United States Seventh Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Krueger Int'l, Inc. v. Royal Indem. Co.

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law, Securities Law
In a suit over indemnity under an employment practices liability insurance policy, summary judgment for insurer is affirmed where there was neither a...

Dollie's Playhouse, Inc. v. Nable Excavating, Inc.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Dismissal of an adversary complaint by a debtor in bankruptcy against a creditor is affirmed where the suit was barred by res judicata since the...

US v. Rand

Criminal Law & Procedure
In a case involving an innocent man's murder in order to fake the death of a defendant in a criminal case, conviction of an assistant to the plot for...

Gebreeyesus v. Gonzales

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
Petition for review of a denial of a motion to reopen claims for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture is...

Skorusa v. Gonzales

Administrative Law, Evidence, Immigration Law
Petition for review of a denial of application for adjustment of status is denied where the IJ did not violate petitioner's statutory rights under the...

Winkler v. Gates

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In an Establishment Clause challenge to a statute requiring the U.S. military to assist the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) organization with its...

Barricks v. Eli Lilly & Co.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit alleging discrimination in the denial of a salary increase, summary judgment for defendant-employer is affirmed where plaintiff did not show...

Village of Rosemont v. Jaffee

Administrative Law, Bankruptcy Law, Gaming Law, Government Law
In proceedings brought by a city and a bankrupt gaming company seeking to force the Illinois Gaming Board (IGB) to cooperate in transferring the...

Floroiu v. Gonzales

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Immigration Law
Denial of applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture is reversed where the IJ departed from its...

Campbell v. Clarke

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Law
Dismissal of a prisoner appeal and denial of motion to proceed in forma pauperis on appeal are affirmed where the plaintiff had engaged in attempts to...