United States Seventh Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Sierra Club v. EPA

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Public Utilities
Petition for review of an EPA Environmental Appeals Board denial of environmentalist claims that the EPA violated two provisions of the Clean Air Act...

Chen v. Gonzales

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
Petition for review of a denial of an application for asylum is denied where an asylum application based on a change in personal circumstances that is...

Pisciotta v. Old Nat'l Bancorp

Banking Law, Class Actions, Contracts, Cyberspace Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit representing a putative class of people alleging that their personal information had been compromised as a result of a bank's failure to...

Diaz v. Prudential Ins. Co. of Am.

ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In a challenge to the rejection of plaintiff's application for benefits under his company's group insurance long-term disability plan, summary...

Costello v. Barnhart

Administrative Law, Government Benefits
In a suit to offset the repayment of retirement benefits for which the recipient was ineligible by the amount of benefits that the recipient was...

Winters v. Fru-Con Inc.

Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a suit against the company that installed a piece of equipment that injured plaintiff on his job, judgment for defendant is affirmed where: 1) the...

Floroiu v. Gonzales

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Immigration Law
Motion for an award of attorney's fees and costs after a successful petition for review of a denial of immigration relief is granted where the...

Burger v. Int'l Union of Elevator Constructors

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In a suit alleging injuries under both the Age Discrimination in Employment Act and the Labor Management Relations Act after plaintiff's expulsion...

Peters v. Village of Clifton

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit against a municipality alleging an unconstitutional taking of plaintiff's property in violation of the Fifth and...

River East Plaza, LLC v. The Variable Annuity Life Ins. Co.

Attorney's Fees, Banking Law, Contracts, Remedies
In a suit challenging a prepayment fee for a loan, judgment for plaintiff-borrower is reversed where: 1) there was nothing in the loan agreement that...