United States Seventh Circuit - February 2003 Opinion Summaries

JIMEMEZ v. MADISON AREA TECH. COLL.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law, Sanctions
Dismissal with prejudice of a former employer's 42 U.S.C. section 1981 action, alleging race, national origin, and sex discrimination by a technical...

HOSKINS v. POELSTRA

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Property Law & Real Estate
A complaint arising from a city's alleged seizure and demolition of private property, including claims that a private citizen conspired with state...

EPPS v. CREDITNET, INC.

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law
An Indiana Small Claims Court judgment of civil damages for check deception was a valid state court judgment, thus the Rooker-Feldman doctrine denies...

ROGERS v. CITY OF CHICAGO

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
A police officer's Title VII hostile work environment sexual harassment claim against a city was not actionable where conduct (little more than...

MERRILL v. TRUMP INDIANA, INC.

Injury & Tort Law
A civil suit alleging that a riverboat casino did not prevent plaintiff from gambling was not actionable, though plaintiff had asked to be excluded,...

BEAUCHAMP v. CITY OF NOBLESVILLE

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
Police officers enjoyed qualified immunity to 42 U.S.C. section 1983 claims, where they had probable cause to apply for warrants to arrest plaintiff...

US v. WEST

Criminal Law & Procedure
Drugs were not seized in violation of the Fourth Amendment, as a police officer was not unreasonable in failing to interpret a response as a denial of...

US v. PITTMAN

Banking Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Evidence of prior crimes was properly admitted during defendant's trial resulting in conviction for making a false statement to a federally-insured...

DAVIS v. HUTCHINS

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Sanctions
District court's entry of default judgment against appellant was not an abuse of discretion, based on his pattern of continuing and willful disregard...

BELL v. IRWIN

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
A 42 U.S.C. section 1983 claim was not actionable where police officers' use of "beanbag" rounds in deterring plaintiff was not excessive force under...