United States Seventh Circuit - Opinion Summaries

RAUEN v. US TOBACCO MFG LTD. P'SHIP

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
An employee's ADA claim was not actionable because her request for "a home office in its entirety" was not a "reasonable accommodation" under the...

BERKEY v. US

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Denial of a 28 U.S.C. section 2255 petition is affirmed, as a prisoner could not show that he was prejudiced by alleged ineffective assistance of...

CLARK v. CITY OF BRAIDWOOD

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Property Law & Real Estate
A 42 U.S.C. section 1983 complaint alleged that a city's action was a continuing trespass under Illinois law, and that plaintiff did not learn of the...

US v. SROMALSKI

Criminal Law & Procedure, Cyberspace Law, Sentencing
After guilty pleas to possession of child pornography based on images found on defendant's computer, without evidence of trafficking as relevant...

ZURBA v. US

Administrative Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
Where plaintiff sued the federal government under the Federal Tort Claims Act after being struck by a government vehicle, her damages are not capped...

COLEMAN v. US

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendant intelligently and voluntarily entered his guilty pleas, and received effective assistance of counsel at a plea hearing and at sentencing,...

RODRIGUEZ v. MCADORY

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Petitioner procedurally defaulted a Sixth Amendment Confrontation Clause claim under Illinois law, and has not shown cause and prejudice for that...

US v. GONZALEZ

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
District court's refusal to instruct jury as to an interpreter's comments on the meaning of a Spanish phrase was proper, and introduction of an...

LINC EQUIP. SERVS., INC. v. SIGNAL MED. SERVS., INC.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Remedies
In a claim arising from leased medical equipment which was damaged, under Illinois law the district court properly concluded that plaintiff is not...

FOUFAS v. DRU

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Indian Law
After a dispute between Indian casino managers, a release signed by the parties and governed by California law is read to concern disputes that had...