United States Seventh Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Soumahoro v. Gonzales

Immigration Law

Killman v. Office of Workers' Compensation

Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
Denial of plaintiff's request for black lung disability benefits is reversed where the administrative law judge never definitively resolved what the...

Ovadal v. City of Madison

Constitutional Law, Government Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's challenge to defendant-City's disorderly conduct statute is reversed where there remain genuine issues of material fact which...

Hawkins v. US

Criminal Law and Procedure, Habeas Corpus

Holly v. Woolfolk

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
Plaintiff's section 1983 suit against the correctional officers responsible for placing him in solitary confinement without a prior hearing is...

Wilson v. US

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Defendant's conviction for being a leader of a continuing criminal enterprise is affirmed over his claim that his attorney provided ineffective...

Riddle & Assoc. v. Kelly

Attorney's Fees, Sanctions
In a counterclaim to a declaratory judgment action, the district court erred when it did not imposes sanctions for attorneys' fees and costs since a...

US v. Smith

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's sentence for a robbery conviction is remanded in accordance with US v. Paladino, 401 F.3d. 471 (7th Cir. 2005).

US v. Peterson

Criminal Law & Procedure
Defendant's conviction for bank robbery is affirmed over his claim that his plea was involuntary because counsel falsely promised him that his federal...

US v. Barnett

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's blanket waiver of Fourth Amendment rights as a condition of probation was valid.