United States Seventh Circuit - November 2005 Opinion Summaries

Pepper v. Village of Oak Park

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
Summary judgment for defendants in a civil rights case under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 is affirmed where there was no consitutional violation of...

Woods v. McBride

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Defendant's convictions for robbery and murder are affirmed over his claims of error regarding: 1) defendant's competency; 2) ineffective assistance...

Benslimane v. Gonzales

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
Order removing petitioner is reversed and a stay of removal ordered where it was error to order petitioner removed for his failure to submit a...

Sokol & Co. v. Atl. Mut. Ins. Co

Commercial Law, Contracts, Insurance Law
Summary judgment for defendant-insurer in an insurance coverage dispute involving spoiled peanut butter is affirmed where the claim at issue did not...

Daniels v. Bursey

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law, Tax Law
In a putative class action suit against administrators and insurers of a benefit fund alleging fraudulent marketing and administration of the fund, an...

Gates v. Towery

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
In a constitutional due process challenge to the procedures that Chicago uses for dealing with property seized by police when making custodial...

Goodman v. Illinois Dep't of Fin. and Prof'l Regulation

Commercial Law, Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Evidence, Government Law
Denial of a preliminary injunction is affirmed in a first amendment challenge to an Illinois law prohibiting medical professionals from soliciting...

US v. Lucas

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's conviction and sentence for obstruction of correspondence are affirmed where the district court did not abuse its discretion in refusing...

US v. Cannon

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's sentence for drug related offenses is vacated and remanded for imposition of a life sentence pursuant to a mandatory recidivist sentence...

US v. Cross

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
Defendant's sentence for drug possession with intent to distribute is affirmed over his claims that the district court violated the ex post facto...