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
Barron
Bemis Company Inc v. EEOC
Ball-Foster Glass Container Co. v. American Flint Glass Workers Union
EEOC v. IN Bell
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. University of Chicago Hospitals
EEOC v. Univ Chicago Hosp
Bloedorn v. Francisco Foods, Inc.
McClimon
Thompson
Kinney Ex Rel. National Labor Relations Board v. Federal Security, Inc.
National Labor Relations Board v. Beverly California Corp.
Lena Gallagher, on Behalf of a Class v. Abbott Laboratories and Miles D. White
Gallagher, Lena v. Abbott Laboratories
Stone v. Sangamon County Sheriff's Department
Exelon
Daniels
Bushouse
Perry
Stephen Simon v. Allstate Employee Group Medical Plan and Rodney T. Daniels
Hall
EEOC v. North Gibson School
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. North Gibson School Corporation
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Dial Corp.
Bert M. Yetman, Jerry L. Adams, Frank L. Ahern v. Jane Garvey, Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration
Fletcher
Simon, Stephen v. Allstate Employee
Jerry L. Crabill v. Trans Union, L.L.C.
Crabill, Jerry L. v. Trans Union Corp
Linnemeier
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Indiana Bell Telephone Co.
Multi-Ad Services, Incorporated, Petitioner-Cross-Respondent v. National Labor Relations Board, Respondent-Cross-Petitioner
Tart
Multi-Ad Services v. NLRB
Richard M. Kadas v. MCI Systemhouse Corporation
United States Can Company v. National Labor Relations Board, and United Steelworkers of America, Afl-Cio-Clc, Intervening
Kadas, Richard M. v. MCI Systemhouse
US Can Company v. NLRB
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and Michael Nicosia, Intervening v. Yellow Freight System, Inc.
Beverly California Corp v. National Labor Relations Board
Adams
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local Union No. 134 v. Chicago & Northeast Illinois District Council of Carpenters
Labor Ready, Inc. v. Williams Staffing, LLC
Braxton
Medcom Holding Co. v. Baxter Travenol Laboratories, Inc.
Lee N. Mortenson v. National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pa.
Mortenson, Lee N. v. Nat'l Union Fire Pit
Kinney Ex Rel. NLRB v. Federal Sec., Inc.
Sanders
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Aon Consulting, Inc.
Teamsters & Employers Welfare Trust v. Gorman Bros. Ready Mix
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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.