United States Seventh Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Fuller v. Whitaker

Immigration Law
Granted a man's petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals decision denying his request to reopen his removal proceeding. He wanted to...

US v. Coleman

Sentencing, Criminal Law & Procedure
Affirmed the conviction and sentence of a former Chicago police officer for obstruction of justice after he tipped off a former high school...

Lewis v. City of Chicago

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
Held that a man timely filed a Fourth Amendment claim for wrongful pretrial detention because he sued within two years of his release. He spent more...

In re Calvert

Bankruptcy Law, Labor & Employment Law
Held that the sole owner of an electrical contracting company could discharge a debt in bankruptcy. The National Labor Relations Board had ordered him...

Robinson v. Davol Inc.

Health Law, Product Liability, Evidence
Held that an expert witness's testimony was properly excluded in a product liability case involving a medical device. The expert's novel theory about...

US v. Griffith

Sentencing, Criminal Law & Procedure
Affirmed a sentence on charges of receiving, distributing and possessing child pornography.

P.F. v. Taylor

Civil Rights, Education Law
Held that disabled schoolchildren suffered no discrimination when they were denied transfers to nonresident school districts. The case raised the...

May v. Mahone

Civil Procedure
Dismissed an appeal because the notice of appeal was not timely filed. The issue was disputed and the lower court had held a hearing on the matter.

Lund v. US

Habeas Corpus, Criminal Law & Procedure
Affirmed that a federal inmate's motion for habeas relief was untimely.

Church of Our Lord and Savior v. City of Markham, Illinois

Civil Rights, Tax-exempt Organizations, Property Law & Real Estate
Revived a church's claim that a city's zoning code violated federal and state statutes protecting religious freedom by treating religious uses of...