United States Seventh Circuit - Opinion Summaries

US v. Pittman

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's sentence for being a felon in possession of a firearm is vacated and remanded in light of US v. Booker, 125 S.Ct. 738 (2005).

US v. Carter

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Defendant's conviction for bank robbery is affirmed over his challenges to three trial-related rulings by the district court, and to the sufficiency...

Ineichen v. Ameritech

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's race, sex, and disability discrimination claims is affirmed where she failed to present evidence that a similarly situated...

US v. Jackson

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's sentence for a drug conviction is vacated where the district court incorrectly calculated his sentence by failing to cap his offense level...

US v. Williams

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm is affirmed over his claim that his possession of a firearm was purely intrastate...

Bowlds v. Gen. Motors

Labor & Employment Law, Military Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's claim, alleging that he had been improperly denied reemployment in violation of the Uniformed Services Employment and...

Montgomery v. Stefaniak

Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's wrongful termination claim is affirmed where her termination, for purchasing a car with her fiancee from a probationer whom...

Walker v. Bd. of Regents

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a race and gender discrimination dispute, judgment as a matter of law in favor of defendant-employer is affirmed where no reasonable jury could...

Grimm v. Alro Steel Corp.

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment discrimination suit under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, summary judgment in favor of defendant-employer is affirmed where...

Knudsen v. Liberty Mut. Ins. Co.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions
Under the Class Action Fairness Act, defendants may remove certain class actions to federal court, if minimal diversity of citizenship exists, only...