United States Seventh Circuit - Opinion Summaries

U.S. v. Ellis

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Sentence enhancements for abuse of position of trust and failure to report more than $10,000 in income from an illegal source are affirmed where there...

U.S. v. Bonner

Criminal Law & Procedure, Education Law, Government Benefits, Government Law, Sentencing
Vacation of defendants' sentences and full remand for a resentencing hearing is granted instead of a limited remand where the original sentencing...

Cunningham v. Barnhart

Attorney's Fees, Government Benefits, Health Law, Insurance Law
Denial of attorney's fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act in an action concerning an ultimately favorable disability benefits determination is...

Biesek v. Soo Line R.R. Co.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law, Public Utilities, Workers' Compensation
Summary judgment in favor of defendant in a suit under the Federal Employer's Liability Act is affirmed where the plaintiff's bankruptcy estate, and...

Higbee v. Sentry Ins. Co.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Elder Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
Appeal of decision for defendant in an age discrimination and sexual harassment action is affirmed where the plaintiff did not object to jury...

Norfleet v. Gehrke

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Health Law
Denial of summary judgment in favor of two defendants in a prisoner suit alleging violation of the Eighth Amendment is reversed where there was no...

Aida Food and Liquor, Inc. v. City of Chicago

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Summary judgment for the defendants in a 42 U.S.C. 1983 suit relating to the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments is affirmed where the plaintiffs failed...

Quezada-Luna v. Gonzales

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Immigration Law
Petition for review of a BIA removal order is denied where the court had jurisdiction under the REAL ID Act and the ripeness doctrine, and where the...

U.S. v. Lee

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Securities Law, Sentencing
Conviction on multiple counts of counterfeiting securities is upheld where the government showed that two entities named in the counterfeited...

Asere v. Gonzales

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Immigration Law
Petition for review of a BIA decision denying asylum and ordering removal is dismissed where the petitioner did not file an appeal of the final order...