United States Seventh Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Thanongsinh v. Bd. of Educ.

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Contracts, Education Law, Evidence, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendants in a suit claiming violation of both Title VII and 42 U.S.C. section 1981(a) is affirmed where the Title VII claim...

Sublett v. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law, Media Law
Summary judgment for defendant in a suit alleging race discrimination and retaliation against a popular publishing company is affirmed where plaintiff...

Anders v. Waste Mgmt. of Wisconsin, Inc.

Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendant company in a suit challenging plaintiff's dismissal from a waste management company is affirmed where: 1) plaintiff did...

McKinney v. Duplain

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law
Appeal of a denial of a motion for summary judgment based on qualified immunity in a 42 U.S.C. 1983 suit against a university police officer for...

BondPro Corp. v. Siemens Power Generation, Inc.

Contracts, Intellectual Property, Trade Secrets
Judgment as a matter of law for defendant in a trade secrets suit involving a manufacturing technique is affirmed where the disputed invention did not...

U.S. v. Thornton

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
Conviction and sentence for possession of a firearm by a felon and possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number are affirmed over...

Kochert v. Greater Lafayette Health Servs., Inc.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Health Law
Summary judgment for defendants in an antitrust suit brought by a physician against a medical group is affirmed where plaintiff could not establish...

State of Wisconsin v. Ho-Chunk Nation

Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Gaming Law, Indian Law, Sanctions
Denial of Indian nation's motion to dismiss in a suit alleging violation of a compact with the State of Wisconsin enabling gaming on the nation's land...

Engle v. Foley & Lardner, LLP

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Judgement Enforcement
An order directing a defendant in a RICO suit to pay attorney's fees listed in a document alleged to form part of a settlement agreement is vacated...

U.S. v. Harper

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
Conviction for tobacco diversion is affirmed over defendant's evidentiary argument where the admission into evidence of a letter from the government...