United States Seventh Circuit - May 2008 Opinion Summaries

U.S. v. Alden

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
Sentence for conspiring to manufacture, to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute methamphetamine is affirmed over claims of error...

Harney v. Speedway SuperAmerica, LLC

Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law
In a class action alleging that the manner in which defendant paid and forfeited its employees' bonuses violated Indiana's Wage Payment Statute and...

Latham v. U.S.

Criminal Law & Procedure
On an appeal from a conviction for distributing cocaine, denial of defendant's motion to reinstate an appeal is reversed and remanded where...

Stoller v. Pure Fishing, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Sanctions, Trademark
In a trademark dispute, default judgment against plaintiff on a counterclaim and dismissal of his appeal for failure to prosecute is affirmed where:...

Stoller v. Pure Fishing, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Sanctions, Trademark
In a trademark dispute, default judgment against plaintiff on a counterclaim and dismissal of his appeal for failure to prosecute is affirmed where:...

US v. Howell

Criminal Law & Procedure
A conviction for possession with intent to distribute narcotics and conspiracy to do so is affirmed over claims of error regarding the court's...

Mostly Memories, Inc. v. For Your Ease Only, Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Copyright, Intellectual Property, Remedies, Sanctions
In a suit alleging copyright infringement and various state-law claims,denial of attorney's fees for defendants and sua sponte dismissal of their...

Tamayo v. Balgojevich

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Gaming Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a case brought under Title VII, the Equal Pay Act and 42 U.S.C. section 1983, dismissal of the action is affirmed in part and reversed in part...

Callahan v. Fermon

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action claiming retaliatory action by plaintiff's superiors arising out of comments made about a cold case and official complaints about his...

LaGuerre v. Mukasey

Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law
Petition for review of an order of removal finding petitioner a deportable aggravated felon based on a conviction for battery is denied where: 1) the...