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.
Cynthia Albert v. Trans Union Corporation
Thompson
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Autozone, Inc.
Laborers' Pension Fund v. Lake City Janitorial, Inc.
Robinson
Karl Schmidt Unisia, Inc. v. International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, & Agricultural Implement Workers, UAW Local 2357
Formella
Hendricks
Doberstein
International Union of Elevator Constructors Local 2 v. U.S. Department of Labor
Cruz
Mund
Spivey
Massaro
Hoffman
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Management Hospitality of Racine, Inc.
Parkland Environmental Group, Inc. v. Laborers' International Union
Parkland Environment v. Laborers' I
Marion County Coroner's Office v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Roadway Express, Inc. v. United States Department of Labor
Abbott Laboratories, Inc. v. Apotex Inc.
Thompson
Jirak
Morales
Baxter
In re Fedex Ground Package System, Inc. Employment Practices Litigation
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Simply Storage Management, LLC
Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co. v. Samsung Electronics Co.
Laborers' Pension Fund v. KMC Masonry, LLC
Sheehy Enterprizes, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
Espenscheid
Allscripts
Fleszar
Boeing Co. v. International Union of United Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers
Tully
Gessling
Thompson
Robinette
Nuzzi
Elliott
White
Green
Burns
Friemuth
Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co. v. Samsung Electronics Co.
Loparex LLC v. National Labor Relations Board
NLRB v. Loparex LLC
Jennings v. Sallie Mae, Inc.
HISSONG
Collins v. Heritage Wine Cellars, Ltd.
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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.