United States Seventh Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Trs. of the Chicago Painters and Decorators Pension v. Royal Int'l Drywall and Decorating, Inc.

Evidence, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In a suit by union trust funds claiming that defendant violated collective bargaining agreements by failing to compensate the funds for each hour the...

Racine v. Comm'r of Internal Revenue

Labor & Employment Law, Tax Law
After a tax refund arising out of the exercise of stock options bought with borrowed funds, a tax court order charging taxpayer with back taxes and...

In Re: Craig Wright

Bankruptcy Law, Commercial Law, Contracts
A bankruptcy court denial of a Chapter 13 plan that would allow debtors to surrender a vehicle to a creditor and pay nothing on account of the...

US v. BDO Seidman, LLP

Administrative Law, Evidence, Tax Law
In a suit by the IRS to enforce administrative summonses against an accounting firm that allegedly failed to disclose potentially abusive tax shelters...

Int'l Bhd. of Elec. Workers v. IL Bell Tel. Co.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit by a labor union over a company's proposed shift in employee evaluation policies, grant of plaintiff's motion to compel arbitration is...

US v. Rand

Criminal Law & Procedure
Petition for rehearing and a petition for rehearing en banc are denied where a majority of the judges in regular service voted to deny the petitions.

Van Patten v. Borgen

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Upon remand from the U.S. Supreme Court after the Court's ruling in Carey v. Musladin, 127 S. Ct. 649 (2006), a decision granting a petition for...

US v. Sachsenmaier

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
Conviction and sentence for conspiracy and distribution of cocaine are affirmed over defendant's arguments that: 1) the district court erred when it...

Kochert v. Adagen Med. Int'l, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts
In a suit claiming fraudulent inducement into a contract for the purchase of a medical device, dismissal for improper venue is affirmed where...

US v. Roman

Criminal Law & Procedure, Tax Law
Conviction for filing a false tax return is affirmed over defendant's arguments that: 1) the government failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that...