United States Seventh Circuit - Opinion Summaries

US v. Fennell

Sentencing, Criminal Law & Procedure
Held that there was no plain error in calculating how much restitution a man convicted of fraud owed. Affirmed the decision below.

Weil v. Metal Technologies, Inc.

Labor & Employment Law
Addressed wage claims in a lawsuit filed by employees of an automobile parts manufacturer. The issues concerned alleged time-rounding and deductions...

Madison v. U.S. Department of Labor Administrative Review Board

Labor & Employment Law, Administrative Law
Held that an individual's petition to the Department of Labor's Administrative Review Board was untimely, in a case where she claimed that her...

Coleman v. City of Peoria, Illinois

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
Held that an innocent man wrongfully imprisoned for 19 years could not proceed with his claims that four police officers knowingly fabricated false...

Barrington Music Products, Inc. v. Music and Arts Center

Trademark, Intellectual Property
Addressed a damages issue in a case where a jury found that a musical instrument retailer infringed another retailer's trademark. Affirmed the denial...

McCarty v. Menard, Inc.

Injury & Tort Law
Held that a man who tripped over a product display sign at a store could not proceed with his personal injury lawsuit. Affirmed summary judgment in...

Ortiz-Santiago v. Barr

Immigration Law
Held that an immigration court had jurisdiction over a man's removal proceeding. The fact that the Notice to Appear omitted time-and-place information...

Varlen Corp. v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Co.

Environmental Law, Insurance Law
Held that an insurance company did not have to indemnify an insured for the cost of cleaning up groundwater contamination at its industrial sites....

Paz v. Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC

Attorney's Fees, Debt Collection
Upheld a significantly reduced fee award in a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act case where the plaintiff had rejected meaningful settlement offers...

Jensen v. Pollard

Habeas Corpus, Criminal Law & Procedure
Denied federal habeas relief to a Wisconsin prison inmate who had been convicted of murdering his wife. He contended that the state court failed to...