United States Seventh Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Nat'l Labor Review Bd. v. Midwestern Pers. Servs., Inc.

Administrative Law, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law
Petition for enforcement of an NLRB order mandating the reinstatement of striking employers and the payment of back wages is granted where the NLRB's...

US v. Achbani

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Sentence in absentia for using a counterfeit check is affirmed where the district court took all the necessary steps to ensure that defendant's...

US v. Weathington

Criminal Law & Procedure
Conviction for armed robber and brandishing a firearm is confirmed over defendant's arguments that the district court erred in not allowing him to...

Curry v. US

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Denial of a motion to vacate a previous denial of postconviction relief is vacated where the district court exceeded its jurisdiction in ruling on the...

Steele v. Life Ins. Co. of N. Am.

Contracts, Insurance Law
In a suit for denial of life insurance benefits, summary judgment for defendant-insurer is affirmed where the insured's death occurred during the...

US v. England

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Conviction for possession of a firearm by a felon, witness tampering, and threatening a witness is affirmed where: 1) defendant made a knowing and...

Equal Employment Opportunity Comm'n v. V&J Foods, Inc.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit alleging sexual harassment and retaliation, summary judgment for defendant is reversed and remanded where: 1) the defendant's procedure for...

Webster v. A.T. Kearney, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit alleging breach of an employment agreement, dismissal of a motion to vacate an arbitration award is affirmed where the motion was untimely,...

US v. Abu-Shawish

Criminal Law & Procedure
Conviction for federal program fraud is vacated and remanded where the indictment did not allege that defendant defrauded the organization for which...

Williams v. Aetna Life Ins. Co.

Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit over the denial of long term disability benefits, summary judgment for defendants is affirmed where: 1) the plan administrator did not act...