United States Seventh Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Ass'n Benefit Servs., Inc. v. Caremark RX, Inc.

Contracts, Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit alleging fraud, unjust enrichment and breach of contract against a pharmacy benefit manager by a company formed to facilitate contracts...

Fagocki v. Algonquin/Lake-in-the-Hills Fire Prot. Dist.

Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In a medical malpractice suit involving the treatment of a woman suffering from anaphylactic shock, judgment for plaintiff is reversed where any...

Murphy v. Astrue

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law
Denial of Supplemental Security Income for a child with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is reversed and remanded where the ALJ's failure to...

Teas v. Endicott

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Denial of petition for habeas corpus is affirmed over petitioner's arguments that his petition was timely because a state court characterized a...

Dudley v. Putnam Inv. Funds

Civil Procedure, Securities Law
In a prolonged suit over mutual fund market-timing, appeals from denials of removal are dismissed for lack of jurisdiction where a district judge's...

Wagner v. Washington County

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law
In a suit alleging violation of 42 U.S.C. section 1983 after sheriff's deputies arrested plaintiff during a town-hall meeting on the belief that his...

US v. Liddell

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Sentence for possession of cocaine with intent to distribute is vacated and remanded where the district court erred by not sentencing defendant as a...

McDougall v. Pioneer Ranch Ltd. P'Ship

Bankruptcy Law, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit by a pension fund to recover withdrawal liability from a bankrupt trucking company, summary judgment for plaintiffs is affirmed where a...

Barnes v. Advanced Call Ctr. Techs., LLC

Banking Law, Debt Collection
In a suit alleging that form dunning letters sent to plaintiffs violated certain provisions of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, summary...

Elkhatib v. Dunkin Donuts, Inc.

Civil Rights, Commercial Law, Contracts
In a suit alleging racial discrimination in violation of 42 U.S.C. sections 1981 and 1982 after plaintiff, a Muslim-American, was denied a relocation...