United States Seventh Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Uncommon, LLC v. Spigen, Inc.

Trademark, Intellectual Property
Held that a manufacturer of cellphone cases did not hold a valid trademark in the term CAPSULE. Affirmed a summary judgment in favor of the defendant...

US v. Terronez

Sentencing, Criminal Law & Procedure
Affirmed a man's sentence for unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon.

US v. Spivey

Sentencing, Criminal Law & Procedure
Affirmed that a convicted sex offender violated conditions of his supervised release.

Trujillo v. Rockledge Furniture LLC

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Held that a former store manager may proceed with an age discrimination lawsuit even though his EEOC complaint form incorrectly listed his employer's...

Toure v. Barr

Immigration Law
Held that an immigration judge did not abuse her discretion by denying a continuance. The immigrant wanted to delay his removal hearing in order to...

US v. St. Clair

Sentencing, Criminal Law & Procedure
Held that a defendant waived his right to challenge his supervised release conditions, because at his revocation hearing he told the judge he had...

Hatfield v. Barr

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
Held that the government may constitutionally prohibit convicted felons from possessing guns, even if their offense was nonviolent. The plaintiff who...

Smith v. Simm Associates, Inc.

Debt Collection
Held that debtors may not proceed with a proposed class action lawsuit alleging that a debt collector sent them collection letters that improperly...

US v. Buncich

Sentencing, Criminal Law & Procedure
Upheld a former county sheriff's conviction of two counts of wire fraud and one of accepting bribes. However, remanded for resentencing after vacating...

US v. Huskisson

Criminal Law & Procedure
Held that drug evidence found in the defendant's house was admissible based on a later-issued search warrant. The government had already planned to...