United States Seventh Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Horton v. Litscher

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Denial of plaintiff's petition for a writ of habeas corpus is affirmed over his claim that the state trial court denied him the right to present a...

Stergiopoulos v. First Midwest Bancorp, Inc.

Banking Law, Consumer Protection Law
A lender's request for consumers' credit reports without the consumers' knowledge or explicit consent does not violate the Fair Credit Reporting Act.

Cont'l Cas. Co. v. Northwestern Nat'l Ins. Co.

Contracts, Insurance Law
In a declaratory judgment action, seeking to clarify a Commutation and Release Agreement between insurance companies for reinsurance contracts, the...

Warrum v. US

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
A wrongful death claim brought under the Federal Tort Claims Act does not accrue until the date of death.

US v. Best

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's sentence for a drug conviction is remanded under US v. Paladino, 401 F.3d. 471 (7th Cir. 2005), for a determination on whether the...

US v. Julian

Criminal Law & Procedure
Defendant's conviction for conspiring to travel in foreign commerce with the intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct is affirmed over his claim...

Shakman v. City of Chicago

Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
The district court's denial of a motion to vacate a consent decree, to settle political patronage litigation, is reversed where it abused its...

US v. Duncan

Criminal Law and Procedure, Sentencing

Wernsing v. Dept. of Human Serv.

Labor & Employment Law
Plaintiff's claim, alleging that defendant-employer's salary setting practices discriminate against women, is dismissed where the practice does not...

Shyman v. Unum Life Ins. Co.

ERISA, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit for diability benefits, defendant-insurer did not act arbitrarily or capriciously in concluding that plaintiff lacked credible medical...