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United States Seventh Circuit - January 2004 Opinion Summaries

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BENEFIEL v. DAVIS

United States Seventh Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Denial of death-row inmate's habeas petition is affirmed.
01/30/2004 03-1968

US v. BRELAND

United States Seventh Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendants unsuccessfully appeal the convictions and sentences stemming from their drug distribution activities.
01/30/2004 03-1691, 03-1692, 03-2196

MIRFASIHI v. FLEET MORTGAGE CORP.

United States Seventh Circuit
Banking Law, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
A negotiated settlement awarding nothing to the larger of two plaintiff classes should not have been approved. The district court failed to estimate...
01/29/2004 03-1069

ALLIANCE TO END REPRESSION v. CITY OF CHICAGO

United States Seventh Circuit
Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights
Fees for unsuccessful postjudgment legal services rendered to class representatives between 1994 and 2001 were improperly awarded. Plaintiffs are...
01/28/2004 02-3981, 02-3982

US v. GIBSON

United States Seventh Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's prison sentence exceeds the statute of conviction's maximum term of imprisonment. The sentence, conspiracy conviction, guilty plea and...
01/28/2004 02-2051

US v. KING

United States Seventh Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant, convicted of distributing a mixture containing methamphetamine, unsuccessfully appeals from his conviction and sentence. District court did...
01/28/2004 03-2180

MUSSER v. GENTIVA HEALTH SERVS.

United States Seventh Circuit
Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
Under Indiana law a prima facie case in medical malpractice cannot be established without expert medical testimony, which here was properly excluded...
01/28/2004 03-1312

CHAIREZ v. US

United States Seventh Circuit
Asset Forfeiture
Prisoner's post-conviction motion, seeking the return of money seized by the DEA and later forfeited, is dismissed for lack of subject matter...
01/27/2004 02-3169

INT'L FIN. SERVS. CORP. v. CHROMAS TECHS. CANADA, INC.

United States Seventh Circuit
Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law
Defendant can be liable for the contractual breach of Didde Web Press only if the corporate veil is pierced; given that piercing the corporate veil...
01/23/2004 02-4079, 02-4188

CAPRIC v. ASHCROFT

United States Seventh Circuit
Immigration Law
Harassment and economic hardship alleged by Yugoslav alien do not qualify as past persecution; a showing of subjective fear of future persecution...
01/23/2004 02-3172

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