United States Seventh Circuit - April 2019 Opinion Summaries

Carter v. City of Alton, Illinois

Civil Procedure
Held that a plaintiff should have been given an opportunity to withdraw her voluntary dismissal motion, in a lawsuit against a municipality. Vacated...

Stockbridge-Munsee Community v. State of Wisconsin

Indian Law, Gaming Law
Held that an Indian tribe's claims were time-barred in a dispute with another tribe that operated a nearby casino.

Abdollahzadeh v. Mandarich Law Group, LLP

Debt Collection
Held that a debt collector was not liable for time-barred efforts to collect a credit-card debt, because the statute of limitations mistake was a bona...

Burgos-Noeller v. Wojdylo

International Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
Held that an accused murderer's challenge to Mexico's request to extradite him went beyond the narrow role for courts in the extradition process....

Tran v. Minnesota Life Insurance Co.

Insurance Law
In a dispute over life insurance coverage, held that a policy exclusion was applicable because a man's death from engaging in an act known as...

Surgery Center at 900 North Michigan Avenue, LLC v. American Physicians Assurance Corp.

Health Law, Insurance Law
Held that an insurance company was not liable for bad faith for failing to settle a medical malpractice claim for the policy limit. Affirmed a JMOL...

Builders NAB LLC v. FDIC

Banking Law
Held that a bank may not proceed with its claim that the FDIC gave it an unfairly low rating of financial strength, causing it to have to pay too much...

GEFT Outdoors, LLC v. City of Westfield

Government Law, Constitutional Law
Affirmed an order enjoining a company from installing a digital billboard pending the outcome of its constitutional challenge to the city's sign...

US v. Bonds

Criminal Law & Procedure
Affirmed a defendant's conviction for bank robbery, rejecting his argument that he should have been allowed to introduce additional evidence about...

Ruano v. Barr

Immigration Law
Granted an alien's petition for review, holding that he demonstrated eligibility for asylum. The Mexican citizen had been kidnapped and tortured by...