United States Seventh Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Moss v. Martin

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Judgment for defendants on the pleadings in an action alleging that plaintiff's termination from the Illinois Department of Transportation violated...

Kampmier v. Emeritus Corp.

Civil Rights, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendant employer in a suit under ADA, Title VII, and ERISA is affirmed where: 1) plaintiff did not provide evidence of a...

Creditor's Comm. of Jumer's Castle Lodge, Inc. v. Jumer

Bankruptcy Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law
Summary judgment for defendant in a suit to set aside a transaction that plaintiff-creditor claimed was fraudulent is affirmed where plaintiff did not...

Burnett v. LFW Inc.

Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action alleging violations of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) against a former employer,...

US v. Starks

Criminal Law & Procedure
Conviction for obstructing a government investigation is affirmed where: 1) defendant did not attempt to corruptly persuade a third party to destroy...

Anderson v. Benik

Constitutional Law, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
Dismissal of a petition for writ of habeas corpus is affirmed where petitioner procedurally defaulted on his federal constitutional claim that his...

USA v. Peterson-Knox

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Sentence for mail fraud is affirmed over defendant's arguments that: 1) the imposition of a ten-point increase in her offense level was improper...

US v. Taylor

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
Conviction for growing marijuana is affirmed where the search warrant affidavit contained sufficient information to find probable cause to search, but...

Fairley v. Fermaint

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
Denial of defendants' motion for summary judgment on the basis of official immunity in a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit alleging intimidation of prison...

Thompson v. City of Chicago

Civil Rights, Evidence, Government Law
Denial of motion for a new trial in a suit under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 alleging that police officers violated the deceased's Fourth and Fourteenth...