United States Seventh Circuit - September 2009 Opinion Summaries

Aguirre v. Turner Constr. Co.

Construction, Injury & Tort Law
In plaintiff's tort case against defendant-general contractors arising from an injury sustained while working on renovation of Soldier Field, district...

Cooney v. Rossiter

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Family Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In plaintiff's case against several defendants arising from a custody case in which the Illinois state court found that she suffered from Munchausen...

Krasilych v. Holder

Constitutional Law, Evidence, Immigration Law
Petition for review of the BIA's denial of a Ukrainian citizen's application for withholding of removal is denied as the exclusionary rule generally...

US v. White

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In a consolidated appeals involving five defendants convicted for participating in a long-running conspiracy to distribute illegal drugs, district...

US v. Sutton

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Sentence of defendant convicted of health care fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. section 1347 to the statutory maximum of ten years' imprisonment...

Barradas v. Holder

Administrative Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Immigration Law
Petition for review of BIA's decision to remove a Mexican citizen and lawful permanent resident of the United States on the ground that he knowingly...

US v. Katz

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In a prosecution for possession of firearm by a felon, district court's denial of defendant's motions for judgment of acquittal and for a new trial is...

US v. Simmons

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
Sentence and conviction of defendant for drug related crimes is affirmed where: 1) district court did not abuse its discretion in denying defendant's...

Black v. Long Term Disability Ins.

ERISA, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's suit against the underwriter of her benefits plan under ERISA for denial of long-term disability benefits, district court's grant of...

Hoosier Energy Rural Elec. Coop., Inc. v. John Hancock Life Ins. Co.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Remedies, Tax Law
In a dispute arising from a transaction between a co-op, insurer and a surety involving a leveraged lease of a power station over a 63-year period,...