United States Seventh Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Dorel Juvenile Group, Inc. v. DiMartinis

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Intellectual Property, Labor & Employment Law, Trade Secrets
In a suit involving an employee's move to a competitor, appeal from a denial of a preliminary injunction is dismissed as moot where the end date for...

Julian v. Bartley

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Denial of a petition for writ of habeas corpus is reversed where the state court's application of the Strickland analysis for ineffective assistance...

Roadway Express, Inc. v. US Dep't of Labor, Admin. Review Bd.

Evidence, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies, Sanctions, Transportation
Petition for review of an ALJ decision in favor of an employee alleging retaliation for testifying in support of a fellow employee's grievance against...

Jennings v. Auto Meter Prods., Inc.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a RICO suit alleging that defendant had given false information to the Patent & Trademark Office in order to deny plaintiff a patent on an...

US v Brownell

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Sentence for conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud is affirmed over defendant's argument that the district court erred in applying a "leader or...

Alcala v. Emhart Indus., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a personal injury suit after plaintiff injured his hand in a machine manufactured by defendant's predecessor, judgment for defendant is affirmed...

Gradel v. Piranha Capital, LP

Civil Procedure
In a suit involving the control of property in parallel proceedings, a district court's order vacating the attachment of funds and denying turnover to...

US v. Luepke

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Sentence for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and to possess methamphetamine with intent to distribute is vacated and remanded where the...

Bertrand v. Maram

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Government Benefits, Health Law
In a suit challenging Illinois rules for the provision of residential habilitation services, one plaintiff's appeal is dismissed as moot where a...

US v. Gordon

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Sentence for embezzlement is affirmed over defendant's arguments that: 1) he was entitled to have the amount of loss or his role in a position of...