United States Seventh Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Haynes v. Barnhart

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Labor & Employment Law
Denial of plaintiff's application for social security disability benefits is affirmed over his claim that the administrative law judge improperly...

US v. Lockwood

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's appeal of his sentence is dismissed where his agreement to waive his right to appeal was valid and binding.

Belda v. Marshall

Bankruptcy Law, Education Law
In a bankruptcy case, plaintiff's appeal of an order reversing confirmation of his reorganization plan is dismissed as moot.

United Airlines v. HSBC Bank

Bankruptcy Law, Contracts
In a bankruptcy action concerning United Airlines, plaintiff-airline's complex transactions to obtain money to build or improve premises at airports...

US v. Blackwell

Criminal Law & Procedure
Denial of defendant's motion to suppress is affirmed where a police officer's entry into defendant's home, as a safety precaution, was reasonable as a...

US v. Vincent

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's sentence for wire and bank fraud is remanded for proceedings consistent with US v. Paladino, 401 F.3d 471 (7th Cir. 2005).

Conyers v. Abitz

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
Dismissal of plaintiff-prisoner's suit under section 1983 is reversed where the district court erred when it found that plaintiff had failed to...

Gore v. Indiana Univ.

Education Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendant-University on plaintiff's claim of gender bias is affirmed where he has offered no proof that could lead any trier of...

Sahi v. Gonzales

Immigration Law
Plaintiff's petition for review is granted where the immigration judge erred when it ruled that he had no well-founded fear of being persecuted.

Lifton v. Bd. of Educ.

Constitutional Law, Education Law, Labor & Employment Law
Plaintiff-teacher's suit, which alleges that she was disciplined in retaliation for First-Amendment protected speech, is dismissed where...