United States Seventh Circuit - March 2006 Opinion Summaries

In re: United Airlines, Inc., et al.

Bankruptcy Law, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
Decision allowing airline to eliminate the contractual pension rights of retired pilots is affirmed where the pilots' ability to challenge future...

Goodwin v. Bd. of Trs. of the Univ. of Illinois

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Education Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendants in an employment discrimination suit based on race and gender is reversed and remanded where: 1) the plaintiff showed...

Aurora Loan Servs., Inc. v. Craddieth

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Debt Collection, Property Law & Real Estate
Dismissal of motion to intervene in a foreclosure action is reversed and remanded for further proceedings where: 1) the intervening buyer had standing...

U.S. v. Davis

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Tax Law
Sentence for tax fraud is affirmed where: 1) the district court did not err in remanding defendant into custody or finding obstruction of justice and...

U.S. v. Andrews

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
Conviction and sentence for bank robbery and use of a firearm during a violent crime are affirmed where exigent circumstances rendered a warrantless...

Patel v. Gonzales

Administrative Law, Immigration Law, Professional Malpractice
Petitions for review of BIA denials of family's immigration claims are denied where the BIA did not abuse its discretion in refusing to find equitable...

Brown v. Bartholomew Consol. School Dist.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Education Law, Juvenile Law
Plaintiff's appeal of decision involving an individualized educational program for an autistic child under 20 U.S.C. 1400 is vacated and remanded with...

Raymond v. Ameritech Corp.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendant in an employment discrimination lawsuit involving age, race and sex is affirmed where the court was within its...

Musabelliu v. Gonzales

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Immigration Law
Petition for review of BIA denial of asylum application is denied where the BIA's decision that petitioner had not shown a causal connection between...

U.S. v. Lott

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
Conviction and sentence for firearm possession by a felon is affirmed over defendant's Sixth Amendment and evidentiary arguments where the court's...