United States Seventh Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Humphries v. CBOCS West, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for a retaliation claim under 42 U.S.C. section 1981 is reversed where plaintiff made a sufficient showing under the indirect method...

US v. Chambers

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Sentence under the Armed Career Criminal Act for possession of a firearm by a felon is affirmed where a conviction for failing to report to a penal...

Gomes v. Gonzales

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
Petition for review of denial of applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture is granted where...

Mema v. Gonzales

Administrative Law, Evidence, Immigration Law
Petition for review of denial of applications for asylum and withholding of removal is granted where the IJ failed to consider relevant, probative...

US v. Wilburn

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
Conviction and sentence for possession of a firearm by a felon are affirmed where: 1) defendant was under a valid arrest, thus the police were not...

US v. Stitman

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Sentence for bank robbery is affirmed where: 1) it was not clear error for the sentencing judge to enhance defendant's sentence for creating the...

Sallenger v. Oakes

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law
Denial of motion for summary judgment in a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit alleging violation of the Fourth Amendment's right to be free from excessive...

Treiber &Straub, Inc v. United Parcel Serv., Inc.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Insurance Law, Transportation
Summary judgment for package carrier in a suit over the denial of insurance payments for a lost package of unusual value is affirmed where the carrier...

US v. Rodomski

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Conviction for conspiring to sell Ecstasy is overturned on the basis of insufficient evidence where there was no evidentiary basis for a finding of...

Call v. Ameritech Mgmt. Pension Plan

Contracts, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
Judgment for plaintiff in a ERISA case concerning early retirement benefits following a plan amendment is affirmed where the administrator of the plan...