United States Seventh Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Boyanivskyy v. Gonzales

Administrative Law, Evidence, Immigration Law
Petition for review of denial of asylum and withholding of removal is granted and the matter remanded where the immigration judge excluded critical...

U.S. v. Anderson

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
Convictions and sentences for conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine are affirmed over defendants' claims that: 1) Sixth Amendment and due process...

Mullin v. Gettinger

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Labor & Employment Law
Jury verdict for defendants in an action by a professor against a university for first amendment retaliation is affirmed where any erroneous jury...

Starcon Int'l, Inc. v. Nat'l Labor Relations Bd.

Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law
National Labor Relations Board decision to reserve certain matters for compliance proceedings in an action concerning the withholding of job offers...

U.S. v. Miller

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
Conviction and sentence for distributing cocaine is affirmed where: 1) the trial judge's decision to exclude certain statements by defendant, but not...

Wise v. Wachovia Sec., LLC

Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Injury & Tort Law
Refusal to set aside the decision of a panel of arbitrators in a dispute over fraudulent investment advice is affirmed where the plaintiffs did not...

Johnson v. Barnhart

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law
Denial of disability benefits is affirmed where the administrative law judge was justified in discounting portions of the applicant's testimony and...

U.S. v. Perkins

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Sentence as an armed career criminal is affirmed where recidivism statutes call for an examination of the crime of conviction, not the defendant's...

U.S. v. Sliman

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Sentence for check fraud is affirmed where the sentencing court: 1) correctly used the preponderance of the evidence standard of proof; 2) applied the...

Pieniazek v. Gonzales

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
Motion to remand to the BIA is granted where the IJ erroneously held that INS guidelines for undercover operations did not apply after the INS was...