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United States Seventh Circuit - December 2005 Opinion Summaries

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Jacobs v. Paul Revere Life Ins. Co.
United States Seventh Circuit
Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law 
Summary judgment for insurer defendant in a coverage dispute regarding a disability insurance policy is affirmed where defendant satisfied its...
12/19/2005 05-1054
Johnson v. Robert
United States Seventh Circuit
Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law 
Criminal Law & Procedure; Sentencing
12/16/2005 05-4525
In re: Payne
United States Seventh Circuit
Bankruptcy Law, Tax Law 
A debtor may not obtain a discharge in bankruptcy from a tax debt owed to the Internal Revenue Service if he failed to file a return until after the...
12/14/2005 05-1941
Ben-Yisrayl v. Davis
United States Seventh Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus 
Grant of defendant's petition for writ of habeas corpus in a capital murder case is affirmed where a state court's determination that there was no...
12/13/2005 03-3169
Tate v. Showboat Marina Casino P'ship
United States Seventh Circuit
Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law 
Summary judgment for defendants in an admiralty case regarding employee overtime benefits is affirmed pursuant to principles of stare decisis where...
12/13/2005 05-1681
US v. Graham
United States Seventh Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure 
Defendant's conviction for assaulting federal officers is affirmed over his claim of error regarding jury instruction since assault on a federal...
12/13/2005 04-1335
US v. Ortiz
United States Seventh Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing 
Sentence for drug related offenses is vacated due to clear error where the additional cocaine quantity that the district court attributed to defendant...
12/12/2005 03-1471
Dunlap v. Nestle USA, Inc.
United States Seventh Circuit
Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation 
Dismissal of plaintiffs' complaint due to preclusion by Workers' Compensation laws is affirmed on their tort law claims relating to a workplace...
12/12/2005 03-1752
FedEx Freight East, Inc. v. Nat. Labor Relations Bd.
United States Seventh Circuit
Administrative Law, Commercial Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law 
Petition for review of agency defendant's order to cease and desist from discriminating against employees based on union activity, reinstating an...
12/12/2005 05-1365, 05-1791
Kllokoqi v. Gonzales
United States Seventh Circuit
Immigration Law 
Order of removal pursuant to a denial of an application for political asylum and withholding of removal is vacated where the immigration judge...
12/12/2005 03-3508

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