United States Seventh Circuit - Opinion Summaries

US v. Nitch

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
Convictions for conspiracy to manufacture with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine are affirmed over defendants' arguments that:...

US v. Wen

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, International Law
Conviction for violating the export-control laws by providing militarily useful technology to the People's Republic of China without the required...

Phoenix Bond & Indem. Co. v. Bridge

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Government Law
In a RICO suit alleging a pattern of mail fraud in connection with a tax lien bidding system, dismissal of the complaint for lack of standing is...

Borsellino v. Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit by a partner in a remote stock trading company alleging fraud against an investor in his former partners' new enterprise, summary judgment...

Brandt v. Bd. of Educ. of City of Chicago

Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law
In a class action suit brought on behalf of 24 eighth graders at a public school after they were disciplined for conducting a protest that they claim...

Shadday v. Omni Hotel Mgmt. Corp.

Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a negligence suit arising out of the failure of a hotel to prevent the rape of the plaintiff, a guest at the hotel, by another guest, summary...

US v. Ngatia

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Sentence for smuggling heroin into the US is affirmed where: 1) the district court's credibility determinations for two government witnesses was...

Henning v. O'Leary

Civil Rights, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a 42 U.S.C. 1983 suit against a police officer alleging violations of the Fourth Amendment and the right to society and companionship after the...

Wojtas v. Capital Guardian Trust Co.

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
Judgment for defendant on the pleadings in a suit for breach of fiduciary duty and negligence is affirmed where defendant's motion to dismiss...

Stalcup v. Peabody Coal Co.

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Denial of black lung benefits is reversed where an ALJ cannot avoid scientific controversy over the presence of the disease in defendant by basing his...