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.
Morton
Adar Bays, LLC v. AIM Exploration, Inc.
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.
Laborers' Pension Fund v. W.R. Weis Company, Inc.
Central States, Southeast and Southwest Areas Pension Fund v. B & M Marine Construction, Inc.
Teamsters Local Union No. 727 Health and Welfare Fund v. PAS LLC
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
Garzon
In re Jimmy John's Overtime Litigation
Price
Peppers
Aku
Ivery v. RMH Franchise Corp.
Suqin Zhu v. Hakkasan NYC LLC
United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. AutoZone, Inc.
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers & Trainmen v. Union Pacific Railroad
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers v. Union Pacific Railroad
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Amsted Rail Co.
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
International Union of Operating Engineers Local 139 v. Schimel
International Union of Operati v. Brad Schimel
United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. AutoZone, Inc.
Hanson Cold Storage Co. v. National Labor Relations Board
In re FedEx Ground Package System, Inc., Employment Practices Litigation
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Dolgencorp, LLC
Calvert
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers & Trainment, General Committee of Adjustment, Union Pacific Western Lines & Pacific Harbor Lines v. Union Pacific Railroad
Armada (Singapore) Pte Ltd. v. Amcol International Corp.
Janus v. American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees, Council 31
Rebecca Hill v. Service Employees Internationa
Sweatt
Ronald Sweatt v. Union Pacific Railroad Compan
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers & Trainmen v. Union Pacific Railroad
Columbia College Chicago v. National Labor Relations Board
NLRB v. Columbia College Chicago
Dana Container, Inc. v. Secretary of Labor
Dana Container, Inc. v. Secretary of Labor
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Flambeau, Inc.
Indiana Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Inc. v. Indiana Secretary of State
Janada Garner v. Executive Management Services
John Marshall Law School v. National Union Fire Insurance Co. of Pittsburgh
Teamsters Local Union No. 727 Health & Welfare Fund v. L & R Group of Companies
Jack A. Sheets v. Interra Credit Union
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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.