United States Seventh Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Schillinger v. Union Pac. R.R.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Property Law & Real Estate
In a trespass action, the district court properly remanded the suit to state court, for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, since the case was...

US v. Johnson

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's sentence for child pornography convictions is affirmed where it was reasonable and adequately explained by the district court, and no...

Stachowski v. Town of Cicero

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of policeman-plaintiff's lawsuit, claiming that defendant-Town deprived him of property when it did not give him pay while he was suspended,...

Michael Reese Hosp. v. Thompson

Administrative Law, Health Law
Plaintiff's suit, seeking enforcement of an administrative resolution, was properly dismissed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction since he failed...

Escamilla v. Jungwirth

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Denial of Defendant's habeas petition is affirmed where the district court properly found the petition untimely.

Cardoso v. Robert Bosch Corp.

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's claim, alleging wage discrimination on the basis of his national origin in violation of Title VII, is affirmed where...

Hart v. Transit Mgmt.

Labor and Employment Law, Civil Rights, Injury and Tort Law

Hamdan v. Gonzales

Immigration Law
Plaintiff's petition for review is denied over his claim that the Board of Immigration Appeals improperly employed its streamlining regulation to...

US v. Moore

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Defendant's drug conviction is affirmed over his claim that the district court erred by admitting expert witness testimony without the foundational...

US v. Long

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's sentence for a child pornography conviction is remanded to determine whether the district court would have imposed the same sentence under...