United States Seventh Circuit - Opinion Summaries

US v. Cazares-Olivas

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Denial of a motion to suppress evidence seized from a house in a drug prosecution is affirmed where, despite officers' violation of federal rules in...

Wiesmueller v. Kosobucki

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law
In a commerce clause challenge to Wisconsin's rule that only out-of-state law school graduates must take the state's bar examination, denial of class...

US v. Shaaban

Criminal Law & Procedure, Professional Malpractice
After a conviction for offenses related to defendant's attempt to sell the names of CIA agents working covertly in Iraq to the Iraqi Intelligence...

US v. Christ

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Government Law, Immigration Law, Sentencing
Conviction and sentence for conspiracy to commit visa fraud are affirmed over defendant's arguments that: 1) there was insufficient evidence to...

US v. Chavers

Criminal Law & Procedure
Denial of a motion to withdraw a guilty plea for knowingly attempting to bring a loaded semiautomatic pistol on an airplane is affirmed over...

Economy Folding Box Corp. v. Anchor Frozen Foods Corp.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts
In a breach of contract suit alleging that a frozen food company violated a contract by refusing to pay for boxes delivered and canceling all future...

Sec. & Exch. Comm'n v. Jones

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Evidence, International Law, Sanctions, Securities Law
In a civil enforcement action by the SEC, judgment of contempt for violating a freeze order and sanctions for failure to comply with discovery...

Zamora-Mallari v. Mukasey

Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law
Petitions for review of the denial of waivers of removability under section 212(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act are denied where: 1) aliens...

US v. Hernandez-Rivas

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Immigration Law
Conviction for illegal reentry and human-trafficking offenses is affirmed over defendant's arguments that: 1) the district court erred in finding that...

Evans v. City of Chicago

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Government Law, Sanctions
In a suit under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 alleging that defendants conspired to falsely convict plaintiff of crimes, judgment for defendants is affirmed...