United States Seventh Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Robinson v. Alter Barge Line, Inc.

Admiralty, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit over the defendant's termination of the plaintiff's employment on a barge after plaintiff reported that other crew members were using...

US v. Gordon

Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law, Sentencing
Conviction and sentence for illegal reentry is affirmed over defendant's arguments that: 1) his entry was not surreptitious; 2) the government had...

Indiana Lumbermens Mut. Ins. Co. v. Reinsurance Results, Inc.

Contracts, Insurance Law
In a declaratory breach of contract action brought by an insurance company against a reinsurance service provider, summary judgment for plaintiff is...

Hammer v. Ashcroft

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Media Law
In a prisoner suit alleging that prison officials violated plaintiff's First Amendment and equal protection rights by implementing and enforcing a...

Wausau Underwriters v. United Plastics Group, Inc.

Contracts, Insurance Law
In a suit involving issues of excess liability insurance coverage for a manufacturer of water heater components, judgment for defendant-manufacturer...

McMahon v. Kindlarski

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Family Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit under 42 U.S.C. sections 1983 and 1985 alleging that police officers conspired to deny plaintiff's rights under the Fourteenth Amendment,...

IFC Credit Corp v. United Bus. & Indus. Fed. Credit Union

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Communications Law, Contracts
In a suit to recover on contracts entered into by a defunct communications company by an owner of the right to payments under the contracts, a jury...

Bosede v. Mukasey

Constitutional Law, Immigration Law
Petition for review of an application for withholding of removal relief under the Convention Against Torture is granted where the IJ's failure to...

Calloway v. Bartley

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Denial of petition for habeas corpus is affirmed where: 1) there was no clearly established Supreme Court precedent governing petitioner's claim that...

State of Wisconsin v. Ho-Chunk Nation

Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Gaming Law, Government Contracts, Indian Law
In a suit between the State of Wisconsin and an Indian tribe over the validity of certain provisions in the parties' gaming compact in the wake of...