United States Seventh Circuit - February 2006 Opinion Summaries

U.S. v. Garcia

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Conviction for possession with intent to distribute cocaine is upheld over defendant's objections that expert witness testimony deprived him of the...

Mendez v. Barnhart

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Benefits, Government Law, Health Law
Denial of application for disability benefits is reversed and remanded for further proceedings where the administrative law judge failed to articulate...

Charlton v. Davis

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
Grant of habeas corpus petition is reversed where the district court misinterpreted the applicable law regarding jury instructions and found that the...

Tourdot v. Rockford Health Plans, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Remedies, Sentencing, Transportation
Dismissal of claim for insurance coverage is affirmed where the language of the policy that denied coverage for injuries sustained during illegal acts...

Silvernail v. Ameritech Corp.

Civil Procedure, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law, Public Utilities
Dismissal of an employee's pension claim under ERISA is affirmed where the plaintiff's argument that the court should interpret the statute according...

County of McHenry v. Ins. Co. of the West

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Government Law, Insurance Law
Grant of summary judgment for insurance company in suit over enforcement of arbitration clause in insurance contract is affirmed where the...

Dole v. Chandler

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law
Grant of summary judgment for defendant in a 42 U.S.C. 1983 action by a prisoner against prison guards is reversed and remanded for further...

U.S. v. Smith

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Denial of a motion for resentencing is vacated and remanded with instructions to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction after a determination...

U.S. v. Mendoza

Asset Forfeiture, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Denial of motion to suppress evidence is affirmed where the defendant did not have a legitimate expectation of privacy in a car parked in an...

U.S. v. Kumpf

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Immigration Law, Military Law
Grant of summary judgment for the U.S. government in a denaturalization case is affirmed where the naturalized individual illegally gained his entry...