United States Seventh Circuit - November 2008 Opinion Summaries

Illinois Bell Tel. Co. v. Box

Administrative Law, Communications Law, Contracts
In an action seeking declaratory and injunctive relief against a telecommunications regulatory agency in Illinois, summary judgment in favor of an...

Kelley v. Med-1 Solutions, LLC

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Debt Collection
In an action involving the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), dismissal for lack of subject matter jurisdiction based on the Rooker-Feldman...

Houskins v. Sheahan

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In a civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. section 1983, judgment against a county is reversed where: 1) the defendant's failure to include the issue of...

Sandage v. Bd. Comm'r of Vanderburgh County

Civil Rights, Government Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit against county officials claiming that the sheriff's department's failure to act on a harassment complaint deprived...

Baldi v. Samuel Son & Co., Ltd.

Bankruptcy Law
In a bankruptcy action involving the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act, which allows a trustee in bankruptcy to avoid transfers made by the bankrupt if...

US v. Carmel

Criminal Law & Procedure
In a criminal case involving the possession of an unregistered machine gun, motion to dismiss is affirmed where: 1) the state search warrant was...

US v. Singleton

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In an appeal from a conviction of distributing five or more grams of crack cocaine, the district court's sentence is reversed and remanded to allow...

US v. Tatum

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In a criminal case involving various drug and weapons charges, conviction is affirmed where the district court did not abuse its discretion by...

Jimenez-Gonzalez v. Mukasey

Administrative Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law
Petition for review of an order of removal based on petitioner's conviction on a state charge of criminal recklessness is granted where criminal...

Dale v. Poston

Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a federal prisoner's suit alleging Eighth Amendment violations by prison employees who allegedly failed to protect him from an attack by another...