United States Seventh Circuit - Opinion Summaries

US v. Newsom

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's child pornography convictions are affirmed over his claim that the district court erred by 1)denying his motion to suppress evidence...

Murillo v. Frank

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus
Defendant's conviction for murder is reversed where testimony was improperly admitted in violation of the Constitution's confrontation clause.

US v. Mykytiuk

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Denial of defendant's motion to suppress is affirmed over his claims that the warrant used in his arrest was too broad and that the district court...

US v. Funds Amount $30,670

Criminal Law & Procedure
Summary judgment in favor of the government's civil forfeiture action is affirmed where there is a substantial connection between defendant's cash and...

Sveum v. Smith

Criminal Law and Procedure, Habeas Corpus

Takle v. Univ. of Wisconsin Hosp. and Clinics Auth.

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's suit under the American with Disabilities Act is reversed where the district incorrectly determined that defendant-hospital...

US v. Henningsen

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's sentence for a mail fraud conviction is remanded pursuant to US v. Paladino, 2005 WL 435430 (7th Cir. Feb. 25, 2005), to ascertain whether...

US v. Parra

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendants' drug convictions are affirmed; however, their sentences are remanded, pursuant to US v. Paladino, 2005 WL 435430 (7th Cir. Feb. 25, 2005),...

Lakeland Enter. v. Chao

Administrative Law, Construction, Labor & Employment Law
A civil penalty assessed against plaintiff, for willful violation of 29 C.F.R. section 1926.652(a)(1), which requires that workers in excavation...

Brooks v. Elkhart County

Constitutional Law, Government Law
The display of the Ten Commandments in defendant-County's Administration Building is constitutional under the First Amendment where defendant's stated...