United States Seventh Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Doe v. Smith

Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Cyberspace Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an invasion of privacy case stemming from the alleged distribution of a hidden camera recording of consensual sexual relations between the underage...

Dunn v. Washington County Hosp.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendant on plaintiff's Title VII sex discrimination case is reversed, where defendant is responsible for providing its...

Djouma v. Gonzales

Immigration Law
Petition for review of denial of an asylum claim is denied since being a material witness, even to a political crime, is not a status that asylum law...

Ienco v. Angarone

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Debt Collection, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law
Summary judgment for defendants in a civil rights claim stemming from an illegal arrest is affirmed where plaintiff failed to present sufficient...

US v. Cunningham

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's sentence for drug related offenses is vacated and remanded for resentencing where, following a challenge by defense counsel to imposition...

US v. Chavis

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
Defendant's conviction for drug charges is affirmed over his claims of error in the admission of evidence and jury instruction; however, his case is...

US v. McKissic

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's sentence is affirmed where the imposition of conditions of supervised release on defendant was not in plain error.

Budget Rent-A-Car v. Consolidated Equity LLC

Attorney's Fees
Order granting plaintiff's motion for fees and costs resulting from defendant's sanction for filing a frivolous appeal is vacated and dismissed;...

Kempner v. Southwestern Bell Mobile Systems

Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
In multi-claim contract and tort law case, denial of judgment as a matter of law for defendant is reversed with regards to plaintiff's claim for...

US v. Santiago

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
Where a defendant does not invoke his right to silence under Miranda but provides a full inculpatory statement instead, prosecutor's questioning of...