Employment Rulings in the Third Circuit
The Third Circuit covers the federal courts in Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The rulings below come from the circuit's court of appeals and the federal trial courts within it.
Of the 2,094 published rulings we track here (1967–2026), 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 2,094 published rulings we track in the Third 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 2,060 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 357 summary-judgment rulings here, 219 ended the case in the employer’s favor and 137 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.
Top Claim Types
Top Employers
- Trans Union, LLC9
- United States Postal Service8
- Abbott Laboratories8
- D.A. Nolt, Inc.8
- East Penn Manufacturing Company, Inc.7
- BP Exploration & Production, Inc.7
States in This Circuit
Browse rulings from courts in each state the Third Circuit covers.
Recent Rulings in the Third Circuit
LOCAL 88502 OF THE INTERNATIONAL UNION OF ELECTRONIC, ELECTRICAL, SALARIED, MACHINE AND FURNITURE WORKER AFL-CIO-CWA v. MORGAN ADVANCED MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGY, INC.
NLRB v. 800 River Road Operating Co LL
Caesars Entm't Corp. v. Int'l Union of Operating Eng'rs Local 68 Pension Fund
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MARASEK
INDEPENDENT LABORATORY EMPLOYEES' UNION, INC. v. EXXONMOBIL RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING COMPANY
Norman Hansen v. International Union of Painter
Cowher
BOWIE
Molina
MUNS
TRUSTEES OF INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PAINTERS AND ALLIED TRADES DISTRICT COUNCIL 711 HEALTH & WELFARE FUND v. VALHALLA CONSTRUCTION, LLC
RITZ HOTELS SERVICES, LLC v. BROTHERHOOD OF AMALGAMATED TRADES LOCAL UNION 514
THOMPSON
Behalf v. Am. Airlines Grp., Inc.
DEJESUS
DIBUONAVENTURA
NEW JERSEY BUILDING LABORERS' STATEWIDE PENSION FUND AND TRUSTEES THEREOF v. RIVER DRIVE COMPANIES, LLC.
NLRB v. Midland Electrical Contractin
Akaninyene Akan v. Adam Summers
Clive Baron v. Abbott Laboratories
United States ex rel. Int'l Bhd. of Elec. Workers Local Union No. 98 v. Farfield Co.
James Adams v. Governor of Delaware
James Adams v. Governor of Delaware
Behalf v. Am. Airlines Grp., Inc.
County Concrete Corp v. NLRB
Regional Employers Assurance L v. Gretechen Hutto Castellano
USCIS
USCIS
Leslie Thomas v. Union County Court
Thomas Skold v. Galderma Laboratories LP
James Adams v. Governor of Delaware
Prater
Nat'l Labor Relations Bd. v. Imagefirst Unif. Rental Serv., Inc.
Jones Lang Lasalle Americas, Inc. v. Int'l Bhd. of Elec. Workers Local Union No. 313
Serv. Emps. Int'l Union Local 32 BJ v. ShamrockClean, Inc.
Mona Estrada v. Johnson & Johnson
Joy Ebuzor-Onayemi v. Union County Police Department
Josue Guevara-Palada v. Attorney General United States
N.J. Bldg. Laborers' Statewide Pension Fund & Trs. Thereof v. Richard A. Pulaski Constr.
Donovan Estrada-Grajeda v. Attorney General United States
1621 Route 22 West Operating C v. NLRB
Debra Steele v. Pelmor Laboratories Inc
Eckert
NLRB v. Mid Atlantic Restaurant Group
Esurance Insurance Co v. Lavada Bowser
Michael Quezada v. Attorney General United States
Leonard Cottrell v. Alcon Laboratories
Franklin v. Sessions
Jamie McKnight v. Aimbridge Employee Service Cor
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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.