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
Francis
Delso
Delso
Bamgbose v. Delta-T Group, Inc.
United Steel, Paper & Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied-Industrial & Service Workers Local Union 943 v. E.I. Dupont De Nemours & Co.
Donovan
Taylor
Ace Capitol v. Varadam Foundation
Wallace
Wallace
Oppong v. First Union Mortgage Corp.
Kuhns
Adams
Adam Cosgrove v. Gregory Cappachella
Blair Communications, Inc. v. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local Union No. 5
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers & Trainmen v. United Transportation Union
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers & Trainmen v. United Transportation Union
Brhd of Locomotive v. United Transp Union
Toy
Allen
Allen
National Labor Relations Board v. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local Union No. 98
National Labor Relations Board v. Metropolitan Regional Council of Carpenters
National Labor Relations Board v. Metropolitan Regional Council of Carpenters
NLRB v. Metro Regional Cncl
Allen
Okocha v. Laboratory Corp. of America
Evans
Ethypharm S.A. France v. Abbott Laboratories
Sanofi-Aventis
Philip Yip v. Union Cty College
Pendleton v. Nepa Community Federal Credit Union
Wiggins v. United Food & Commercial Workers Union
Joseph W. Davis, Inc. v. International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 542
United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial & Service Workers International Union v. Neville Chemical Co.
Strada
Hasan
Whole Enchilada, Inc. v. Travelers Property Casualty Co. of America
T & H Bail Bonds Inc. v. Local 199 Laborers International Union of North America
Hasan
Hasan
Veeder Root Co. v. Local 6521 United Steel Workers International Union
Umland v. PLANCO Financial Services, Inc.
Umland v. Planco Fin Ser Inc
Secretary of Labor v. Beverly Healthcare-Hillview
Omer Masse v. APA Transp Corp
In Re Lucent Death Benefits ERISA Litigation
Fellner
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. v. Abbott Laboratories
Louisiana Municipal Police Employees Retirement System v. Sealed Air Corp.
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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.