United States Seventh Circuit - May 2001 Opinion Summaries

THOMAS v. PEARLE VISION, INC.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
While employer with less than fifty employees is not required to provide coverage under the Family and Medical Leave Act, employee's reliance upon...

TAYBORN v. SCOTT

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Inconsistencies in witness testimony on the number of shots fired, the description of defendant's accomplices and the specific name of defendant's...

BLUE CANARY CORP. v. CITY OF MILWAUKEE

Constitutional Law
City does not exercise prior restraint in refusing to renew liquor license for club featuring nearly nude, though not obscene, dancing where the...

US v. BUCKLEY

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Appellate court remand to sentencing court to sentence defendant without an acceptance of responsibility discount or other discount "unless...

PRICE v. CITY OF CHICAGO

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
City's policy of using date of birth to determine seniority for promotion purposes neither violates the Equal Protection Clause, nor disparate impact...

FULLER v. DECATUR PUB. SCHOOL BD. OF ED. SCHOOL DIST. 61

Constitutional Law, Education Law
School disciplinary prohibition against "gang-like activity" that delineates specific activities is sufficiently definitive to withstand a...

SAMPSON v. FED. REPUBLIC OF GERMANY

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, International Law
The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act implied waiver provision, 28 USC 1605(a)(1), is insufficient to show either an express or implied waiver that...

CHAVEZ v. ILLIONOIS STATE POLICE

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
Plaintiffs may use statistics to show that troopers engaged in racial profiling by treating members of plaintiffs' class differently than other...

ROMO v. GULF STREAM COACH, INC.

Civil Procedure
Federal courts must apply state procedural rules to the parties pre-removal conduct, such as an alleged failure to properly serve or exercise due...

WOLF v. NORTHWEST INDIANA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Where plaintiff failed to complain about alleged sexual harassment at any time prior to filing suit, including within his letter of resignation, he...