United States Seventh Circuit - July 2010 Opinion Summaries

Swanson v. Citibank, N.A.

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Property Law & Real Estate
In a pro se's suit against Citibank and other individual defendants claiming that defendants discriminated against her on the basis of her race...

US v. Vaughn

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In a prosecution of an inmate for committing aggravated assault on a federal officer, district court's imposition of a 180-month sentence is affirmed...

Walker v. Monsanto Co. Pension Plan

Class Actions, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In a class action lawsuit challenging the manner in which certain credits accrue in the defendant company's pension plan as inconsistent with a...

US v. Jones

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Conviction of defendant for possession of 5 grams or more of a mixture containing cocaine base with the intent to distribute is affirmed where: 1) the...

Siegel v. Shell Oil Co.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law, Oil and Gas Law
In plaintiff's motion for class certification, seeking relief under both the Illinois Consumer Fraud (ICFA) and Deceptive Business Practices Act and...

US v. Cozzi

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Evidence, Government Law
District court's denial of a former police officer's motion to dismiss an indictment charging him with violating a victim's civil rights, in...

Parish v. Elkhart

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In plaintiff's civil rights case against a city and several officers for serving eight years of a thirty-year prison sentence for attempted murder, of...

US v. Diaz-Gaudarama

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In a prosecution of defendant for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine, cocaine, and marijuana, district court's refusal to credit defendant with...

Mosley v. City of Chicago

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In plaintiff's section 1983 suit against the City of Chicago and several of its police officers, arising from his arrest and prosecution for murder,...

Kovacs v. US

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Tax Law
In a taxpayer's suit against the United States seeking to recover damages resulting from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), claiming violation of the...