United States Seventh Circuit - Opinion Summaries

US v. Coney

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Denial of defendant's motion to suppress intercepted telephone calls is affirmed where the government's explanation for the delay in submitting the...

Hammel v. EAU Galle Cheese Factory

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a wrongful termination dispute under the Americans with Disabilities Act(ADA), judgment in favor of defendant-employer is affirmed where plaintiff...

Walker v. Mueller Indus.

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment discrimination suit, summary judgment in favor of defendant-employer is affirmed where the retaliatory conduct cited by plaintiff did...

US v. Helmos Food Prod.

Criminal Law & Procedure
Defendant-food company unsuccessfully challenges a $250,000 fine imposed after it was convicted for improperly storing adulterated poultry and meat...

US v. Duran

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

Mitchell v. Union Pac. R.R. Co.

Labor and Employment Law, Administrative Law, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration

Wisehart v. Davis

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's death sentence is vacated where he was deprived of his right to trial by an impartial jury.

Office & Prof'l Employee's Union v. Wood County Tel. Co.

Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
A notice to reopen a collective bargaining agreement, to negotiate conditions of employment for a successor agreement, does not terminate the old...

Estate of Kanter v. Comm'r of Internal Revenue

Tax Law, Probate, Trusts & Estates

Behavioral Inst. of Indiana v. Hobart City of Common Council

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
The district court properly dismissed plaintiff's section 1983 action, which alleged that defendant improperly denied a land use variance, as...