United States Seventh Circuit - Opinion Summaries

US v. Pulley

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's sentence of 87 months' imprisonment for wire fraud in connection to a scheme to defraud the United Airlines Employees' Credit Union is...

US v.Taylor

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Conviction of defendant for possessing crack cocaine with intent to distribute it is affirmed where: 1) the initial stop of the vehicle and the...

Thorogood v. Sears Roebuck & Co.

Attorney's Fees, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, False Advertising
In plaintiff's class action lawsuit claiming that defendant-company sold dryers that were misrepresented as containing stainless steel drums in...

Talley v. US Dep't of Agric.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Consumer Protection Law, Debt Collection, Government Law
In plaintiff's suit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) claiming that the Department violated the...

US v. Peel

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Conviction and sentence of defendant for bankruptcy fraud, obstruction of justice, and possession of child pornography is affirmed in part, reversed...

Munoz de Real v. Holder

Administrative Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Immigration Law
Petition for review of the BIA's decision affirming an IJ's denial of a Mexican national's motion to reopen removal proceedings based on intervening...

US v. Cruz

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Sentence for conspiracy to sell illegal drugs is affirmed where the district court did not err in imposing a 10-year mandatory minimum sentence as,...

US v. Zohfeld

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
District court's imposition of a 24 months' imprisonment followed by 3 years of supervised release upon a defendant convicted of stalking the surgeon...

Green v. UPS Health & Welfare Package for Retired Employees

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In a class action lawsuit brought by former employees of UPS claiming that defendants raised the amount of health insurance contributions required of...

Elustra v. Mineo

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Contracts, Criminal Law & Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit brought against a police officer and a restaurant owner on behalf of minors claiming civil rights violations and false imprisonment arising...