United States Seventh Circuit - Opinion Summaries

ALLISON v. SNYDER

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law, Sentencing
42 U.S.C. section 1983 claims, alleging that the Illinois Sexually Dangerous Persons Act is being implemented unconstitutionally, are rejected as the...

COOK INC. v. BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP.

Contracts, Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
The district judge did not err in finding that a transaction between plaintiff and a third party was a de facto assignment under Washington law, and...

OLD TOWN NEIGHBORHOOD ASS'N INC. v. KAUFFMAN

Environmental Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
A preliminary injunction forbidding government officials from taking further action to widen a municipal street is vacated, where no formal proposal...

US v. ACKER

Criminal Law & Procedure
Evidence seized by law enforcement agents acting in objectively reasonable reliance on a validly-issued search warrant that, through no misconduct by...

SLOVINEC v. DEPAUL UNIV.

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MID-AM. TITLE CO. v. TRANSNATION TITLE INS. CO.

Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Insurance Law
In a diversity suit for breach of contract brought by a title insurance agent against an underwriter, insufficient evidence existed for a jury to find...

HAMM v. WEYAUWEGA MILK PRODS., INC.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
A male Title VII plaintiff could not demonstrate that he was discriminated against "because of" sex by male co-workers, where evidence only supports...

GREGORY-BEY v. HANKS

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
State court's decision to allow an in-court witness identification did not deny a habeas petitioner due process, as identification procedures were...

US v. GRAY

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
District court's sentencing of defendant on counts that exceeded the statutory maximum did not affect the fairness and integrity of the proceedings...

US v. OJOMO

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In appeals from mail fraud convictions, 1) evidence of other fraudulent identifiers was properly classified as relevant to a scheme to defraud under...