United States Seventh Circuit - Opinion Summaries

E. St. Louis Laborers Local 100 v. Bellon Wrecking & Salvage Co.

Contracts, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In a suit for breach of a collective bargaining agreement, the grant of plaintiff's motion for a preliminary injunction is reversed where it has not...

Greeno v. Daley

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's Eighth Amendment claim against Wisconsin Department of Corrections' employees is reversed where a jury could reasonably...

Wilson v. US

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's sentence is affirmed where his collateral attack, based on a state court's order that vacated his conviction, was untimely.

US v. Duncan

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's sentence for bank robbery is remanded in light of US v. Booker, 125 S.Ct. 738 (2005).

Wilson v. McRae's Inc.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
The district court properly granted summary judgment for defendant on the ground that plaintiff's grievance, claiming false arrest, arises under state...

Conner v. Illinois Dep't of Nat. Res.

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a Title VII suit alleging racial discrimination and retaliation, judgment in favor of defendant-employer is affirmed where plaintiff cannot show...

Abdelqadar v. Gonzales

Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law
Plaintiff's petition for review is denied where he is a serial offender and thus removable.

Bradich v. City of Chicago

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a wrongful death suit, judgment in favor of defendant-police officers is vacated where a reaonable jury could conclude that they were deliberately...

Ruttenberg v. US Life Ins. Co.

ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
Denial of plaintiff's claim for total disability benefits is reversed where the district court incorrectly determined that plaintiff did not qualify...

WI Cmty. Serv. Inc. v. City of Milwaukee

Civil Rights, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
The district court erred when it required defendant-City, under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Rehabilitation Act, to issue a...