United States Seventh Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. v. Res-Care, Inc.

Contracts, Health Law, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Summary judgment for defendant in a suit alleging breach of contract in the lease and administration of a residential healthcare facility is reversed...

Chicago Dist. Council of Carpenters Welfare Fund v. Caremark, Inc.

Drugs & Biotech, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of a suit for breach of fiduciary duties under ERISA involving a prescription drug management plan is affirmed where defendant was not...

Gautreaux v. Chicago Housing Authority

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Government Law
Appeal from denial of a motion to amend a 1996 order entered by the district court as part of its ongoing remedial relief in a class action brought...

Kebe v. Gonzales

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

Guest v. McCann

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus
Denial of petition for writ of habeas corpus is affirmed over defendant's showing of substantial evidence indicating corruption on the part of the...

Roney v. IL Dep't of Transp.

Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendant-employer in a Title VII suit alleging retaliation, discrimination and a hostile work environment is affirmed where...

Payton v. County of Carroll

Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Government Law
Dismissal of 12 of 13 counts and denial of class certification in a putative class action against various counties challenging an administrative fee...

US v. Jung

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Securities Law, Sentencing, White Collar Crime
Conviction and sentence for wire and securities fraud are affirmed where: 1) although the district court failed to apply the "more exacting standard...

Alexander v. City of Milwaukee

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
Judgment for plaintiffs in a suit by police officers under Title VII and 42 U.S.C. sections 1981 and 1983 alleging discriminatory promotion practices...

Youg-Qian v. Bd. of Trs. of the Univ. of Illinois

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendants in a Title VII and First Amendment retaliation suit over the denial of tenure to a professor at the University of...