United States Seventh Circuit - January 2010 Opinion Summaries

US v. Vrdolyak

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's conviction for conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud and sentence to five years probation, with a community-service obligation but no...

Northern v. Boatwright

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
District court's denial of a petition for habeas relief from a conviction for possessing cocaine with the intent to distribute is affirmed as the...

In Re: Sprint Nextel Corp.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Communications Law, Consumer Protection Law
In a class action suit against Sprint under the Kansas Unfair Trade and Consumer Protection Act alleging that defendant conspired with other cell...

Midwest Title Loans, Inc. v. Mills

Banking Law, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Consumer Protection Law, Government Law
In a title loan company's suit under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 to enjoin, as a violation of the Commerce Clause, the application to plaintiff of...

Cianciola v. Dittmann

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
District court's denial of defendant's request for habeas relief from a conviction for sexual assault of a child is affirmed where defendant's Sixth...

US v. Eubanks

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
District court's imposition of a sentence on a defendant convicted of robbery and related crimes is affirmed in part, vacated in part and remanded...

Canto v. Holder

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Immigration Law
Petition for review of the BIA's finding that petitioner is deportable due to his conviction of counterfeiting over two decades ago is denied where:...

Ellison v. Acevedo

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
District court's denial of defendant's petition for habeas relief from a conviction for the first-degree murder of a four-month-old infant and...

Gayton v. McCoy

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Health Law
In plaintiff's suit against prison officials and nurses on behalf of decedent who died while detained at a county jail, district court's judgment is...

Bergquist v. Mann Bracken, LLP

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Debt Collection, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Judgement Enforcement
In plaintiff's action seeking to set aside a judgment enforcing an arbitration award against her initiated by a law firm hired by her credit card...