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
Rebecca Hill v. Service Employees Internationa
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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
Air Serv Corp. v. Service Employees International Union, Local 1
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union 2150 v. Nextera Energy Point Beach LLC
Lend Lease (US) Construction Inc. v. Administrative Employer Services, Inc.
Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada v. U.S. Bank National Ass'n
Fedex Freight, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
NLRB v. FedEx Freight, Inc.
Jeffrey Brill v. TransUnion LLC
Stewart
International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 139 v. Wingra Stone Co.
Adam
Porter
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Orion Energy Systems, Inc.
Schmitz
Rupcich
Amglo Kemlite Laboratories, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
Citibank, N.A. v. Municipal Employees'
Boltinghouse
United States ex rel. Sheet Metal Workers International Ass'n, Local Union 20 v. Horning Investments, LLC
Sidney Hillman Health Center of Rochester v. Abbott Laboratories & AbbVie Inc.
William Charles Construction Co. v. Teamsters Local Union 627
Board of Trustees of the Automobile Mechanics' Local No. 701 Union & Industry Pension Fund v. Full Circle Group, Inc.
Calumet River Fleeting, Inc. v. International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 150, AFL-CIO
Polycon Industries, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Wisconsin Plastics, Inc.
Laborers' Pension Fund v. W.R. Weis Co.
Gary Sgouros v. TransUnion Corporation
Martina Beverly v. Abbott Laboratories, Incorpora
Cocker v. Terminal Railroad Ass'n of St. Louis Pension Plan for Nonschedule Employees
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Aerotek, Inc.
Staffing Network Holdings, LLC v. National Labor Relations Board
Staffing Network Holdings, LLC v. NLRB
Contemporary Cars, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
Wasiu I. Alade v. Underwriters Laboratories, Inc
Central Laborers' Pension Fund v. Demex Group, Inc.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Amsted Rail Co., Inc.
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.