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
EEOC v. Lee's Log Cabin, Incorporated
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Watkins Motor Lines, Inc.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Ceisel Masonry, Inc.
EEOC v. Watkins Motor Lines, Inc.
Owens
Hasan
Moglia
Scott Basken v. Teamsters Local Union No. 43
Orth, Ronald P. v. WI State Employee Un
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Lee's Log Cabin, Inc.
EEOC v. Lee's Log Cabin, Incorporated
Tate
United Steel, Paper & Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial & Service Workers International Union v. National Labor Relations Board
United Steel Paper v. NLRB
Esquivel
Jirak
Adams, Billie R. v. Meloy, Christopher
Daugherty v. Wabash Center, Inc.
United Steel, Paper & Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial & Service Workers International Union v. TriMas Corp.
Newell Operating Co. v. International Union of United Automobile, Aerospace, & Agricultural Implement Workers of America, U.A.W.
Newell Operating v. Int'l Union United
Mull
Ching
Kasten
Rittenhouse
Williams v. Interpublic Severance Pay Plan
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers & Trainmen General Committee of Adjustment, Central Region v. Union Pacific Railroad
Brohd Engineers & Tr v. Union Pacific
Abdullahi
Abdullahi, Parisima v. Prada USA Corporatio
St. Margaret Mercy Healthcare Centers v. National Labor Relations Board
St. Margaret Mercy v. NLRB
Colvin Ex Rel. Bricklayers Union Local No. 6 of Indiana Pension Fund v. Larry E. Webb Construction Co.
Abbott Laboratories, Inc. v. BioValve Technologies, Inc.
Spoerle
Saban, Mark G. v. Department of Labor
National Labor Relations Board v. Midwestern Personnel Services, Inc.
NLRB v. Midwestern Personnel
Canfield
EEOC v. V&J Foods, Inc.
BLET.
Local Union 15, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers v. Commonwealth Edison Co.
Gibson
Hess
Hess, James v. Reg-Ellen Employee
Nichols
Mitchell v. Union Pacific Railroad
Mitchell, George v. Union Pacific
Burger, Robert M. v. Int'l Union Elev 2
EEOC v. Concentra Health Ser
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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.