United States Seventh Circuit - September 2005 Opinion Summaries

Lurie v. Comm'r or Internal Revenue

Tax Law
The Tax Court properly ruled that an estate tax deficiency, generated by a trust set up for the decedent's children, must be paid out of Revocable...

Tabaku v. Gonzales

Immigration Law
Plaintiff's petition for review is granted where the immigration judge's adverse credibility determination is not supported by sufficient evidence.

McDonald v. Household Int'l Inc.

ERISA, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's suit for promised medical insurance coverage, for failure to state a claim upon which relief could be granted, is reversed...

US v. Burke

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's sentence for a perjury conviction is vacated and remanded for resentencing pursuant to US v. Booker, 125 S.Ct. 738 (2005).

US v. Dawson

Criminal Law & Procedure
Defendants' drug convictions are affirmed over their claim that an informant should not have been allowed to testify because he received a bounty for...

Harris v. Lee

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Defendant's sentences for violating federal drug and weapons statutes are affirmed over his claim that the sentences rest on judicial findings that...

US v. Gipson

Criminal Law and Procedure, Sentencing

Jogi v. Voges

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, International Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's civil action under the Alien Tort Statute, seeking damages for a violation of his rights under the Vienna Convention, is...

US v. Hite

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's sentence for possession of an unregistered short-barreled rifle is affirmed where it was reasonably imposed pursuant to an advisory US...

Briscoe v. Barnhart

Government Benefits, Labor & Employment Law
Denial of plaintiff's application for disability benefits is remanded where the administrative law judge's decision was not supported by substantial...