United States Seventh Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Dolis v. Sheahan

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Respondent's petition for rehearing of an order granting a certificate of appealability from the district court's dismissal without prejudice of...

Wachovia Bank, N.A. v. Foster Bancshares, Inc.

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law
Declaratory judgment that a depositary bank must indemnify the issuing bank for a check which was fraudulently deposited by a third party is affirmed...

Prochaska v. Barnhart

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law
Denial of supplemental security income and disability insurance benefits is reversed where the Administrative Law Judge failed to explore...

Batagiannis v. W. Lafayette Cmty. Sch. Corp.

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendant school board in a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit by a former superintendent alleging violation of the due process clause...

U.S. v. Howard

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Sentence for conspiracy to possess and distribute narcotics is affirmed where: 1) judicial fact-finding did not warrant reversal; 2) the court's...

Avello v. Sec. & Exch. Comm'n

Administrative Law, Professional Malpractice, Sanctions, Securities Law
Petition for review of SEC order upholding a sanction against a certified public accountant acting as a Limited Principal-Financial and Operations...

White v. Battaglia

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
80-year sentence for felony murder is affirmed where the judge was authorized, upon finding that defendant was eligible for the death penalty, to...

U.S. v. Smith

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Conviction for conspiracy to distribute cocaine is affirmed where the limitation of cross-examination based on the unasserted attorney-client...

U.S. v. Tyra

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Sentence for distributing crack is affirmed where district courts do not have to recite any specific language to satisfy Booker concerns, but merely:...

Kindred v. Comm'r of Internal Revenue

Administrative Law, Tax Law
Summary judgment for the IRS in a suit over a tax lien is affirmed over petitioners' claims that: 1) the IRS appeals officer abused his discretion by...