United States Seventh Circuit - Opinion Summaries

JCW Invs., Inc. v. Novelty, Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Copyright, Intellectual Property, Trademark
In a copyright and trademark infringement suit over a novelty farting plush doll, the court awards plaintiff attorney's fees where: 1) plaintiff was...

US v. Hargrove

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Conviction of a former police officer for racketeering conspiracy and other crimes is affirmed over defendant's argument that the court should have...

Malinowski v. Smith

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus
Denial of a petition for habeas relief is affirmed where the state court's exclusion of a witness' testimony was not contrary to or an unreasonable...

US v. Parker

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Prior circuit precedent holding that imposition of a multiplicitous concurrent sentence and $100 special assessment "is not a serious enough error to...

US v. McGee

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
An appeal of a reduced sentence imposed after defendant was convicted for distributing cocaine base and helped authorities apprehend his supplier is...

Mekhael v. Mukasey

Evidence, Immigration Law
Christian Lebanese citizen's petition for review of a denial of a motion to reopen asylum proceedings is granted and the matter remanded where the BIA...

Grossman v. S. Shore Pub. Sch. Dist.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law
In a civil rights suit brought against a public school district by a former guidance counselor alleging that its decision not to renew her contract...

Hall v. Bates

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a suit against two police officers for false arrest in violation of the Fourth Amendment, summary judgment for defendants is affirmed where: 1) the...

Kannapien v. Quaker Oats Co.

ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA suit brought by plaintiffs-former employees who accepted a severance package from defendant-Quaker Oats Company and retired, summary...

Ingram v. Jones

Criminal Law & Procedure
In appeals from dismissals of prisoners' petitions for writs of habeas corpus involving circumstances in which both petitioners admittedly failed to...