United States Seventh Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Ligas v. Maram

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Class Actions, Health Law
In a class action suit under the ADA to require Illinois to provide community-based care for the class of institutionalized developmentally disabled...

Shmyhelskyy v. Gonzales

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
Petition for review of denial of application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture is denied where there...

US v. Le Page

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
Conviction and sentence for possession of a firearm by a felon are affirmed where officers had reasonable suspicion to conduct a Terry stop and...

Cadleway Props., Inc. v. Ossian State Bank

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Debt Collection, Property Law & Real Estate
Appeal is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction in a multi-party foreclosure suit where the issues presented on appeal were not sufficiently discrete...

Almonacid v. US

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Denial of petition for relief under 28 U.S.C. section 2255 is affirmed where the trial court committed no error in concluding that defendant's trial...

Gilles v. Blanchard

Constitutional Law, Education Law
In a suit by an itinerant preacher alleging that a public university's solicitation policy violated the First Amendment, summary judgment for...

Baylie v. Fed. Reserve Bank of Chicago

Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendant is affirmed in a discrimination suit where one plaintiff could not demonstrate that the employer's proffered reasons...

Sound of Music Co. v. MN, Mining & Mfg. Co. (3M)

Contracts, Media Law
Summary judgment for defendant is affirmed in a suit over the termination of a contract for background music services where: 1) defendant did not...

IL One News, Inc. v. City of Marshall

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Media Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a suit under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 alleging violation of the First Amendment, judgment against plaintiff, an adult book store owner, is affirmed...

Moore v. Madigan

Civil Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Denial of petition for writ of habeas corpus is vacated where the factual record was insufficiently developed to consider petitioner's claims that the...