United States Seventh Circuit - Opinion Summaries

CARREON v. ILL DEPT. OF HUMAN SERV.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of plaintiffs' suit, alleging retaliation for speaking out on matters of public concern, is affirmed where defendant-employer had adequate...

IN RE: NETTLES

Criminal Law & Procedure
Defendant's motion to recuse his judge is granted where there is the appearance of bias, since his car-bombing plot involved a threat to the judge's...

MYARTT v. FRANK

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Denial of plaintiff's habeas petition is affirmed over his claim that he was denied his Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel when...

MIRANDA v. LEIBACH

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Denial of plaintiff's habeas petition is affirmed where the Illinois Appellate Court resolved plaintiff's Fourth Amendment claim on an adequate...

MANNIE v. POTTER

Civil Rights, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment discrimination suit, a jury verdict in favor of defendant-employer is affirmed over plaintiff's challenge to an evidentiary ruling...

BOILES v. BARNHART

Government Benefits, Labor & Employment Law
Denial of plaintiff's application for Supplemental Security Income is vacated where the administrative law judge did not adequately support his...

ZENITH ELEC. CORP. v. WH-TV BROAD. CORP.

Contracts, Evidence
In a breach of contract action, defendant's expert witness testimony on lost profits was properly excluded under Fed. R. Evid. 702 as unreliable, and...

BENNETT v. FRANK

Criminal Law & Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
Inmates of a private prison are not entitled to the minimum wage provision of the Fair Labor Standards Act.

AG FIN. SERV. v. HUGHES

Bankruptcy Law, Remedies
Punitive damages are unavailable in bankruptcy actions.

LIFKOVITZ v. WAGNER

Attorney's Fees, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In a suit for improper diversion of partnership income, the district court properly confirmed an arbitration award which required defendants to repay...