United States Seventh Circuit - Opinion Summaries

FreeEats.com, Inc. v. State of IN

Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In a suit seeking to prevent Indiana from enforcing its statute prohibiting the use of automatic dialing machines to send prerecorded messages, denial...

Mote v. Aetna Life Ins. Co.

Civil Procedure, ERISA, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit challenging the termination of plaintiff's long-term disability benefits, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where: 1) the plan's...

US v. Ross

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Sentence for a drug conspiracy is vacated and remanded where the district court improperly applied a presumption of reasonableness for a...

Hicks v. Midwest Transit, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Corp. Governance, Transportation
In a cross-claim by a director of a company to recover on trailer leases entered into between the director and the company, dismissal of the claims is...

USA v. Grossman

Banking Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Property Law & Real Estate, Sentencing
In a criminal forfeiture proceeding where financial institutions claimed a superior interest in property seized by the government, dismissal of the...

US v. Emerson

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
Convictions and sentences for drug and weapons charges are affirmed over defendants' arguments that: 1) the government's evidence was insufficient as...

Kadia v. Gonzales

Immigration Law
Petition for review of a denial of asylum is granted where petitioner's evidentiary hearing was too unreliable to enable the court to conclude that a...

Aguirre v. Turner Constr. Co.

Construction, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit over injuries plaintiff suffered after falling from scaffolding at a construction site, summary judgment for defendants is reversed and...

Thompson v. Veach

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Denial of a petition for writ of habeas corpus is affirmed where the United States Parole Commission did not violate petitioner's rights in rescinding...

Peralta-Cabrera v. Gonzales

Immigration Law
Petition for review of a denial of a motion to reopen removal proceedings is granted where, because the government is the party in the best position...