United States Seventh Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Delta Counsulting Group, Inc. v. R. Randle Constr., Inc.

Construction, Contracts, Remedies
In a suit over unpaid bills for work done by a consulting firm, summary judgment for plaintiff-firm is affirmed where: 1) defendant did not raise a...

Stilwell v. Am. Gen. Life Ins. Co.

Contracts, Insurance Law
In a suit challenging the validity of a reassignment of plaintiff's interest in a life insurance policy on plaintiff's husband, summary judgment for...

Nagle v. Calumet Park

Civil Rights, Elder Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment discrimination action, summary judgment for Defendants is affirmed. Plaintiff failed to prove Defendants' discriminatory intent using...

First State Bank of Monticello v. Ohio Cas. Ins. Co.

Contracts, Insurance Law, Remedies
In a suit arising out of the denial of coverage under a bond for losses suffered by a bank through fraud, summary judgment for plaintiff-bank is...

Baltzell v. R&R Trucking Co.

Injury & Tort Law, Workers' Compensation
In a strict liability action, the District Court's judgment for Plaintiff is reversed and remanded. Defendant was entitled to waive its workers'...

In re Eugene A. Fischer

Civil Procedure
Petition for a writ of mandamus is denied. A writ of mandamus is not a proper method for obtaining permission to file a late notice of appeal.

Collins v. Illinois

Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law, Sanctions
In an employment discrimination action, the dismissal of Plaintiff's suit is affirmed. The District Court's dismissal of the case was reasonable in...

Best v. Portland

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action, summary judgment for Defendants is affirmed but reversed in part where Plaintiff's claims were not barred by...

Khan v. Filip

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Immigration Law
Petition for review of Board of Immigration Appeals' (BIA) order is denied in part and dismissed in part. Under 8 U.S.C. section 1158(a)(3), the Court...

US v. Poole

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
District Court's denial of Defendant's motion for reduction of sentence for drug conviction is affirmed where the District Court lacked jurisdiction...