United States Seventh Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Carnes Co. v. Stone Creek Mech.

Contracts
In a breach of contract action alleging nonpayment on the part of defendant, the evidence supports the district court's judgment in favor of...

Hirschberg v. Commodity Futures Trading Comm'n

Administrative Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Securities Law
A presidential pardon does not eliminate the legal determination that plaintiff was guilty of the crime of which he was convicted, and the Commodity...

Racicot v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law
The district court properly dismissed plaintiff's claims of sex discrimination, sexual harassment, and retaliation under Title VII of the Civil Rights...

Dreamscape Design, Inc. v. Affinity Network, Inc.

Constitutional Law, Contracts
Dismissal of plaintiff's complaint, alleging fraud and breach of contract relating to the cost of long-distance telephone services provided by...

Taubenfeld v. AON Corp.

Attorney's Fees, Class Actions, Securities Law
In a class action alleging violations of federal securities laws, lead counsel's award for fees and expenses is affirmed over its challenge to the...

Buczkowski v. FDIC

Banking Law, Civil Procedure
The FDIC's 90-day period for the removal of litigation involving failed banks, under 12 U.S.C. section 1819(b)(2)(B), starts to run when "the...

Fisher v. Lovejoy

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's section 1983 claim, alleging that defendant did not protect him from being stabbed by other inmates, is affirmed where no...

US v. Fazzini

Criminal Law & Procedure, Remedies, Sentencing
The district court's order, denying defendant's challenge to having his blood or DNA collected, is vacated for lack of jurisdiction.

US v. AIDS Research Alliance

Civil Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
Plaintiff's claim under the qui tam provision of the False Claims Act is dismissed where his complaint did not plead with specificity as required by...

Brummett v. Sinclair Broad. Group, Inc.

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's race discrimination claim is affirmed where he has not proven that a similarly situated employee not in his protected class...