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
NRLB
Fries
Tobin
Hotel Employees & Restaurant Employees Union, Local 57 v. Sage Hospitality Resources L.L.C.
Testerman
Crane
Martinez
Martinez
Bair
Gashlin
National Labor Relations Board v. Central Pennsylvania Regional Counsel of Carpenters
Mettle
Paul F. McElroy v. Smithkline Beecham Health & Welfare Benefits Trust Plan for U.S. Employees Smithkline Beecham Unum Provident Corporation
William H. Burstein, M.D. v. Retirement Account Plan For Employees Of Allegheny Health Education And Research Foundation
Executive Board of Transport Workers Union of Philadelphia, Local 234 v. Transport Workers Union
Velemirovich
Velemirovich
Weber
Heffron
Burstein
Keegan
Nichol
Haber
Local 27, United Food And, Commercial Workers Intern. Union, Afl-Cio v. Delaware Park, LLC
Speziale
Hornstine
Shire US Inc v. Barr Laboratories
Patterson
Carney
SHARMBAN
Rothermel
National Labor Relations Board v. Lincoln Park Subacute & Rehab Center, Inc.
Scafar Contracting v. Secretary Labor
Communications Workers of America v. Verizon Communications Inc.
ID Security Systems Canada, Inc. v. Checkpoint Systems, Inc.
McCoy
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Spectacor Management Group v. National Labor Relations Board
Super Fresh Food Markets, Inc. v. UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS LOCAL UNION 1776
Trucking Employees of North Jersey Welfare Fund, Inc. v. Bellezza Co.
Horizon House, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
Ocasio
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Hesco Parts Corp.
Jacee Electric, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
R.C.
Doyle
A.G. Mazzocchi, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
Sabree Ex Rel. Sabree v. Houston
Grand Union Supermarkets of the Virgin Islands, Inc. v. H.E. Lockhart Management, Inc.
Grand Union Supermarkets Of The Virgin Islands, Inc. v. H.E. Lockhart Management, 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.