United States Seventh Circuit - April 2008 Opinion Summaries

Atunnise v. Mukasey

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
Petitions for review of orders dismissing Nigerian alien's appeal and denying her motion to reconsider are granted, an order of removal vacated, and...

U.S. v. Van Allen

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
A conviction for a series of financial crimes, involving the structuring of currency transactions and the concealment of assets in a bankruptcy...

Jones v. Wallace

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus
Denial of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus from a conviction for sexual assault is affirmed where petitioner failed allege facts that, if...

Williams v. City of Champaign

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In an action alleging false arrest and use of excessive force by police and private security, summary judgment in favor of defendants is affirmed...

Townsend-Taylor v. Ameritech Servs., Inc.

Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action brought under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) by a husband and wife for allegedly being fired in retaliation for attempting to...

Ellis v. United Parcel Serv., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In an action alleging racial discrimination for being fired under the company's non-fraternization policy, summary judgment for the defendant is...

Williams v. Interpublic Severance Pay Plan

Civil Procedure, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit under ERISA, summary judgment for the defendant is affirmed where: 1) there is no de novo review of the decision since the court must defer...

Davis v. Advocate Health Center Patient Care Express

Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law, Military Law
In light of the plain language of 38 U.S.C. section 4323(h)(1) and Congress's intent, in the Uniform Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act...

U.S. v. Thompson

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
Defendant-appellant's conviction and sentence for offenses, stemming from defendant's setting his house on fire in an attempt to collect on an...

Koger v. Bryan

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a suit against prison officials claiming that failure to accommodate his religious-based dietary request was a violation of his rights under the...