United States Seventh Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Summers v. UAL Corp.

Bankruptcy Law, Class Actions, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law, Securities Law
Dismissal of a class action against an ERISA fiduciary who administered a Employee Stock Option Plan is affirmed where the fiduciary did not act...

Burke v. Johnston

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law
Dismissal of prisoner's 42 U.S.C. 1983 for violation of the Eighth Amendment is reversed where: 1) Rooker-Feldman did not create a jurisdictional bar...

Valentine v. City of Chicago

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendants in a suit by a female city employee for Title VII and Equal Protection violations is reversed where issues of fact...

Porco v. Trs. of Indiana Univ.

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Remedies
Suit challenging the constitutionality of a state university's residency classification scheme is dismissed where the disbursement of disputed funds...

Badelle v. Miller

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
Habeas Corpus petition is denied over defendant's claims of Brady violations and ineffective assistance of counsel where the decision of the Indiana...

Bartlett v. Briley

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Denial of habeas corpus is affirmed where the petitioner was not prejudiced by improper prosecutorial statements regarding reasonable doubt.

Bourne v. Marty Gilman, Inc.

Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
Summary judgment for defendant in a personal injury and product liability case involving a football goalpost is affirmed where: 1) engaging in tearing...

Mills v. City of Evansville, Indiana

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendants in a 42 U.S.C. 1983 case alleging retaliation for a protected statement is affirmed where: 1) plaintiff made the...

Maroules v. Jumbo, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Transportation
In a personal injury case argued under the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where plaintiff failed to show...

Mirfasihi v. Fleet Mortgage Corp.

Banking Law, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
Class-action settlement is rejected and the matter remanded where the district court failed to adequately consider the potential value of a sub-class'...