United States Seventh Circuit - January 2019 Opinion Summaries
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US v. BooksUnited States Seventh Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure
Affirmed a conviction of bank robbery, rejecting the defendant's challenges to certain pretrial evidentiary rulings.
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01/29/2019 | 17-3493 |
Ruderman v. WhitakerUnited States Seventh Circuit
Immigration Law
Held that the Board of Immigration Appeals erred in analyzing whether an alien was statutorily inadmissible because of past criminal convictions. He...
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01/29/2019 | 17‐1689 |
Cervantes v. Ardagh GroupUnited States Seventh Circuit
Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Held that a mechanic could not proceed with his lawsuit alleging that he was demoted because of his race and national origin and in retaliation for...
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01/29/2019 | 17‐3536 |
Trustees of the Suburban Teamsters v. The E CompanyUnited States Seventh Circuit
ERISA, Construction
Held that a construction business that ceased operations and cut off its pension contributions was subject to withdrawal liability under ERISA's...
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01/29/2019 | 18-2273 |
Giles v. GodinezUnited States Seventh Circuit
Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
Held that an Illinois inmate who suffered from schizoaffective disorder could not proceed with his claims that prison officials were deliberately...
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01/29/2019 | 15-3077 |
ABS Global, Inc. v. Inguran, LLCUnited States Seventh Circuit
Agriculture, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Patent
In a dispute between two companies in the agriculture-related biotechnology field, affirmed in part and reversed in part a judgment after a jury...
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01/29/2019 | 17‐1873 |
US v. CookUnited States Seventh Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure
Affirmed a conviction of being an unlawful drug user in possession of a firearm, in a case where, at a traffic stop, the defendant was found in...
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01/28/2019 | 18-1343 |
US v. PhillipsUnited States Seventh Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure
Affirmed the revocation of the defendant's supervised release after he was caught with heroin. He argued that the traffic stop was improper. However,...
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01/28/2019 | 18-1372 |
Lee v. KinkUnited States Seventh Circuit
Habeas Corpus, Criminal Law & Procedure
In an amended opinion, held that a state inmate convicted of kidnapping and rape was entitled to a hearing on his claim of ineffective assistance of...
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01/25/2019 | 18-1005 |
Scheidler v. State of IndianaUnited States Seventh Circuit
Labor & Employment Law
Held that a terminated employee of the Indiana Department of Insurance failed to sufficiently support her claims of disability discrimination and...
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01/25/2019 | 17-2543 |