United States Seventh Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Gross v. Knight

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Denial of petition for habeas relief is affirmed where plaintiff failed to demonstrate that he received ineffective assistance of counsel that...

Cornucopia Inst. v. USDA

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure
In a FOIA action, district court's dismissal of plaintiff's claims is affirmed where: 1) the court properly dismissed plaintiff's case for being moot...

US v. Kaloti Wholesale, Inc.

Asset Forfeiture
In a civil forfeiture suit, district court's judgment is affirmed where court did not abuse its discretion in denying defendant's motion to allow the...

Heimann v. City of Chicago

Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In an action involving police officers' compensatory time, district court's grant of an injunction against defendant is vacated and remanded where an...

Staub v. Proctor Hospital

Labor & Employment Law, Military Law
In an adverse employment action brought under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act, district court judgment is reversed and...

A. Bauer Mech., Inc. v. Joint Arbitration Bd. of the Plumbing Contractors' Ass'n

Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
In an action involving an arbitration judgment, district court's order enforcing the arbitration award is affirmed where: 1) the court did not abuse...

ReMapp Int'l Corp. v. Comfort Keyboard Co., Inc.

Contracts
In a breach of contract action, district court's judgment in favor of plaintiff is affirmed where: 1) the court did not err in finding that there was...

US v. Nagel

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Conviction and sentence for attempting to entice a minor to engage in a criminal sexual act is affirmed where: 1) the ten-year mandatory minimum...

Campion, Barrow & Assoc., Inc. v. City of Springfield

Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a First Amendment freedom of association action, district court's grant of defendant's motion for summary judgment is affirmed where plaintiff's...

Liskowitz v. Astrue

Government Benefits, Insurance Law
In an action involving disability insurance benefits, denial of plaintiff's claim is affirmed where: 1) substantial evidence supported the ALJ's...