United States Seventh Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Jones v. Brennan

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law
Dismissal of a 42 U.S.C. 1983 case involving the administration of an estate is vacated and remanded where the Rooker-Feldman Doctrine did not bar the...

U.S. v. Wallace

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Sentence for wire fraud is vacated and remanded where the district court failed adequately to justify its significant deviation from the recommended...

U.S. v. Miller

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Sentence for possession of cocaine with intent to distribute is affirmed where prosecutors have broad discretion concerning the filing of substantial...

Keri v. Bd. of Trs. of Purdue Univ.

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Education Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendant in a suit alleging race and national-origin discrimination on the part of a university is affirmed where plaintiff did...

Dick v. Conseco, Inc.

Bankruptcy Law, Contracts, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for employer in an action over the effects of bankruptcy on employee benefits for a senior officer is affirmed where the employment...

U.S. v. Demaree

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Sentence for wire fraud and tax violations is affirmed where the switch from sentencing guidelines in force when the crime was committed to stricter...

Yindee v. CCH Inc.

Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for employer in a suit under the ADA alleging failure to accommodate and retaliation is affirmed where plaintiff's request for...

Ribaudo v. Barnhart

Administrative Law, Construction, Government Benefits, Health Law
Denial of claim for Social Security benefits is vacated and remanded where the district court did not adequately explain its conclusion that...

Simpson v. Briley

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
Petition for writ of habeas corpus is denied where: 1) petitioner had the capacity to waive counsel; 2) such waiver was voluntarily and knowingly...

U.S. v. Mendoza

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Sentence for conspiracy to possess cocaine with intent to distribute is affirmed over defendant's arguments that: 1) he was entitled to a reduction in...