United States Seventh Circuit - Opinion Summaries

In re: Trans Union Corp. Privacy Litig.

Attorney's Fees, Class Actions
In an attorney's claim that she is entitled to three times as much as the $2.7 million that she was awarded in a 1998 class action suit against a...

Jones v. Clark

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In an African-American plaintiff's suit against police officers, claiming among things that her Fourth Amendment rights were violated when the...

R.G. Wegman Constr. Co. v. Admiral Ins. Co.

Construction, Contracts, Insurance Law
In a construction company's action against its insurer claiming that it would not have been liable for damages in excess of the $1 million policy...

Allord v. Astrue

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Government Law
In petitioner's application for disability benefits from the Social Security Administration, the district court's determination that the record did...

US v Courtright

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Conviction of defendant for production, possession, and receipt of child pornography is affirmed where: 1) although the district court erred in...

US v. Mantanes

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
District court's imposition of a 210-month sentence upon a defendant for child pornography related crime is affirmed where: 1) a district court need...

Cross v. Hardy

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Evidence
Defendant's petition for habeas relief from his conviction for sexual assault on retrial, challenging the trial court's finding that the complainant...

Leitgen v. Franciscan Skemp Healthcare, Inc.

Civil Rights, Government Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's suit against her former employer under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 claiming that it retaliated against her by forcing her...

US v. Scott

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
District court's imposition of a 63-month sentence upon a defendant convicted of mail fraud, arising from charges for engaging in a scheme to defraud...

Thomas v. H&R Block E. Enter., Inc.

Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's suit against her employer, H&R Block, under Indiana's Wage Payment Statute, for paying its end-of-season (EOS) compensation more than...