United States Seventh Circuit - Opinion Summaries

MMG Fin. Corp. v. Midwest Amusements Park, LLC

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law
In plaintiff's suit for breach of contract of a financing agreement involved 24 go-karts, district court's judgment is affirmed where: 1) because...

Ray v. City of Chicago

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In plaintiff's suit against the City of Chicago and a police officer, claiming that the officer's action during a traffic stop, violated the...

Koral v. Being Co.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Injury & Tort Law, Transportation
In Boeing's appeal under the provision of the Class Action Fairness Act that allows the court of appeals to entertain an appeal from an order...

US v. Redd

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
District court's denial of defendant's motion for reconsideration, or in the alternative, a renewed motion for modification of sentence, filed ten...

Stinnet v. City of Chicago

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an African-American plaintiff's Title VII suit against the City of Chicago, claiming that its failure to promote him to field officer in the fire...

Equal Employment Opportunity Comm'n v. Autozone, Inc.

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Government Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's (EEOC) suit on behalf of defendant's former employee under the Americans with Disabilities Act,...

In re: Text Messaging Antitrust Litig.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Communications Law, Consumer Protection Law
In defendants' interlocutory appeal challenging the district court's grant of plaintiffs' motion to file a second amended complaint in their class...

US v. Taylor

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In a prosecution of defendant for being a felon in possession of a firearm, district court's imposition of a 64-month sentence, based in part on its...

US v. Cartwright

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In a conviction of defendant for being a felon in possession of a firearm, district court's denial of a motion to suppress a gun found in the backseat...

Opp v. Office of the State's Attorney of Cook County

Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In former assistant state's attorneys' suit against the county state's attorney, claiming unlawful employment termination in violation of the Age...