| Description | Date | Docket # |
| 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 |