United States Seventh Circuit - Opinion Summaries

LALVANI v. COOK COUNTY

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a wrongful termination suit, dismissal of plaintiff's due process claim is reversed where jury instructions given at trial misstated the law, and,...

OLSON v. WEXFORD CLEARING SERV. CORP.

Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
Plaintiff's challenge to an arbitration award is dismissed where his petition was untimely filed after the Federal Arbitration Act's three-month...

FAST v. BARNHART

Government Benefits, Labor & Employment Law
Denial of plaintiff's application for disability insurance benefits is affirmed over her challenge that the Administrative Law Judge erred when he...

HORN FARMS, INC. v. JOHANNS

Agriculture, Constitutional Law, Environmental Law, Government Law
Congress does not lack authority to make subsidies contingent on preserving wetlands.

MCREYNOLDS v. US

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
US v. Booker, No. 04-104 (U.S. Jan. 12, 2005), does not apply retroactively to criminal cases that became final before its release on January 12,...

IN RE: HANSON

Bankruptcy Law, Constitutional Law
Where the Bankruptcy Code and Bankruptcy Rules require a heightened degree of notice, due process entitles a party to receive such notice before an...

RUSSELL v. HARMS

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In a section 1983 suit alleging defendant-police officers conducted an illegal search, summary judgment in favor of defendants is affirmed where...

STS. CONSTANTINE v. NEW BERLIN

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, if a land-use decision imposes a substantial burden on religious exercise, and the...

US v. GANT

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Defendant's conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm is affirmed over his claim that the district court abused its discretion in...

US v. JOHNSON

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant's sentence for a drug conviction is affirmed over his challenge that the district court should not have relied on his drug-stipulation at...