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
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Recent Rulings in the Third Circuit
Secretary United States Department of Labor v. American Future Systems, Inc.
Tonge
American Civil Rights Union v. Philadelphia City Commissioners
Dowling v. Pension Plan for Salaried Employees of Union Pacific Corp. & Affiliates
Employer Trustees of Western Pennsylvania Teamsters v. Union Trustees of Western Pennsylvania Teamsters
National Labor Relations Board v. New Vista Nursing & Rehabilitation
Doe ex rel. Doe v. Boyertown Area School District
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Bob Evans Farms, LLC
Coleen Remp v. Alcon Laboratories Inc
Pirinate Consulting Group, LLC v. Kadant Solutions Division (In re NewPage Corp.)
Nealey
Sheila Horton v. Fedchoice Federal Credit Union
Blanche Brown v. Jenna Mercadante
Secretary United States Department of Labor v. Kwasny
Kehoe v. International Ass'n of Theatrical Stage Employees Local 21
Evancho v. Pine-Richland School District
Laborers' Combined Funds of Western Pennsylvania v. Molinaro Corp.
Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc. v. Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
National Labor Relations Board v. Sub Acute Rehabilitation Center at Kearny, LLC
Fair Laboratory Practices Asso v. Chris Riedel
Clive Baron v. Abbott Laboratories
United Steel Paper & Forestry Rubber Manufacturing Allied Industrial & Service Workers International Union AFL-CIO-CLC v. Government of the Virgin Islands
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Scott Medical Health Center, P.C.
National Labor Relations Board v. Salem Hospital Corp.
D.A. Nolt, Inc. v. Local Union No. 30 United Union of Roofers
Newark Portfolio JV, LLC v. National Labor Relations Board
Secretary of Labor v. James Doyle
National Labor Relations Board v. Regency Heritage Nursing & Rehabilitation Center
National Labor Relations Board v. FedEx Freight, Inc.
Nina Shahin v. Delaware Federal Credit Union
Union Trustees of W. Pa Teamsters v. Employees of W.Pa Teamsters
Brockway Mould, Inc. v. United Steel Paper & Forestry Rubber Manufacturing Energy Allied Industrial & Service Workers International Union
Billy Stewart v. Union County Board of Educatio
1621 Route 22 West Operating Co. v. National Labor Relations Board
Gupta v. Secretary United States Department of Labor
Advanced Disposal Services East, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
Secretary United States Department of Labor v. Koresko
Dowling
Becknell v. Severance Pay Plan of Johnson & Johnson
SEPTA
Debra Steele v. Pelmor Laboratories Inc
United Ass'n of Journeyman & Apprentice Plumbers & Pipefitters of the United States & Canada Local 74 v. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 313
MCPc Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
Castellano
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Fedex Ground Package System, Inc.
Morris Road Partners, LLC v. National Labor Relations Board
Laurence Kaplan v. Saint Peter's Healthcare Syste
Catherine Willis v. Childrens Hospital of Pittsbur
Sandra Babcock v. Butler County
Matthew Faush v. Tuesday Morning
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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.