United States Seventh Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Ramos v. Holder

Administrative Law, Government Law, Immigration Law
Petition for review a BIA's denial of an El Salvadoran citizen's petition for withholding of removal on the ground that former Salvadoran gang members...

US v. Kirkpatrick

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Sentence of 108 months' imprisonment for being a felon in possession of a firearm, more than double the top of the Guidelines' range, is vacated and...

Stroitelstvo Bulgaria, Ltd v. Bulgarian-American Enter. Fund

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, International Law
In a suit by a Bulgarian construction company against a Bulgarian-American bank claiming predatory lending practices, brought after the same parties...

In re: Hijazi

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Contracts, Government Law, International Law
Defendant's petition for a writ of mandamus arising from his indictment for various fraud-related charges involving a contract with the United States...

Woods v. Schwartz

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus
District court's denial of defendant's petition for habeas relief following his conviction for murder and sentence to forty years' imprisonment is...

Sobitan v. Glud

Government Law, Immigration Law, Injury & Tort Law, International Law
In plaintiff's suit against a customs officer for arresting him for illegal reentry into the U.S. and against the Assistant United States Attorney who...

Rao v. BP Products N. America, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Government Law, Oil and Gas Law
In plaintiff's suit against BP alleging Petroleum Marketing Practices Act (PMPA), RICO, fraud, breach of contract, and extortion claims arising from...

McAfee v. Thurmer

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Denial of defendant's petition for habeas relief from a conviction and life sentence for the first degree murder of a police officer 13 years ago is...

Patterson v. Indiana Newspapers, Inc.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiffs' suit against their former employer alleging employment discrimination on the basis of their religious belief that homosexual conduct is...

Milam v. Dominick's Finder Foods, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
In six black produce clerks' racial discrimination suit against their employer alleging that the company classified two white women as produce clerks...