United States Seventh Circuit - Opinion Summaries

GP CREDIT CO., LLC. v. ORLANDO RESIDENCE, LTD.

Civil Procedure, Property Law & Real Estate
District court is affirmed where the court properly asserted in rem jurisdiction, and was correct in finding that defendant had not acquired a lien by...

LUELLEN v. CITY OF E. CHICAGO

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
Summary judgment to defendants on section 1983 claims is affirmed where the search of plaintiff's car did not violate the Fourth Amendment, loss of...

MORFIN v. CITY OF E. CHICAGO

Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law
In a section 1983 action, summary judgment to defendants is affirmed in part and reversed where genuine issues of material fact exist as to whether...

US v. EMERSON

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Government's withdrawal of a Rule 35 motion for a reduction of sentence is affirmed where defendant waived his right to appeal his sentence, and the...

ARLOTTA v. BRADLEY CTR.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
Summary judgment to defendant is affirmed where plaintiff has failed to establish sufficient causation between the city's ticket scalping policy and...

US v. CASTELLANO

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, White Collar Crime
97-month wire fraud sentence is vacated and remanded where restitution award is excessive due to double-counting, and to decide whether under Illinois...

SEARS, ROEBUCK & CO. v. NLRB

Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law
Enforcement of NLRB's order of reinstatement denied where its finding that petitioner violated 29 U.S.C. sections 158(a)(1) and (a)(3) by firing three...

US v. KING

Contracts, Criminal Law & Procedure
Judgment to plaintiff affirmed where surety has not demonstrated that defendant's disappearance may be attributed to the incremental risk associated...

CENTRAL ILL LIGHT CO. v.CONSOL. COAL CO.

In a breach of contract action, summary judgment to defendant is affirmed where plaintiff failed to comply with the Uniform Commercial Code's statute...

T.D. v. LAGRANGE SCH. DIST. NO. 102

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Government Benefits
The district court is reversed in part and affirmed in part where the requirements for attaining prevailing party status set out in Buckhannon are...