United States Seventh Circuit - Opinion Summaries

FED'N OF ADVER. INDUS. REPRESENTATIVES, INC. v. CITY OF CHICAGO

Attorney's Fees, Commercial Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Repeal of a city ordinance regulating placement of alcohol and cigarette advertising rendered an ongoing case and controversy moot where the repeal...

KEY OUTDOOR INC. v. CITY OF GALESBURG

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Property Law & Real Estate
After removal to federal court, dismissal of claims is vacated to the extent the decision resolves any issues of state law as to whether a city could...

US v. LARD

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US v. JOHNSON

Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Sanctions
The district court properly found that a paralegal and consulting service engaged in the unauthorized practice of law under Illinois law, and...

PRECISION INDUS., INC. v. QUALITECH STEEL SBQ, LLC

Bankruptcy Law, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Under the plain terms of Bankruptcy Code section 363(f), authorizing sale of debtor's property free of any interest other than the estate's, a sale...

S. ILLINOIS CARPENTERS WELFARE FUND v. CARPENTERS WELFARE FUND OF ILLINOIS

ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
"Banked hours" that union members left in a welfare fund were not vested benefits under ERISA, and claims arising from exclusion of representatives...

HAWKINS v. FIRST UNION CORP. LONG-TERM DISABILITY PLAN

ERISA, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
A plan medical consultant's findings as to a fibromyalgia patient's total disability and ability to work were arbitrary and capricious under ERISA,...

FINSEL v. CRUPPENINK

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
A county sheriff deputy was not entitled to qualified immunity in a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action, as he should have known that he could not lawfully...

HUCK STORE FIXTURE CO. v. NAT'L LABOR RELATIONS BD.

Labor & Employment Law
The NLRB's finding that anti-union animus (rather than business consideration) was a motivating factor in a decision to reduce a workforce, in...

ZEIGLER COAL CO. v. DIR., OFFICE OF WORKERS' COMP. PROGRAMS

Administrative Law, Admiralty, Attorney's Fees, Government Benefits, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
Administrative Law Judge properly found that claimant was entitled to an irrebuttable presumption of pneumoconiosis, and benefits under the Black Lung...