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.
Wise
Mazza
Wiseman
Costner
Young
Simon
Glidewell
Trustees of the Local Union 531, I.B.E.W. and N.E.C.A. Pension Fund v. Hoosier Communications LLC
Medina
Brode
Bruske, Ryea v. Capitol Watertown Sprechers, LLC
KNOWLES
Downes
Crawford
Johnson v. Villa Healthcare Management, Inc.
NLRB v. Haven Salon + Spa, Inc
Teague
United Association of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry of United States and Canada, Local No. 360 v. Hubert Plumbing & Heating Co., Inc.
Mausser
Brooks
McPhail
Virgilio
Conviser
DOWNING
Kumar
Arroyo
DOUTHIT
Fuhrmann
Plumbers' Pension Fund Local 130, U.A. v. Only Plumbing 2 Inc., an Illinois Corporation
Davis
Rogers v. Union Pacific Railroad Company
Brown
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Wal-Mart Stores East LP
LEON
Trustees of the Chicago Regional Council of Carpenters Pension Fund v. Drive Construction, Inc.
Leigh
Mathias
Gibbs
Etheridge
Alicia Page v. Alliant Credit Union
Ball
Trustees of the Bricklayers Union Local No 6 of Indiana Pension Fund v. Lakewood Design, Inc.
Stewart, Timothy v. Rock County Human Services Department Employee(s)
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Rogers Behavioral Health
LANGE
Inojosa
Markle
Minge
Jimenez
Owens
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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.