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
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Kaelin
UMWA
Smith v. DELAWARE FIRST FEDERAL CREDIT UNION
Pennsylvania State Employees Credit Union v. Fifth Third Bank
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Avecia, Inc.
Koresko
Aarp
Howard Hess Dental Laboratories Inc. v. Dentsply International, Inc.
Adams
St. George Warehouse, Inc., in No. 04-2893 v. National Labor Relations Board, in No. 04-3363
St George Warehouse v. NLRB
In Re: Schering
Drake
In Re: Erie Forge
Adapt of Philadelphia v. Philadelphia Housing Authority
ADAPT
Dogmanits
Adams-Tutein
National Labor Relations Board Petitioner/cross-Respondent v. D.A. Nolt, Inc. Respondent/cross-Petitioner
NLRB v. DA Nolt Inc
NLRB v. DA Nolt Inc
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Creative Playthings, Ltd.
Harris v. Lehigh County Office of Children & Youth Services
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers & Trainmen v. United Transportation Union
High River Ltd. Partnership v. Mylan Laboratories, Inc.
Bianchi Trison Corporation v. Elaine L. Chao, Secretary of Labor
Bianchi Trison Corp v. Secretary Labor
Pelullo
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Muhlenberg College
Turnbull
National Labor Relations Board v. Alandco Development Corp.
National Labor Relations Board v. Smucker Co.
National Labor Relations Board Petitioner/cross-Respondent v. D.A. Nolt, Inc. Respondent/cross-Petitioner
NLRB v. DA Nolt Inc
Bowley
James L. Bowley v. City Of Uniontown Police Department
Parsons Energy & Chemicals Group, Inc. v. Williams Union Boiler
C.M.
Michael Martorana v. The Board of Trustees of Steamfitters Local Union 420 Health, Welfare and Pension Fund Steamfitters Local Union 420
Aarp
DOMINIC J. v. Wyoming Valley West High School
Otto
LLB Realty, L.L.C. v. Core Laboratories, LP
Arco Enterprises, Inc. v. Operative Plasterers' & Cement Masons' International Ass'n of United States & Canada
Adam Technologies, Inc. v. Hewlett Packard Co.
Reconstituted Committee of Unsecured Creditors of the United Healthcare System, Inc. v. New Jersey Department of Labor (In re United Healthcare System, Inc.)
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Federal Express Corp.
George
Grand Union Supermarkets of Virgin Islands, Inc. v. H.E. Lockhart Mgmt., Inc.
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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.