United States Seventh Circuit - Opinion Summaries

SANKARAPILLAI v. ASHCROFT

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BLAKES v. BARNHART

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Health Law
The administrative law judge failed to apply the proper legal standard in considering a minor's application for Social Security Income disability...

TURNER v. J.V.D.B. & ASSOCS., INC.

Bankruptcy Law, Debt Collection
Under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. section 1692e, it was error for the district court to treat as determinative a debt...

JOHNSON v. APNA GHAR, INC.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law, Tax-exempt Organizations
District court improperly dismissed, for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, plaintiff's Title VII claim alleging that his job application was...

ADAMS v. BARTOW

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
State court was not unreasonable in finding that petitioner was "substantially probable" to commit another sexually violent offense, and was eligible...

US v. HERNANDEZ

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
Challenges by eight defendants, to various aspects of drug conspiracy convictions and sentences, are all rejected, including admission of drug sale...

VETERANS LEGAL DEF. FUND v. SCHWARTZ

Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
Plaintiffs have not demonstrated a lack of substantive or procedural due process in deprivation of a hiring privilege and cannot prevail, individually...

US v. RHODES

Criminal Law & Procedure, Remedies, Sentencing
An order that a mail fraud defendant pay restitution is affirmed, as the district court did not err in concluding that defendant's actions caused the...

BANK OF AM. v. MOGLIA

Bankruptcy Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law
Assets of a "rabbi trust," created by a corporation or other institution for the benefit of an executive, are excluded from a security interest where...

REED v. GREAT LAKES COS., INC.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law, Sanctions
Plaintiff failed to establish intentional employment discrimination on the basis of religion, or a failure to accommodate religious beliefs, but a...