United States Seventh Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Gonzalez v. City of Elgin

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
In a case involving allegations of a Fourth Amendment violation against the City of Elgin and numerous Elgin police officers, district court's grant...

Anderson v. AB Painting and Sandblasting

Attorney's Fees, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA benefit plan case, judgment reducing an award of plaintiff's attorney's fees on grounds that it was disproportionate to the damages...

US v. Bright

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
A conviction for bank robbery is affirmed where: 1) the district court did not commit plain error in admission of an eye-witness identification from a...

Haber v. Biomet, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts, Health Law
In a contract case involving two separate agreements involving the applicability of an arbitration clause in the latter of the two agreements,...

Coffman v. Indianapolis Fire Dep't

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action brought by a female firefighter against a fire department and several employees alleging sex and disability discrimination, privacy...

Anderson v. AB Painting and Sandblasting

Attorney's Fees, ERISA
In a ERISA benefit plan case, district court's judgment reducing an award of plaintiff's attorney's fees on grounds that it was disproportional to the...

Fairley v. Andrews

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
In a case involving prison guards' suit against other guards, complaint handlers, sheriff, and a County, after plaintiffs' peers allegedly threatened...

Chen v. Holder

Immigration Law
Petition for review of a denial of Chinese petitioner's application for asylum is granted as the petitioner did not have the opportunity for a fair...

Hanes v. Zurick

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
In a civil rights case claiming police denied plaintiff and only plaintiff equal protection of the law (based on personal animus), district court's...

Durable Manufacturing Co. v. US Dep't of Labor

Administrative Law, Government Law, Immigration Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action brought against the Employment Training Administration of the Department of Labor (DOL) and the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration...