United States Seventh Circuit - September 2007 Opinion Summaries

US v. Spirk

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
Conviction and sentence for one count of mail fraud is reversed where the evidence was insufficient to support the conviction. Conviction and...

US v. Collins

Criminal Law & Procedure, International Law, Sentencing
A district court order finding defendant in breach of a plea agreement requiring him to assist in the location and forfeiture of drug proceeds is...

Weyerhaeuser Co. v. US R.R. Ret. Bd.

Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
Determination of the Railroad Retirement Board that four employees were entitled to retroactive Railroad Retirement Act service credit beyond the four...

Taylor-Holmes v. Office of the Cook County Public Guardian

Civil Procedure, Family Law
Appeal from a dismissal of plaintiff's lawsuit against a child protective agency is dismissed where a letter sent to the plaintiff by the district...

Sanchez & Daniels v. Koresko & Assocs.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
In an action seeking a declaration that plaintiff was not obligated to pay for certain legal services, the panel adopts the district court's decision...

Lorillard Tobacco Co., Inc. v. A&E Oil, Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Intellectual Property, Trademark
In a trademark infringement action by a cigarette manufacturer against a retailer alleging the sale of counterfeit cigarettes, an award of attorney's...

Cavel Int'l, Inc. v. Madigan

Constitutional Law, Environmental Law, International Law
In a challenge to an Illinois law banning the production, import or export of horsemeat for human consumption, denial of a preliminary injunction for...

Wang v. Keisler

Immigration Law
Petition for review of the denial of an application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture is denied...

Price v. Wyeth Holdings Corp.

Civil Procedure, Drugs & Biotech, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability, Sanctions
In a product liability claim against the manufacturer of a polio vaccine, the judgment of the district court denying remand, vacating a state-court...

Kelly v. Phillip Morris Inc.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a suit against a manufacturer and a seller of tobacco products, removal to federal court is reversed and remanded where the Supreme Court's...