United States Seventh Circuit - February 2001 Opinion Summaries

WEIBRECHT v. S. ILLINOIS TRANSFER, INC.

Ethics & Disciplinary Code
The Federal Employers' Liability Act, 45 USC 51-60, does not override an ethical rule adopted by the federal district court of Southern District of...

WALKER v. GLICKMAN

Labor & Employment Law
Where an employee resigned and filed a discrimination charge against the employer, a supervisor's failure to re-hire the employee is not sufficient...

US v. CRUCEAN

Criminal Law & Procedure
The mental capacity adjustment contemplated by USSG 5K2.13 is an adjustment entirely within the discretion of the district court, and a denial of a...

RITCHIE v. GLIDDEN CO.

Injury & Tort Law
Uncertainty over whether plaintiff was injured by a recently delivered paint pump that had no warning label or by a previously unlabeled paint pump...

BRENGETTSY v. LTV STEEL HOURLY PENSION PLAN

ERISA
Plan member, who delayed purchasing an annuity from the designated insurer, has no claim based on paying a higher price for the annuity when interest...

BATT v. MICRO WAREHOUSE, INC.

Labor & Employment Law, Civil Procedure
Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, a court awarding attorneys' fees to the prevailing party may reduce the number of hours spent on a petition to...

FROST NAT'L BANK v. MIDWEST AUTOHAUS INC.

Civil Procedure
In a summary judgment motion, the non-moving party is entitled to have the district court review the record to draw all reasonable inferences in the...

BETHANY PHARMACAL CO., INC. v. QVC, INC.

Contracts
Under Illinois law, since an agent cannot unilaterally create an apparent agency through her own words or conduct, agency is create when defendant...

ZURICH INS. CO. v. AMCOR SUNCLIPSE N. AM.

Insurance Law
An insurance company's declination of coverage under a policy for "advertising injury" is appropriate where the sale of an existing product to...

ANDERSON. v. HARDMAN

Civil Procedure
A pro se litigant's brief must contain an argument of more than just a generalized assertion of error with no citations or supporting authority,...