United States Seventh Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Pineda v. Gonzales

Administrative Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Immigration Law
Final order of removal is affirmed where the BIA was justified in relying on a rap sheet in its determination that the petitioner was ineligible for...

Gaffney v. Riverboat Servs. of Indiana

Admiralty, Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Gaming Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
District court's judgment in an employment retaliation suit is affirmed in part where: 1) plaintiffs were discharged in retaliation for correspondence...

Healy v. City of Chicago

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendants in a 42 U.S.C. 1983 suit alleging retaliation for an employee's allegations of corruption is affirmed where the...

Gjeci v. Gonzales

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Immigration Law
Petition for review of asylum denial is granted on due process grounds and the matter remanded where the withdrawal of the alien's attorney, coupled...

U.S. v. Wasz

Criminal Law & Procedure, Cyberspace Law, Sentencing
Sentences for wire fraud are affirmed where: 1) it was reasonable for the district court to use the total retail value of stolen items later sold on...

Koch v. Koch

Family Law, International Law
Adopting the Ninth Circuit approach to cases involving the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, the court finds...

Simpson v. Nickel

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
Dismissal of a prisoner's suit alleging retaliation for a petition for redress of grievances is vacated and remanded where: 1) plaintiff did not need...

Phillips v. Quebecor World RAI Inc.

Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendant-employer in a suit over alleged violations of the Family and Medical Leave Act is affirmed where plaintiff did not...

Reifert v. S. Cent. Wisconsin MLS Corp.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Commercial Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Summary judgment for defendants in a case alleging violation of the Sherman Act is affirmed where the plaintiff failed to prove competition in the...

U.S. v. Marty

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Sentence for maintaining a drug-involved premises is affirmed where courts are not required to follow the government's sentencing recommendations, and...