United States Seventh Circuit - Opinion Summaries

CIVIL LIBERTIES FOR URBAN BELIEVERS v. CITY OF CHICAGO

Constitutional Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Summary judgment for the city is affirmed in a church association's challenge to the Chicago Zoning ordinance, under the Religious Land Use and...

US v. CHRISTIAN

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In a former police officer's appeal from conviction for deprivation of rights under color of law in violation of 18 U.S.C. section 242, no factual...

US v. JOHNSON

Criminal Law & Procedure
Defendant's self-incriminating statement made following his arrest was not unreliable, and the district court was not required to apply a higher...

SHOCKLEY v. SVOBODA

Civil Rights, Education Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Comments to fellow professors were made in the scope of employment, so that defamation and invasion of privacy counterclaims are defeated; 42 U.S.C....

US v. GOODE

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sanctions, Sentencing
Defendant made no showing of changed economic circumstances to warrant adjustment of payment of interest on fines imposed after carjacking...

JOHNSON v. DALEY

Attorney's Fees, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
Section 803(d) of the Prison Litigation Reform Act, setting both absolute and relative limits on attorneys' fee shifting, is constitutional as being...

LEARNING CURVE TOYS, INC. v. PLAYWOOD TOYS, INC.

Intellectual Property, Remedies, Trade Secrets
Plaintiff had a protectable trade secret in a concept for a noise-producing toy railroad track under the Illinois Trade Secrets Act; a rational jury...

LAMPLEY v. ONYX ACCEPTANCE CORP.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
The jury in a Title VII employment discrimination case could reasonably have determined that punitive damages were appropriate in a retaliatory...

US v. KNIGHT

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
The government's "rolling" disclosure of impeachment and physical evidence did not prejudice defendants' right to a fair trial; Apprendi does not...

GALDIKAS v. FAGAN

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law
The district court's dismissal and judgment in favor of defendants in a section 1983 action brought by graduate students against university officials...