United States Seventh Circuit - May 2007 Opinion Summaries

Ammons-Lewis v. Metro. Water Reclamation Dist.

Civil Rights, Evidence, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit against a local government unit for sex discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, a jury verdict and district court judgment...

US v . Beier

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Sentence for producing child pornography is affirmed over defendant's arguments that: 1) the 18 U.S.C. section 3553(a) sentencing factors required a...

Sigsworth v. City of Aurora

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit by a police officer against a city and others alleging retaliation for protected speech, dismissal of the complaint is affirmed where...

Agbor v. Gonzales

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
Petition for review of a denial of asylum is granted and the underlying decision vacated where both the IJ and the BIA disregarded critical evidence...

Bowers v. Federation Internationale de l'Automobile

Contracts, Entertainment Law, Injury & Tort Law, Sports Law
In a suit by auto race fans seeking to recoup their expenses in attending and viewing an auto race where most of the field dropped out beforehand,...

Johnson v. Chandler

Civil Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Attorney's Fees
Upon a motion for retroactive appointment to represent a prisoner on a petition for habeas corpus so that the attorney could recover fees for the...

Pastor v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Insurance Law
In a class action involving tens of thousands of small claims against an insurance company, denial of class certification is affirmed where the...

Tandia v. Gonzales

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
Petition for review of a denial of asylum, withholding of removal and relief under the Convention Against Torture is granted where the IJ's...

Singh v. Gonzales

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
Petition for review of a denial of withholding of removal and relief under the Convention Against Torture is denied where petitioner's retraction of...

Steen v. Myers

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit brought under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 against a police officer involved in a high speed chase that resulted in the death of a motorcycle...