United States Seventh Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Keane v. Sears

Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's suit under the Americans with Disabilities Act is reversed where a reasonable jury could conclude that defendant-employer...

US v. Washington

Criminal Law & Procedure
Defendant's drug conviction is affirmed over his claim that the conviction must be reversed due to judicial bias and improper argument by the...

Vasile v. Gonzales

Immigration Law
Denial of plaintiff's untimely claim for asylum is affirmed over his contention that he was entitled to an extension of time to file his petition...

Smothers v. McCaughtry

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
The district court erred when it granted plaintiff's petition for a writ of habeas corpus on the ground that his counsel was ineffective by failing to...

US v. Pittman

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's sentence for a drug conviction is remanded where the district court erred when it sentenced him believing that the US Sentencing...

Bretford Mfg. Inc. v. Smith Sys. Mfg. Corp.

Intellectual Property, Trade Dress, Trademark
In a trademark dispute concerning a computer table, defendant did not engage in "reverse passing off" when it incorporated some of plaintiff's...

Mitreva v. Gonzales

Immigration Law
Plaintiff's petition for review is denied where she failed to prove that Bulgarian Roma are the victims of a pattern and practice of persecution.

Greviskes v. Univ. Research Ass'n

Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law, Sanctions
The district court did not abuse its discretion when it dismissed plaintiff's civil rights claim because of her blatant misconduct in the course of...

Schorsch v. Hewlett-Packard Co.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions
An amendment to class definitions does not commence a new suit for purposes of the Class Action Fairness Act.