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
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi v. Union Pacific Railroad Company
Abdullahi
Abdullahi, Parisima v. Prada USA Corporatio
St. Margaret Mercy Healthcare Centers v. National Labor Relations Board
St. Margaret Mercy v. NLRB
Slaughter
Merryman Excavation, Inc. v. International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 150
Colvin Ex Rel. Bricklayers Union Local No. 6 of Indiana Pension Fund v. Larry E. Webb Construction Co.
Abbott Laboratories, Inc. v. BioValve Technologies, Inc.
Martin
IFC Credit Corp. v. United Business & Industrial Federal Credit Union
Williams v. Southern Illinois Riverboat/Casino Cruises, Inc.
Spoerle
Saban
Saban, Mark G. v. Department of Labor
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Area Erectors, Inc.
Killingsworth
National Labor Relations Board v. Midwestern Personnel Services, Inc.
NLRB v. Midwestern Personnel
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. v & J Foods, Inc.
Canfield
EEOC v. V&J Foods, Inc.
BLET.
Jeffboat LLC v. General Drivers, Warehousemen & Helpers Local Union No. 89
Local Union 15, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers v. Commonwealth Edison Co.
Gibson
Hess
Hess, James v. Reg-Ellen Employee
Nichols
Mitchell v. Union Pacific Railroad
Mitchell, George v. Union Pacific
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers & Trainmen v. Union Pacific Railroad
Burger
Burger, Robert M. v. Int'l Union Elev 2
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Caterpillar Inc.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Concentra Health Services, Inc.
EEOC v. Concentra Health Ser
Roadway Express, Inc. v. United States Department of Labor
Matthews
Carolyn G. Kochert v. Adagen Medical International, Incorporated and North American Medical Corporation
Lineback
Teamster Local Union No. 714 v. Ges Exposition Services, Inc.
Lamb
Rockwell Automation Inc. v. National Union Fire Insurance
F: AJ KIKSON v. Underwriters Laboratories, Inc.
Kochert, Carolyn G. v. Adagen Medical Int'l
Zamecnik, Gary v. Abbco Inc Erisa Plan
Orth
Abbott Laboratories v. Sandoz, Inc.
Abbott Laboratories v. Sandoz, Inc.
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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.