United States Seventh Circuit - August 2010 Opinion Summaries

Hayes Lemmerz Int'l, Inc. v. ACE Am. Ins. Co.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In an employer's suit against its insurer for refusing to tender defense in an underlying suit under its workers' compensation and employer liability...

Wolfe v. Schaefer

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Elections, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Government Law
In an attorney's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit against the State Attorney and others, arising from his failed 2008 bid for State's Attorney of...

Forrest v. Prine

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In plaintiff's excessive force claim against an officer under 42 U.S.C. section 1983, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where: 1) a reading...

Wickens v. Shell Oil Co.

Oil and Gas Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Attorney's Fees, Government Law
In plaintiffs' suit against Shell Oil under Indiana's Underground Storage Tank Act, claiming that Shell Oil was liable for the contamination on a plot...

Kone v. Holder

Government Law, Immigration Law
Malian citizens' petition for review of BIA's denial of their application for asylum and related relief is granted, and the BIA's decision vacated and...

Cent. States Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Fund v. O'Neil Bros. Transfer & Storage Co.

Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, ERISA, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a multi-employer pension fund administrator's suit against an employer seeking interim payment of withdrawal liability under the Employee...

Metavante Corp. v. Emigrant Savings Bank

Attorney's Fees, Banking Law, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Remedies
In plaintiff's suit for breach of contract against defendant-bank for nonpayment of fees under the parties' Technology Outsourcing Agreement, judgment...

Hatmaker v. Mem'l Med. Ctr.

Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's suit against her formal employer for violating 42 U.S.C. section 2000e-3(a), claiming that she was fired as a part-time chaplain at the...

US v. Howard

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Conviction of defendant for access device fraud, wire fraud, mail fraud, and aggravated identity theft, for forging her grandmother's signature to...

Meyers v. Nat'l R.R. Passenger

Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
In plaintiff's occupational injury lawsuit against his employer, Amtrack, under the Federal Employers' Liability Act (FELA), district court's grant of...