United States Seventh Circuit - Opinion Summaries

US v. Head

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Sentence for possession of a firearm by a felon is vacated where the district court's order to serve six months in a "residential reentry center" as a...

Bilthouse v. US

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Tax Law
In a suit to recover a tax refund, summary judgment for the government is affirmed where loss of all liquidating value of stock in a construction...

US v. Strode

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Sentence for drug and money laundering offenses is affirmed over defendant's challenges to the determination of the quantity of drugs used to...

US v. Cano-Rodriguez

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Counsel's motion to withdraw after a conviction for being in the U.S. without permission is granted where defendant had no nonfrivolous grounds for...

Camp v. TNT Logistics Corp.

Injury & Tort Law, Transportation
In a suit to recover damages for injuries sustained as a result of defendants' alleged negligence in connection with the shipment of a pallet of...

INEOS Polymers Inc. v. BASF Aktiengesellsch

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit between chemical companies for breach of contract and tortious interference with contractual rights, dismissal of the complaint is reversed...

US v. Rhodes

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Appeal of a special term of supervised release requiring penile plethysmograph testing after a conviction for possession of child pornography is...

Jeffboat, LLC v. Office of Workers' Comp. Programs

Attorney's Fees, Workers' Compensation
Award of attorney's fees in a workers' compensation case is affirmed where the ALJ did not abuse his discretion by determining that the hourly rate...

Jackson v. City of Chicago

Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit alleging discrimination in the denial of two promotions, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where plaintiff's claim that the...

Armstrong v. LaSalle Bank Nat'l Ass'n

Civil Procedure, Contracts, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In a consolidated multidistrict suit alleging violations of ERISA, breaches of fiduciary duty, breach of contract and conversion, grant of plaintiffs'...