United States Seventh Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Hobley v. Burge

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Evidence, Government Law, Sanctions
Sanction of waiver of attorney work-product privilege with regards to a discovery dispute in an underlying civil rights claim against...

Shares, Inc. v. Nat'l Labor Relations Bd.

Administrative Law, Bankruptcy Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Labor & Employment Law, Tax-exempt Organizations
Petition for review of agency defendant's determination that non-profit petitioner was a successor to a bankrupt company and therefore required to...

US v. Brock

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's sentence for drug and firearm related offenses, reconsidered on remand by the district court pursuant to Booker error, is affirmed where...

US v. Vaughn

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's sentence for offenses relating to theft, transportation and fraudulent endorsement of United States Treasury checks is affirmed over his...

Davis v. Novy

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
Judgment as a matter of law for police officer defendants in a civil rights action alleging illegal detention and search by police officers is...

Evans v. City of Chicago

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
Summary judgment for defendants in claims under the Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), civil rights laws, and common law...

Tanner v. Jupiter Realty Corp.

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Summary judgment for defendant-employer in an action alleging retaliatory discharge for certain whistle-blowing activity by plaintiff is affirmed...

Giday v. Gonzales

Immigration Law
Denial of petitioner's claim for asylum based on persecution due to her mixed Ethiopian and Eritrean ancestry is reversed and remanded for...

In the Matter of: Kmart Corp.

Banking Law, Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts, Debt Collection
Bankruptcy court finding that the debtor corporation was entitled to assume an executory contract with appellants-banks providing for a co-branded...

Feto v. Gonzales

Constitutional Law, Immigration Law
Petition for review of a denial of an asylum claim is denied where the immigration judge's rulings regarding an adverse credibility finding and a...