United States Seventh Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Kholyavskiy v. Mukasey

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
In an immigration case, petition for review of a BIA order denying asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture is...

US v. Venters

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Conviction for possessing materials and equipment for manufacturing methamphetamine is affirmed where both exigent circumstances and probable cause to...

Khorrami v. Rolince

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit alleging violations of due-process rights by government agents who detained plaintiff while investigating the September 11, 2001 terrorist...

Bolante v. Mukasey

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
In an immigration case involving a former official of the Philippine government, petition for relief from a BIA judgment denying asylum and ordering...

Hong Kong Electro-Chemical Works, Ltd. v. Less

Debt Collection, International Trade
In a debt-collection action, denial of a motion to set aside plaintiffs' allegedly fraudulent conveyance of a house in order to avoid creditors is...

Toliver v. McCaughtry

Criminal Law & Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Evidence, Habeas Corpus
In a first-degree murder case, denial of habeas relief on the basis of both ineffective assistance of counsel and a Brady claim is reversed and...

Wisconsin Cent., Ltd. v. Shannon

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
In a suit by a railroad seeking a declaratory judgment that state overtime provisions were preempted by federal law, summary judgment for plaintiff...

US v. Thornton

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Convictions for attempted bank robbery and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence are reversed for entry of judgment of acquittal...

Argyropoulos v. City of Alton

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit alleging sexual harassment, retaliation, and 42 U.S.C. section 1983 violations for city's termination of plaintiff-city employee, summary...

US v. Arreola-Castillo

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
A mandatory-minimum life sentence imposed upon conviction for conspiracy to distribute marijuana is affirmed over objections that: 1) the government...