United States Seventh Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Gabbanelli Accordians & Imports, L.L.C. v. Ditta Gabbanelli Ubaldo Di Elio Gabbanelli

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, International Law, Remedies, Trademark
In a trademark dispute, district court judgment is affirmed in part and reversed in part where: 1) the court properly granted summary judgment for...

Addis v. Dept. of Labor

Administrative Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Petition for review of the Department of Labor's dismissal of plaintiff's employment retaliation claim is denied where substantive evidence supported...

Emerson v. Shaw

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
District court's denial of plaintiff's petition for habeas corpus is affirmed where: 1) the court did not unreasonably apply Strickland in concluding...

Valentino v. Village of South Chicago Heights

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action for First Amendment retaliation and retaliatory discharge, summary judgment for defendant is reversed where: 1) plaintiff established a...

Johnson v. Saville

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a malicious prosecution action, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where defendant acted with probable cause when investigating the charges...

Quinn v. Gates

Government Law, Military Law
In an action brought by the Governor of Illinois challenging certain recommendations brought under the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act,...

Indiana Protection and Advocacy Serv. v. Indiana Family and Social Serv. Admin.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Health Law
In an action challenging provisions of the Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness Act, district court judgment is vacated for...

US v. Hurt

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
Conviction and sentence for drug crimes is affirmed where: 1) the issue of the testimony of officers as both fact and expert witnesses was waived as...

Dobbey v. Illinois Dept. of Corrections

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a prisoner civil rights action, district court judgment is affirmed in part where the court properly dismissed plaintiff's claim of having been...

Martino v. MCI Communications Services, Inc.

Civil Rights, Communications Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a discrimination action brought under Age Discrimination in Employment ACt, district court judgment is affirmed where plaintiff failed to show...