United States Seventh Circuit - Opinion Summaries

US v. Cox

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
District court's conviction of defendant for bank robbery and imposition of a sentence of 65 months' imprisonment is affirmed where: 1) Rule 12(e)...

Helcher v. Dearborn County

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a suit against a county by a wireless communications services provider for violation of various provisions of the Telecommunications Act of 1996...

US v. Xiong

Criminal Law & Procedure
Defendant's convictions for arson, mail fraud, conspiracy to commit arson and mail fraud, and the use of fire to commit another felony, arising from...

US v. Goodpasture

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
District court's imposition of a 180 month sentence, as an armed career criminal, on a defendant convicted of unlawful possession of a firearm is...

Covell v. Menkis

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit following his termination by a government agency, summary judgment in favor of the defendant is affirmed...

Turner v. Saloon, Ltd.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's employment discrimination suit against his former employer, summary judgment in favor of defendant is affirmed in part, reversed in...

Reget v. City of La Crosse

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In plaintiff's constitutional challenge to defendant-city's junk-dealer ordinance requiring him to comply with certain building and safety-code...

Lopez v. Thurmer

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In a prosecution for first-degree intentional murder as a party to a crime, district court's denial of defendant's petition for habeas relief is...

Rodriguez v. Montgomery

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
District court's grant of defendant's petition for collateral relief is reversed and remanded where, because the record would not support a conclusion...

Olson v. Brown

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a putative class action lawsuit filed by an inmate against a county sheriff alleging several First Amendment violations and violations of Indianan...