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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Recent Rulings in the Seventh Circuit
United Steel, Paper & Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial & Service Workers International Union, Local 9550 v. Cequent Towing Products
Adams v. Raintree Vacation Exchange, LLC
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Aerotek, Inc.
EEOC v. Aerotek, Incorporate
Richards v. National Labor Relations Board
International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local Union No. 50 v. Kienstra Precast, LLC
Shadi Jaradat v. Eric Holder, Jr.
Johnson v. Meriter Health Services Employee Retirement Plan
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans
Northwestern Memorial Hospital v. Lake County Board of Commissioners Employee Health Benefit Plan
Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees Division/IBT v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. United Airlines, Inc.
UAL
Chicago Truck Drivers, Helpers & Warehouse Workers Union (Independent) Pension Fund v. CPC Logistics, Inc.
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers & Trainmen v. Union Pacific Railroad
Sung Ohr ex rel. National Labor Relations Board v. Nexeo Solutions, LLC
Lippert Tile Co. v. International Union of Bricklayers & Allied Craftsmen District Council of Wisconsin Local 5
National Labor Relations Board v. KSM Industries, Inc.
Administrative District Council 1 of Illinois of the International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers v. Masonry Co.
Gottschalk ex rel. National Labor Relations Board v. Piggly Wiggly Midwest, LLC
Alvarez
In re Fedex Ground Package System, Inc., Employment Practices Litigation
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. RJB Properties, Inc.
Chicago Teachers Union, Local No. 1 v. Board of Education
Stanley Smith v. Union Pacific Rail
Alswager
Roger Alswager v. Rocky Mountain Instr
Stanley Smith v. Union Pacific Rail
Blue
Ruan Transport Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board
Mudgett
Roundy's Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
Rochelle Waste Disposal, LLC v. National Labor Relations Board
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. United Airlines, Inc.
Myla Nauman v. Abbott Laboratories
Cannaday
Zepperi-Lomanto
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Management Hospitality of Racine, Inc.
Cigna
Jackson v. Illinois Laborers' & Contracting Training Trust Fund
United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Autozone, Inc.
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers & Trainmen v. Union Pacific Railroad
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Loyola University Medical Center
Burns
International Union v. ZF BOGE ELASTMETALL LLC
International Union of Elevator Constructors Local 2 v. U.S. Deparment of Labor
Tindell
Sheehy Enterprizes, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
Sheehy Enterprizes v. NLRB
Newpage Wisconsin System Inc. v. United Steel, Paper & Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy Allied Industrial & Service Workers International 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.