United States Seventh Circuit - Opinion Summaries

U.S. v. Smith

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Denial of a motion for resentencing is vacated and remanded with instructions to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction after a determination...

U.S. v. Mendoza

Asset Forfeiture, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Denial of motion to suppress evidence is affirmed where the defendant did not have a legitimate expectation of privacy in a car parked in an...

U.S. v. Kumpf

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Immigration Law, Military Law
Grant of summary judgment for the U.S. government in a denaturalization case is affirmed where the naturalized individual illegally gained his entry...

Ashman v. Barrows

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Labor & Employment Law
Grant of summary judgment for defendants in a 42 U.S.C. 1983 action is reversed where there was a genuine issue of material fact concerning whether...

U.S. v. Vega

Criminal Law & Procedure
Dismissal for lack of jurisdiction of request for review of conditions for release is affirmed where the petitioned court is in the district where the...

Rud, Allan E. v Liberty Life Assurance Company of Boston

Contracts, ERISA, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Workers' Compensation
Summary judgment for the defendants in a breach of contract and ERISA suit is affirmed after a determination that the ERISA plan allowed for a...

Hicklin Eng LC v. Bartell, R.J.

Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property, Labor & Employment Law, Sanctions, Trade Secrets
Summary judgment for the plaintiff in a trade secret case is reversed after a finding that a reasonable jury could have determined that the defendant,...

U.S. v. Dunkin

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
Conviction and sentence for dual bank robberies are affirmed over the defendant's claim that the government's introduction of evidence of an earlier...

Mattenson v. Baxter Healthcare Corp.

Civil Procedure, Drugs & Biotech, Education Law, Evidence, Intellectual Property, Labor & Employment Law, Patent, Remedies
In a suit involving age discrimination claims under the ADEA by a former employee, a patent attorney, the district court's errors regarding evidence...

Muzumdar v. Wellness Int'l

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
The district court's ruling that appellants' challenge of the forum selection clause in the parties' distributorship contracts is invalid is affirmed,...