United States Seventh Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Campbell v. Miller

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit against a city and police officers regarding a strip search of the plaintiff, judgment for one of the...

US v. Hawkins

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Conviction for robbery and firearm violations is affirmed where admission of the victim's testimony about a showup identification did not violate...

Chlopek v. Fed. Ins. Co.

Civil Procedure, Evidence, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a product liability action against the maker of a medical cooling device, judgment for defendant is affirmed over plaintiffs' assertions that...

Klementanovsky v. Gonzales

Constitutional Law, Immigration Law
Petition for review of a denial of an application for a waiver of inadmissibility is denied where the distinction between deportable criminal aliens...

Martinez v. City of Chicago

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit against the City of Chicago and two of its police officers, dismissal of the suit for failure to prosecute is...

Brown v. Ill. Dep't of Natural Res.

Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit against a government agency alleging violation of Title VII and retaliation, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where: 1) based on...

US v. Ellis

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Conviction for possession of cocaine is reversed where the warrantless search of the defendant's home violated the Fourth Amendment since the...

Morales v. Bezy

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Denial of petitions for postconviction relief is affirmed where: 1) the petition under section 2255 was filed in, and dismissed from, a separate...

Airborne Beepers & Video, Inc. v. AT&T Mobility LLC

Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Contracts
In a suit by a telephone service vendor alleging breach of contract by the service provider, dismissal of the suit is affirmed where the district...

Holy Virgin Protection Cathedral v. Chertoff

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Immigration Law
In a challenge to the denial of an immigrant visa by a religious organization seeking to obtain the visa for an employee under the special immigrant...