United States Seventh Circuit - November 2003 Opinion Summaries

HEFT v. MOORE

Civil Rights
In a civil rights action, judgment to the defendants is affirmed where plaintiff failed to provide evidence that the police harmed her property or...

GOMEZ v. JAIMET

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
The district court's denial of habeas relief is affirmed where petitioner failed to show a fundamental miscarriage of justice sufficient to overcome...

LEMUS-RODRIGUEZ v. ASHCROFT

Immigration Law
Petition for review denied where the immigration judge correctly found that petitioner is not eligible for cancellation of removal because his...

FLORES v. ASHCROFT

Immigration Law
The district court's ordered removal under section 237(a)(2)(E) of the Immigration and Nationality Act is vacated where plaintiff's conviction cannot...

VENTURELLI v. ARC CMTY SERV., INC.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In a Title VII action, summary judgment to defendant is affirmed where plaintiff does not present direct or circumstantial evidence sufficient to...

SYNERGY ASSOC., INC. v. SUN BIOTECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Ethics & Professional Responsibility
The district court's appointment of defendant as pro bono counsel is reversed where the appointment did not comply with the Northern District of...

SULLIVAN v. HUNT

Attorney's Fees, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sanctions
District court is affirmed where 18 U.S.C. section 1964 allows plaintiffs who successfully bring suit under RICO to recover costs and attorney's fees,...

VOLLMER v. PUBLISHERS CLEARING HOUSE

Class Actions, Sanctions
District court's imposition of Rule 11 sanctions is vacated where the record does not support the finding that two attorneys sought to intervene in...

ASSESSMENT TECHS. OF WI, LLC v. WIREDATA, INC.

Copyright, Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property
Plaintiff, a database software manufacturer, cannot by contract or copyright prevent municipalities from revealing their own data that exists within...

US v. RANGEL

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Cocaine conviction is affirmed over defendant's claims of evidentiary errors involving Federal Rule of Evidence 1006, and improper admission of expert...