United States Seventh Circuit - Opinion Summaries

US v. Whited

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Conviction and sentence for possession, receipt, and distribution of child pornography are affirmed where: 1) an anticipatory warrant for the search...

Borrego v. Mukasey

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
In an immigration case in which petitioner had previously been barred from entering the US for her attempt to enter by claiming that she was a US...

RWB Servs., LLC v. Hartford Computer Group, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit alleging civil RICO violations in a commercial lending agreement, judgment of dismissal is reversed where plaintiff properly pleaded that...

US v. Mikos

Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law, Sentencing
In a capital-murder case in which defendant killed his victim to prevent her from testifying about his Medicare fraud scheme, conviction and sentence...

Madison v. Frazier

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Media Law
In a suit alleging libel and false light for defendant-author's allegedly defamatory portrayal of plaintiff-NAACP officer in a book criticizing local...

Craft v. Astrue

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
Denial of a motion to alter or amend a judgment that plaintiff did not qualify for Disability Insurance or Supplemental Security Income benefits is...

Lucas v. PyraMax Bank, FSB

Banking Law, Civil Rights, ERISA, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), and ERISA alleging illegal demotion, termination, and...

Iglesias v. Mukasey

Administrative Law, Evidence, Family Law, Immigration Law
Petition for review of BIA's denial of motion to reopen the case is denied where: 1) petitioner's allegation that BIA had ignored evidence put forth...

US v. Burgos

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Immigration Law
Conviction for illegal reentry following deportation is affirmed where: 1) an alien's warrant of deportation and certificate of nonexistence of record...

Bettner v. Admin. Review Bd., US Dept. of Labor

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
In an action alleging that petitioner-truck driver was retaliated against by his employer for refusing to violate federal hour restrictions, petition...