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.
Bergholz
Sweet
Dyal
Mayfield
Kichatay
Demkovich
Automobile Mechanics' Local No. 701 Union and Industry Pension Fund v. Dynamic Garage, Inc.
Gallardo
Sanchez
Brotherhood of Locomotive Eng v. Union Pacific Railroad Compan
Franklin
Simpson
Adar Bays, LLC v. Genesys Id, Inc.
Charter Commc'ns, Inc. v. Local Union No. 3, Int'l Bhd. of Elec. Workers
Adams
Foster
EEOC v. Costco Wholesale Corporation
EEOC v. Costco Wholesale Corp.
Moore
Kresch
Bilinsky
Labor One, Inc. v. Staff Management Solutions, LLC, et l
Solsol
Ameristar Casino East Chicago LLC v. UNITE HERE Local 1
Kramer
RLJ Lodging Trust v. The National Retirement Fund
Bell v. Loyola University Medical Center
Kotaska
Renzi
Egan
McCarthy
Jones
Langdon
Divine
Moreno
Laborers' Pension Fund v. GA Paving, LLC
Gonzalez
Sterlinski
Hancox
Wasserstein
Marijan
Phillips
Isabella A. v. Arrowhead Union High Sch. Dist.
Laborers' Welfare Fund for the Health and Welfare Department of the Construction and General Laborers' District Council of Chicago Vicinity v. Gilco Mechanical Contractors, Inc.
Kottke v.Petsmart Inc.
Johnson v. Chicago Board of Education
Jam Prods., Ltd. v. Nat'l Labor Relations Bd.
Considine-Brechon
NLRB v. Jam Productions, Limited
Jam Productions, Limited v. NLRB
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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.