley
International Union of Operati v. Wisconsin Legislature
International Union of Operati v. Wisconsin Legislature
Joseph Ocol v. Chicago Teachers Union
Mausser
Joseph Ocol v. Chicago Teachers Union
O'Leary
MARTON
Clarson
Bland
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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.