United States Seventh Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Metro. Water Reclamation Dist. v. N. Am. Galvanizing & Coatings, Inc.

Environmental Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Water Law
Partial dismissal of a CERCLA case involving the release of hazardous materials into the soil and groundwater by the lessee of water district property...

Tricontinental Indus., Ltd. v. PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Securities Law
Dismissal of an action against an accounting firm for negligent misrepresentation, common law fraud and securities fraud is affirmed where: 1)...

US v. Roberson

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Sentence for bank robbery and using a firearm in a crime of violence is overturned on the government's appeal where the district court judge was...

Keith v. Barnhart

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Government Benefits, Health Law
Denial of application for Disability Insurance Benefits is affirmed where: 1) petitioner did not present any evidence that the ALJ failed to follow...

Arnold v. Barnhart

Administrative Law, Evidence, Government Benefits, Health Law
Denial of Disability Insurance Benefits and Supplemental Security Income is affirmed over petitioner's claims that: 1) the ALJ's decision was not...

Arnett v. Comm'r of Internal Revenue

International Law, Tax Law
Tax Court affirmation of an assessed deficiency is affirmed where the taxpayer could not claim an exclusion for income earned in a foreign country...

Boci v. Gonzales

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

In Re: Doctors Hosp. of Hyde Park, Inc.

Bankruptcy Law, Health Law
District court's affirmation of bankruptcy court's approval of a settlement of adversary litigation is affirmed over a creditor's arguments that: 1)...

US v. Vucko

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Tax Law
Sentence for wire fraud and tax evasion is affirmed where the two counts involved two different crimes at different times, causing two different harms...

Dahler v. US

Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
Dismissal of suit to recover the value of items lost during a prison shakedown is reversed where amendments to the Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act...