United States Seventh Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Maher v. Harris Trust & Savings Bank

Judgement Enforcement, Property Law & Real Estate, Securities Law
In a suit to recover shares in a cooperative apartment owned as tenants by the entirety by plaintiff and his wife in order to satisfy a judgment...

Forrest v. Universal Savings Bank, F.A.

Banking Law, Consumer Protection Law
In a suit alleging that a bank violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act by obtaining plaintiff's credit information without a permissible purpose...

Klein v. DePuy, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a products liability suit against a medical device manufacturer, summary judgment for defendants is affirmed where: 1) the law governing the case...

Mohammad Hussain v. Keisler

Constitutional Law, Immigration Law
Petition for review of an order of voluntary departure is denied where: 1) petitioner filed an asylum application but later withdrew it in exchange...

US v. Pacheco-Diaz

Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law, Sentencing
Sentence for illegal reentry is affirmed over defendant's arguments that: 1) a prior Illinois conviction for simple possession of marijuana was...

Evory v. RJM Acquisitions Funding LLC

Banking Law, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Debt Collection
In a consolidation of four suits under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, one decision is affirmed and the remaining three reversed and remanded...

US v. Wiszowaty

Criminal Law & Procedure
Conviction for health care fraud and conspiracy is affirmed over defendant's arguments that the district court: 1) should have admitted into evidence...

In Re: Boone County Utils., LLC

Bankruptcy Law
An order of the district court affirming the bankruptcy court's refusal to allow a corporation's claims against a bankruptcy estate is affirmed where:...

Estate of Sims v. County of Bureau

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a federal civil rights suit alleging that the actions of a county sheriff led to a reporter's death, dismissal of the complaint is affirmed where:...

US v. Sanchez

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Sentence for possession of a firearm by a felon and distribution of cocaine is affirmed over defendant's argument that the district court incorrectly...