United States Seventh Circuit - Opinion Summaries

US v. Franco-Fernandez

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Sentence for illegal reentry is vacated and remanded where the Illinois offense of "putative father" child abduction is neither a crime of violence...

Mesman v. Crane Pro Servs.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a products liability suit against a company that rebuilt a crane involved in an accident, judgment for defendant is affirmed where a misleading...

Nelson v. Hodowal

Class Actions, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law, Securities Law
In a suit under ERISA alleging that a pension plan's fiduciaries failed to anticipate a decline in the value of the plan's stock holdings, judgment...

US v. Haskins

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
Conviction for selling a firearm to an individual known or reasonably believed to be a felon is affirmed over defendant's claims that: 1) the...

Holmes v. Village of Hoffman Estates

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In action for false arrest, excessive force, and malicious prosecution, summary judgment for defendants is reversed in part where disputes of...

Simple v. Walgreen Co.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In suit for racial discrimination in employment, summary judgment for defendant employer is reversed where there was enough evidence of discrimination...

Levy v. Pappas

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax Law
In an action brought by plaintiff and his defunct company against a county and officials involving defendants' handling of plaintiff's efforts, as his...

Bright v. Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In a Title VII sexual discrimination case against plaintiff's employer, a judgment pursuant a jury verdict for defendants is reversed in part where...

US v. Mendoza

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Conviction for distribution of methamphetamine is affirmed over defendant's challenges to: 1) the sufficiency of the government's evidence against...

US v. Salahuddin

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Conviction for possession of a firearm by a felon is vacated where defendant showed good cause why the district court should have heard his untimely...