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.
Brush
Ritacca
Leavell
Williams v. Eastside Lumberyard and Supply Co.
Northern Indiana Public Service Company v. United Steelworkers of America, Afl-Cio-Clc, and United Steelworkers of America, Local Union 12775
Hupp
Doe
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Rockwell International Corp.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Rockwell International Corp.
Naperville Ready Mix, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
Stone v. American Federation of Government Employees
United Food & Commercial Workers Union Local 700 v. Kroger Co.
Zeigler Coal Company v. T. Michael Kerr, Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor, and Edward Griskell
Great Lakes v. NLRB
Gresser
Devine
6 West Limited Corporation v. National Labor Relations Board
Kauffman
Duffy Tool & Stamping, L.L.C. v. National Labor Relations Board
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and Judith Keane, Intervenor-Appellant v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.
Kim Adams v. Ameritech Services, Inc. And Indiana Bell Telephone Co., Inc., and Deborah Allard v. Indiana Bell Telephone Co., Inc.
Adams, Kim v. IN Bell Tele Co.
General Service Employees Union, Local No. 73, Seiu, Afl-Cio, Clc v. National Labor Relations Board
General Service v. NLRB
National Labor Relations Board v. Aluminum Casting & Engineering Co., Inc.
NLRB v. Aluminum Casting
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Humiston-Keeling, Inc.
EEOC v. Humiston-Keeling Inc
Beverly California Corp., F/k/a Beverly Enterprises, Petitioners/cross-Respondents v. National Labor Relations Board, Respondent/cross-Petitioner
Service Employees v. NLRB
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Indiana Bell Telephone Co., Inc., D/B/A Ameritech Indiana, and Ameritech Corp.
William Kinslow v. American Postal Workers Union, Chicago Local
O'BANNON
Vulcan Basement Waterproofing of Illinois, Inc., Petitioner/cross-Respondent v. National Labor Relations Board, Respondent/cross-Petitioner
Vulcan Basement v. NLRB
MacHinery Movers, Riggers, and MacHinery Erectors Union Local 136 v. Ges Exposition Services, Inc.
Union Oil Company v. Leavell, Dan
Lemon v. International Union of Operating Engineers, Local No. 139
National Labor Relations Board v. Americold Logistics, Inc.
NLRB v. Americold Logistics
Linda Place, Plaintiff-Appellee/cross-Appellant v. Abbott Laboratories, Defendant-Appellant/cross-Appellee
Place, Linda v. Abbott Laboratories
EEOC v. IN Bell
Consolidation Coal Co. v. United Mine Workers, District 12, Local Union 1545
United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc.
Penn
Jays Foods, L.L.C. v. Chemical & Allied Product Workers Union, Local 20, Afl-Cio
Connecticut General Life Insurance v. Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada
Crabill
Jet Star, Inc., Petitioner/cross-Respondent v. National Labor Relations Board, Respondent/cross-Petitioner
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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.