United States Seventh Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Witte v. Wisconsin Dep't of Corr.

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for agency defendant-employer on plaintiff's suit under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 against his employer claiming constructive discharge,...

US v. Serrano

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Defendant's conviction for aiding and abetting distribution of cocaine is affirmed over his claims of improper admission of evidence.

Sornberger v. City of Knoxville

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
Summary judgment for defendants in a civil rights action involving allegations of improper arrest, interrogation, and concealment of evidence is...

Conrad v. Barnhart

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
Denial of a motion for an award of attorney's fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act involving an underlying claim for social security disability...

Kikalos v. Comm'r of Internal Revenue

Tax Law
Denial of a petition for a redetermination of a deficiency and penalty imposed on petitioner's by the IRS regarding underreported income is affirmed...

Zhang v. Gonzales

Evidence, Health Law, Immigration Law
Petition for review of a denial of withholding of removal and asylum is granted where the immigration judge erred in reconsidering an earlier...

Scarver v. Litscher

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law
Summary judgment for defendants in a prisoner's civil rights suit alleging violation of his constitutional right not to be subjected to cruel and...

Tri-Gen, Inc. v. Int'l Union of Operating Eng'rs

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment in favor of defendant-union on claims of federal labor and antitrust violations is affirmed where summary judgment was properly...

US v. Danford

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
Defendant's convictions for mail fraud and transportation of a security taken by fraud are affirmed over claims of error regarding: 1) denial of a...

Cosby v. Sigler

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus
Denial of habeas corpus relief for defendant from a conviction for first-degree murder is affirmed over defendant's ineffective assistance of counsel...