United States Seventh Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Schering-Plough Healthcare Prod., Inc.

Administrative Law, Commercial Law, Drugs & Biotech, False Advertising, Health Law, Intellectual Property
In plaintiff's Lanham Act suit against defendants involving an oral laxative and over-the-counter versions of the drug manufactured by defendants,...

Lewitton v. ITA Software, Inc.

Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's breach of employment contract case against his former employer involving options to purchase stock, summary judgment for plaintiff is...

James River Ins. Co. v. Kemper Cas. Ins. Co.

Contracts, Insurance Law, Professional Malpractice
In plaintiff-insurer's case seeking a declaration that it had no duty to defend or indemnify two lawyers who were sued for malpractice, district...

Sunstar, Inc. v. Alberto-Culver Co.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Intellectual Property, International Law, Trademark
In a trademark infringement case involving interpretation of a trademark licensing agreement of defendant's "VO5" trademark and Japanese trademark...

Butler v. Village of Round Lake Police Dep't

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Government Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff-police officer's ADA claim against defendant-village, dismissal of his case on the ground of judicial estoppel is affirmed where: 1) to...

River of Life Kingdom Ministries v. Village of Hazel Crest

Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax-exempt Organizations
In plaintiff-church's suit against defendant-village under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act to allow it to relocate to the...

Perry v. Sheet Metal Worker's Local No. 73 Pension Fund

ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiffs' ERISA action against the Pension Fund claiming that they should have received pension credit for the time they spent as instructors at...

US v. Venturella

Asset Forfeiture, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
District court's conviction of defendants for mail fraud and order to pay a criminal forfeiture money judgment and restitution is affirmed as: 1)...

George v. Smith

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Denial of a petition for habeas relief brought by a defendant convicted of sexual assault and false imprisonment is affirmed as defendant's...

US v. Rosenberg

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Health Law, Sentencing
Imposition of a 70-month sentence on a 60 year-old nurse practitioner for prescribing a variety of controlled substances to people, whom she knew did...