United States Seventh Circuit - June 2008 Opinion Summaries

Hamdan v. Mukasey

Immigration Law
Petition for review of decisions denying Palestinian's claims for withholding of removal and protection under the Convention Against Torture (CAT) is...

Elder v. Astrue

Administrative Law, Evidence, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action for Disability Insurance Benefits and Supplemental Security Income (SSI), based on a claim that plaintiff's fibromyalgia rendered her...

McCarty v. Astrue

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action to receive disability insurance benefits and supplemental security income, an appeal from a decision affirming a denial of benefits is...

Zedan v. Habash

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure
In a judgment creditor's adversary proceeding objecting to the discharge of bankruptcy debtor's debts because of his alleged fraud in representing his...

US v. Allen

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, White Collar Crime
The restitution portion of a sentence for mail fraud, which arose from defendant's having used the postal service when he provided false credentials...

US v. McHugh

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In an appeal from a sentence for structuring financial transactions to evade currency-reporting requirements, wherein it was claimed that the written...

Spivey v. Vertrue, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Commercial Law
A petition for leave to appeal mailed on the seventh day after the district court's decision remanding the case to state court pursuant to a finding...

Michalowicz v. Vill. of Bedford Park

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action alleging due process violations after plaintiff was terminated for accepting donations from local businesses subject to fire inspection...

Nat'l Athletic Sportswear, Inc. v. Westfield Ins. Co.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Criminal Law & Procedure, Insurance Law
In an action alleging that defendant-insurer breached an insurance contract by refusing to pay plaintiff's losses resulting from a burglary of its...

U.S. v. Garrett

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
A sentence on counts relating to the distribution of crack cocaine and an enhancement based on the inclusion of defendant's bail jumping conviction is...