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.
Badanish
Coyer
Bentson
Bryant
Adams
Campbell-Davis
In re Outpatient Medical Center Employee Antitrust Litigation
Wise
Jacinta Downing v. Abbott Laboratories
Iron Workers St. Louis District Council Pension Trust v. Alpha Iron LLC
Laborers' Pension Fund v. Total Home Restoration 1 a/k/a THR 1, Inc.
Sheet Metal Workers International Association Local 268 v. Enskat Mechanical, LLC
Central Laborers' Pension Welfare and Annuity Funds v. Edwards Kamadulski, LLC
Trevino
Gull
Trustees of the Teamsters Union No. 142 Pension Fund v. Correct Construction, Inc.
Evans
Anderson
Butler, Jerry v. Eschalante, Jim
Hoffstead
Clinton
Adams
Imbro
Adamczyk
Fuit
White, Dustin v. Boardman, Adam
Rizwan
Terry Paulsen v. Abbott Laboratories
Jafri
Pagan Hernandez v. Milwaukee Composites Inc
Cunningham
Ko
Tousignant
EEOC v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Trustees of the Chicago Regional Council of Carpenters Pension Fund v. Drive Construction, Inc.
Hickman
Trustees of the Chicago Regional Council of Carpenters Pension Fund v. Drive Construction, Inc.
Conner
Central States, Southeast and Southwest Areas Pension Fund v. DT Leasing, LLC
Martin J. Zielinski v. Wisconsin Labor and Industry
Royan
Sraieb
Vega
Van Bergen v. Fastmore Logistics LLC
Shah
Woznicki
Porter
EEOC v. American Flange and Grief, Inc.
Seneca, Dean v. Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council, Inc.
Hollis
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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.