United States Seventh Circuit - Opinion Summaries

KNOX v. SMITH

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
A parole officer was entitled to qualified immunity in a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 claim, as the officer sought an arrest warrant based on reasonable...

SHAIKH v. CITY OF CHICAGO

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
City was not a property owner, and so lacked any authority to affect sale between HUD and plaintiff, and city's statements did not restrain or...

LECHNER v. FRANK

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
The trial court did not violate petitioner's due process rights in relying on information in a pre-sentence report pertaining to petitioner's prior...

BUIE v. MCADORY

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
The trial judge did not violate defendant's due process rights by permitting an expert witness to overstate the strength of her conclusions as to...

DURKIN v. CITY OF CHICAGO

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
A city was entitled to summary judgment in a sexual harassment claim arising from plaintiff's police department training, as the offending supervisor...

US v. HOWARD

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant was not entitled to a sentencing credit for acceptance of responsibility, where defendant attempted to hide his true identity during plea...

US v. VEGA-MONTANO

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing

MCCOY v. HARRISON

Agriculture, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
An Illinois Department of Agriculture animal welfare investigator was entitled to summary judgment in a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 claim, as evidence did...

WILLIAMS v. SENIFF

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
An assistant police chief did not have a protected First Amendment right to make certain statements to the press, thus his claim of termination in...

US v. RANEY

Criminal Law & Procedure
Seizure of homemade adult pornography from defendant's residence did not exceed the scope of consent to search for child exploitation-related...