United States Seventh Circuit - Opinion Summaries

US v. Al Shahin

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
Convictions and sentences for mail fraud stemming from a scheme to fraudulently collect insurance money are affirmed where: 1) the crime/fraud...

Jackson v. County of Racine

Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for county in a suit under Title VII for sexual harassment is affirmed where, although genuine issues of fact were present with...

Miller v. IL Cent. R.R. Co.

Construction, Injury & Tort Law, Transportation
Summary judgment for defendants in a personal injury suit concerning an auto-train collision is affirmed for most defendants where the plaintiff's...

Old Ben Coal Co. v. Office of Workers' Comp. Programs

Administrative Law, Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
Petition for review of an award of black lung benefits to the widow of a coal miner is dismissed where the plaintiff-employer was no longer a real...

Boctor v. Gonzales

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
Petition for review of denial of application for asylum is granted where the agency's determination that petitioner was not persecuted because of his...

Sims v. EGA Prods., Inc.

Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Product Liability
Settlement agreement in a product liability suit is affirmed where the district court did not abuse its discretion in overturning an earlier default...

US v. Murray

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Conviction for participating in a drug conspiracy in which a gun was used and a death resulted from that use is affirmed where exclusion of...

US v. Radziszewski

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Conviction and sentence for mail and wire fraud in a scheme to obtain real estate loans are affirmed where: 1) the evidence was sufficient to support...

Mayer v. Monroe County Cmty. Sch. Corp.

Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendants in a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit alleging dismissal of a teacher because of her statement of opposition to the war in...

Malone v. Nielson

Education Law
Appeal of summary judgment for defendants in a suit under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act alleging violation of the right to a free...