United States Seventh Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Roger Whitmore's Auto. Serv. v. Del Re

Civil Rights, Elections, Injury & Tort Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's retaliation claims brought under section 1983 is affirmed where no rational jury could conclude that defendant modified...

Racine Charter One, Inc. v. Racine Unified Sch. Dist.

Constitutional Law, Education Law
Defendant-school district's refusal to bus plaintiff-charter school's students does not constitute a violation of the Equal Protection Clause where...

US v. Owens

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Defendant's conviction for bank robbery is vacated where the district court abused its discretion by admitting evidence which suggested that he had...

Whittaker v. N. Illinois Univ.

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment discrimination dispute under Title VII and 42 U.S.C. section 1983, summary judgment in favor of defendant-employer is affirmed where...

Dawoud v. Gonzales

Immigration Law
Plaintiff's petition for review is granted where the Board of Immigration Appeals misread the State Department Report and other materials in the...

Ballance v. City of Springfield

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment discrimination dispute alleging race discrimination, summary judgment in favor of defendant is affirmed where plaintiff failed to...

Hussain v. Gonzales

Constitutional Law, Immigration Law
Plaintiff's due process rights were not violated by the denial of his motion for an extension of time to submit supplemental documentation since he...

Diaz v. Prudential Ins. Co.

Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
Denial of plaintiff's application for long-term benefits is reversed where the district court erred when it reviewed defendant-plan administrator's...

Lauth v. McCollum

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
The district court properly dismissed plaintiff-police officer's section 1983 suit which claimed that the police chief deprived him of the equal...

Firmansjah v. Gonzales

Immigration Law
Plaintiff's petition for review is denied where she has not shown a clear probability that she would be persecuted if removed to Indonesia.