United States Seventh Circuit - Opinion Summaries

McGee v. Bartow

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law, Sentencing
In defendant's action for habeas relief claiming that his civil commitment as a sexually violent person (SVP) deprives him of his right to due process...

Corcoran v. Levenhagen

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
On remand from reversal of district court's grant of habeas relief on defendant's Sixth Amendment claim, district court's conditional grant of...

US v. Isaacs

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
District court's conviction of defendant, a wireless telephone store owner, of fraudulently using unauthorized access devices in violation of 18...

US v. McDonald

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
District court's imposition of an enhanced sentence on a defendant convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm, based on prior convictions,...

Singer v. Raemisch

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In an inmate's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action against prison officials alleging that the confiscation of his Dungeons and Dragons game materials and...

Cunningham Charter Corp. v. Learjet, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In plaintiffs' lawsuit asserting claims for breach of warranty and products liability on behalf of itself and other buyers of Learjets, denial of...

Doe-2 v. McLean County Unit Dist. No. 5

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Education Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's action against a county school district under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, 20 U.S.C. section 1681(a), alleging that...

US v. Pappas

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In a prosecution for possession of child pornography, grant of defendant's motion to suppress evidence seized during a search of his home, as well as...

Bennett v. Gaetz

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Denial of a habeas petition from a conviction for possession of a stolen vehicle is affirmed as defendant failed to establish a prima facie case of...

Ray v. Boatwright

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus
Denial of defendant's petition for habeas relief is reversed and remanded where: 1) the detective testifying to the co-actors' statements violated...