United States Seventh Circuit - Opinion Summaries

US v. Havens

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
An order of restitution, requiring defendant to pay the person whose identifying information she stole, is vacated where the obligations imposed on...

Abdullahi v. City of Madison

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's Fourth Amendment Claim, alleging that defendant-police officers used excessive force during his arrest, is reversed where the...

Wernsing v. Thompson

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit brought under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 alleging that defendant imposed a prior restraint on plaintiffs' Constitutionally protected speech,...

Cler v. Illinois Educ. Ass'n

Civil Procedure, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
The district court erred when it dismissed plaintiff's claim, alleging that her union wrongfully denied her request for an attorney to pursue an...

Dupuy v. Samuels

Attorney's Fees, Remedies
A party who has secured a preliminary injunction, which has been entered and affirmed on appeal but still requires further proceeding on the merits,...

Brengettcy v. Horton

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's civil rights suit under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 is reversed where the district court incorrectly ruled that plaintiff had...

Paule v. Central States

ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
Denial of plaintiff's employment benefits is affirmed where defendant has given a specific reason for its denial that is reasonably supported by the...

Orejuela v. Gonzales

Immigration Law
Plaintiffs' petition for review is granted where they have shown that they are members of a persecuted social group.

Byrd v. Illinois Dep't of Public Health

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment discrimination suit, judgment in favor plaintiff on his retaliation claim is vacated and remanded for a new trial where one of the...

Ruffin-Thompkins v. Experian Info. Solutions, Inc.

Consumer Protection Law
In a suit alleging violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act, summary judgment in favor of defendant is affirmed where plaintiff did not show that...