United States Seventh Circuit - Opinion Summaries

TROMPLER, INC. v. NAT'L LABOR RELATIONS BD.

Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
The NLRB was not unreasonable in finding that an employee walkout was a reasonable means of protest, and was neither unlawful under section 7 of the...

SMITH v. CATERPILLAR, INC.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
An employer presented a valid laches defense to Title VII claims of gender discrimination and retaliation, by proving it suffered material prejudice...

BRENNER v. COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMM'N

Sanctions, Securities Law
Evidence of liability was sufficient to support summary disposition against appellants for Commodity Exchange Act violations, and the Commodity...

MOTHER v. CASSIDY

Civil Procedure
The district court may not transfer the determination of costs allowed under FRCP 54(d) for a prevailing defendant to a state court that has before it...

US v. ROQUE-ESPINOZA

Immigration Law
Petitioner may not make a collateral attack on an underlying order of removal where he failed to exhaust available remedies that would offer relief...

CULLEN v. INDIANA UNIV. BD. OF TRUSTEES

Civil Rights, Education Law, Labor & Employment Law
A university professor failed to make a prima facie claim of wage discrimination under the Equal Pay Act where compared positions did not require...

ZACCAGNINI v. CHAS. LEVY CIRCULATING CO.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
An Age Discrimination in Employment Act plaintiff established a prima facie case, and the employer's inconsistent explanations for a decision not to...

ADMIN. COMM. OF THE WAL-MART STORES, INC. ASSOCS. HEALTH & WELFARE PLAN v. VARCO

Civil Procedure, ERISA, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
A health and benefit plan's claim, seeking reimbursement for medical expenses paid in connection with an employee's car accident, is equitable under...

RUSSELL v. CITY OF MILWAUKEE

Civil Procedure, ERISA, Government Benefits, Labor & Employment Law
The filing of a Suggestion of Death triggered the 90-day requirement for filing of substitution of parties by representatives of a deceased city...

SMITH v. WINTERS

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
A due process claim arising from alleged prosecutorial misconduct during jury selection fails as petitioner failed to substantiate his allegations of...