United States Seventh Circuit - Opinion Summaries

PALMER v. MARION COUNTY

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
A 42 U.S.C. section 1983 claim alleging deliberate indifference to inmate safety by jail officials was not actionable where no evidence showed that...

US v. RIVERA

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Where a defendant is sentenced on multiple counts, he has no legitimate expectation of finality in any discrete portion of the sentencing package...

US v. DE LA TORRE

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
A motion to reconsider sentence was not time-barred where it was filed when a final judgment order had yet to be entered. Sentence followed U.S.S.G....

TAYLOR v. ADS, INC.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment in a race discrimination claim under Title VII was proper where claimant was not an employee of defendants, and a 42 U.S.C. section...

TEAMSTERS NAT'L AUTO. TRANSPS. INDUS. NEGOTIATING COMM. v. TROHA

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
A federal cause of action exists under federal common law, to enforce an arbitration subpoena against parties who were not signatories to the...

US v. FUNCHES

Criminal Law & Procedure
Given DEA agents' experience with drug transactions, their observation of a pattern of events that they reasonably recognized as common in drug deals,...

SCHUSTER v. LUCENT TECHS., INC.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Business reasons offered by an employer for a reduction-in-force provided a legitimate non-discriminatory reason for plaintiff's termination under the...

CASE v. MILEWSKI

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Military Law
A 42 U.S.C. section 1983 complaint, alleging constitutional rights violations by Naval Training Center police force members, was not actionable where...

LEE v. DAVIS

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
A 28 U.S.C. section 2254 petitioner's failure to raise the issue of prosecutorial misconduct on direct appeal means the issue was procedurally...

THOMAS v. CHRIST HOSP. & MED. CTR.

Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
A claim alleging that a hospital failed to stabilize a psychiatric patient prior to discharge under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor...