United States Seventh Circuit - Opinion Summaries

THOMPSON v. WAGNER

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
Sheriff's department members were not entitled to summary judgment on qualified immunity grounds in a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 claim, where reasonable...

AM. UNITED LOGISTICS, INC. v. CATELLUS DEV. CORP.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Injury & Tort Law, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Negligence claims, brought after a leased warehouse allegedly caused food products to be contaminated, were barred by the economic loss doctrine, and...

DIVANE v. KRULL ELEC. CO.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Sanctions
The district court acted within its discretion in reducing the amount of an original FRCP 11 sanction award by a figure representing a reasonable...

MEJDRECH v. MET-COIL SYS. CORP.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Environmental Law
A grant of class certification in a soil and groundwater pollution case under federal and Illinois environmental law, limiting class treatment to...

COLON v. OPTION ONE MORTGAGE CORP.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Property Law & Real Estate
The right of an Illinois debtor to cure a default expires on completion of the foreclosure sale of the property, and does not continue during the...

AM. BANKERS LIFE ASSURANCE CO. OF FLORIDA v. EVANS

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Consumer Protection Law, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
The district court had no subject matter jurisdiction to compel arbitration of an Illinois Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business practices Act claim,...

GEN. AUTO SERV. STATION LLC v. CITY OF CHICAGO

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Property Law & Real Estate
The district court should not have abstained under Younger v. Harris, 401 U.S. 37, in a challenge to a city zoning ordinance limiting signage, where...

NEWSOME v. MCCABE

Civil Rights, Government Law
A city was not entitled to official immunity in a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action, as witness testimony permitted the jury to believe that police...

BURDEN-MEEKS v. WELCH

Civil Rights, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law
In a retaliatory termination claim by former city employees, when an intergovernmental cooperative agency voluntarily disclosed a copy of a report to...

SMITH v. STEINKAMP

Banking Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
A waiver agreement signed when taking out earlier loans was inapplicable to later loan agreements, thus denial of motions to submit claims to...