United States Seventh Circuit - Opinion Summaries

US v. Jackson

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
Conviction of defendant for being a felon in possession of a firearm and sentence to 120 months' imprisonment are affirmed where: 1) the officer had a...

Parker v. Astrue

Administrative Law, Evidence, Government Benefits, Government Law
In a consolidated appeal in two social security disability cases, decisions of the district courts affirming the denial of benefits to petitioners are...

US v. Sykes

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Conviction of defendant for being a felon in possession of a firearm and an enhanced sentence under the Armed Career Criminla Act (ACCA) are affirmed...

Juarez v. Holder

Administrative Law, Government Law, Immigration Law
Petition for review BIA's decision that petitioners' untimely applications and failure to provide the required biometrics meant they had abandoned...

Serafinn v. Int'l Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 722

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's action against his local union and the joint council claiming that they impaired his free speech and assembly rights, fined him, and...

Gray v. Hardy

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
In defendant's petition for habeas relief from his conviction for first-degree murder and sentence to an extended-term based on a finding that the...

US v. Neff

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In a prosecution of defendant for possession of a firearm by a felon and given an enhanced sentence as an armed career criminal, district court's...

Milwaukee Metro. Sewerage Dist. v. American Int'l Specilaty Lines Ins. Co.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Environmental Law, Government Contracts, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Public Utilities
In a sewerage district's suit for damages against an environmental liability insurer for denying coverage for costs incurred by the district in...

Russian Media Group, LLC v. Cable Am., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Copyright, Entertainment Law, Government Law
In plaintiff's action against defendant-cable television company claiming that it pirated Russian-language satellite television programming to enable...

US v. Oglesby

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In a prosecution for being a felon in possession of a firearm, district court's denial of defendant's motion to suppress is affirmed as, based on the...