United States Seventh Circuit - Opinion Summaries

KIFER v. ELLSWORTH

Class Actions
In an action seeking the modification of injunction issued in a class action, the appeal is dismissed and remanded in order to take a firm grip of the...

AXA CORPORATE SOLUTIONS v. UNDERWRITERS REINS. CORP.

Civil Procedure, Entertainment Law, Insurance Law
In a case involving insurance-backed film financing, the district court erred in dismissing the case where it relied on state statute section...

OCHANA v. FLORES

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In a section 1983 action against police officers alleging a violation of Fourth Amendment rights, the district court's decision in favor of the...

FIRMANSJAH v. ASHCROFT

Immigration Law

CHICAGO DIST. COUNCIL OF CARPENTERS PENSION FUND v. REINKE INSULATION CO.

Labor & Employment Law
In a dispute over a collective bargaining agreement, which required contribution to pension and welfare funds in proportion to the number of...

US v. LEIBACH

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In a habeas claim from a sexual assault and aggravated battery case, trial counsel was constitutionally ineffective for failing to investigate and...

IN RE: GRAND JURY PROCEEDINGS OF THE SPECIAL APRIL 2002 GRAND JURY

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sanctions
District court's grant of a petition for contempt is affirmed as collateral estoppel did not apply, a subpoena and questions posed in Special Grand...

BRAUN v. BALDWIN

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
In a suit for infringement of free speech, false arrest, and excessive use of force, grant of summary judgment to the defendants on all counts is...

J.H. v. JOHNSON

Administrative Law, Family Law
In a case alleging the violation of a constitutional right to be free from placement in a foster home where the state knew or suspected that abuse was...

TERRY v. RICHARDSON

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Family Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action brought against a Dept. of Children and Family Serv. investigator, the district court's denial of defendant's...