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.
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Afram Boutros v. Avis Rent A Car System, LLC
Autonation, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
Calumet River Fleeting, Inc. v. International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 150
Chontel Miller v. Polaris Laboratories LLC
Chicago Teachers Union, Local v. Board of Education of the City
Ronald Sweatt v. Union Pacific Railroad Co
Frank Burks v. Union Pacific Railroad Compan
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White
Chicago Teachers Union, Local 1 v. Board of Education
Orr Ex Rel. Orr v. Assurant Employee Benefits
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Trinity Health Corp.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Union Pacific Railroad
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Rosebud Restaurants, Inc.
McDonough
Illinois Central Railroad v. Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees, Division of International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Northern Star Hospitality, Inc.
Wedeward
LifeSource
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. CVS Pharmacy, Inc.
Rupcich
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Staffmark Investment LLC
Board of Trustees of the Automobile Mechanics' Local No. 701 Union & Industry Pension Fund v. Joyce Ford, Inc.
Moore
Schane v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters Union Local No. 710 Pension Fund Pension Plan
Johnson v. Meriter Health Services Employee Retirement Plan
Big Ridge, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
Big Ridge, Incorporated v. NLRB
National Labor Relations Board v. HH3 Trucking, Inc.
Smith v. Union Pacific Railroad
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. U.S. Dry Cleaning Services Corp.
Jones
Chicago Teachers Union, Local 1 v. Board of Education of the City of Chicago
United Steel, Paper & Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial & Service Workers International Union, Local Union 193-G v. PPG Industries, Inc.
Stanley Smith v. Union Pacific Railroad Compan
Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees Division of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad
Carrie Zepperi-Lomanto v. American Postal Workers Union
Heartland Human Services v. National Labor Relations Board
Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees Division/IBT v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co.
Lauren B. v. Baxter International Inc. & Subsidiaries Welfare Benefit Plan for Active Employees
Stahly
Holshouser
American Postal Workers Union, O'Hare Midway "T" Local 7011 v. American Postal Workers Union
Teamsters Local Union No. 705 v. Burlington Northern Santa Fe, LLC
Marano
Trustees of Teamsters Union No. 142 Pension Fund v. AJ & S Trucking, Inc.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. SVT, LLC
Dawn Adams v. James Adams
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. MacH Mining, LLC
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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.