United States Seventh Circuit - December 2010 Opinion Summaries

Equal Employment Opportunity Comm'n v. Autozone, Inc.

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Government Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's (EEOC) suit on behalf of defendant's former employee under the Americans with Disabilities Act,...

In re: Text Messaging Antitrust Litig.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Communications Law, Consumer Protection Law
In defendants' interlocutory appeal challenging the district court's grant of plaintiffs' motion to file a second amended complaint in their class...

US v. Taylor

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In a prosecution of defendant for being a felon in possession of a firearm, district court's imposition of a 64-month sentence, based in part on its...

US v. Cartwright

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In a conviction of defendant for being a felon in possession of a firearm, district court's denial of a motion to suppress a gun found in the backseat...

Opp v. Office of the State's Attorney of Cook County

Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In former assistant state's attorneys' suit against the county state's attorney, claiming unlawful employment termination in violation of the Age...

LaBella Winnetka, Inc. v. Village of Winnetka

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In plaintiff's suit against a town and the town manager, claiming various constitutional violations and a state law claim for intentional interference...

Bd. of Regents of Univ. of Wisconsin Sys. v. Phoenix Int'l Software, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Intellectual Property, Trademark
In the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System's (Wisconsin) action challenging the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board's (TTAB) grant of...

Blockowicz v. Williams

Civil Procedure, Cyberspace Law, Injury & Tort Law
Following the district court's entry of default judgment and a permanent injunction against defendants for posting defamatory comments about...

US v. Boone

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Conviction of defendant for mail fraud and other offenses, arising from charges related to a political corruption scheme, is affirmed where: 1) the...

Fells v. US

Government Benefits, Government Law, Administrative Law, Commercial Law
District court's affirmance of a final decision of the Food and Nutrition Service of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), permanently...