United States Seventh Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Savory v. Lyons

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
Dismissal of a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit alleging that the government's refusal to grant access to the physical evidence underlying plaintiff's...

Doe v. Smith

Civil Rights, Education Law, Family Law, Injury & Tort Law, Juvenile Law
Summary judgment for school district in a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 case alleging child molestation by a school official is affirmed, but summary...

Tibbs v. City of Chicago

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law
Summary judgment for city and police officer in a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit alleging violation of plaintiff's Fourth Amendment rights is affirmed...

Schneider Nat'l Carriers, Inc. v. Nat'l Employee Care Sys., Inc.

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies, Workers' Compensation
Summary judgment for workers' compensation carrier in a suit over the carrier's lien rights in a settlement agreement is affirmed where: 1)...

Entm't Software Ass'n v. Blagojevich

Constitutional Law, Cyberspace Law, Entertainment Law
Judgment for plaintiffs and grant of a permanent injunction prohibiting the enforcement of the Illinois Sexually Explicit Video Game Law is affirmed...

In Re: Linee Aeree Italiane (Alitalia)

Civil Procedure, Contracts, International Law, Transportation
Petition for writ of mandamus ordering a non-jury trial in a breach of contract case involving Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act issues is denied where...

US v. Groves

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
A conviction for being a felon possessing a firearm and possessing ammunition is reversed in part as to the firearm possession charge pursuant to...

US v. Humphreys

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
A conviction and sentence for possession of a firearm by a felon is affirmed over claims that: 1) the evidence was insufficient to establish that a...

Rivera v. City of Chicago

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law, Judgement Enforcement
Denial of costs to defendant-city following a grant of summary judgment in its favor in an action brought by plaintiff in an effort to collect on a...

Advocate S. Suburban Hosp. v. Nat'l Labor Relations Bd.

Administrative Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
NLRB's cross-petition for enforcement of its order, finding that one of petitioner-hospital's managers coercively interrogated and threatened a nurse...