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 2,293 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.
How These Rulings Ended
Of the 2,293 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 2,252 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 465 summary-judgment rulings here, 273 ended the case in the employer’s favor and 191 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.
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States in This Circuit
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Recent Rulings in the Seventh Circuit
Straw
Gold Medal Products Company v. Bell Flavors and Fragrances, Inc.
Williams v. TGI Fridays Inc
Laborers' Pension Fund v. Fuerte Systems Landscaping, Inc.
Gunchick
Nistra
Farias
Behn
Trump
Teamsters Local Union No. 727 Health and Welfare Fund v. PAS LLC
Stapleton
Miscevic
Morton
Dey
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
Fields
Sadowski
Garzon
In re Jimmy John's Overtime Litigation
Price
Aku
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.
Adam Yeoman v. William Pollard
Sidney Hillman Health Center o v. Abbott Laboratories, Incorpora
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Rent-A-Center East, Inc.
Watkins
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
Coleman
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
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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.