United States Seventh Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Int'l Bhd. of Teamsters Airline Division v. Frontier Airlines, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
In a representation dispute over whether the rights of mechanics were affected by a shift from Denver, where the mechanics are represented by the...

US. v. Bradley

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In a prosecution of defendant for traveling in interstate commerce to engage in sexual conduct with a minor, district court's imposition of a 240...

US v. Adams

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Evidence
Defendant's conviction and sentence for possession with intent to distribute and conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine, are affirmed where: 1)...

US v. Taylor

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In defendant's motion under 18 U.S.C. section 3582(c)(2) for a reduction of his crack cocaine sentence, district court's dismissal of the motion for...

Gant v. US

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
District court's denial of defendant's request for habeas relief challenging the resentencing following a conviction for being a felon in possession...

Formella v. U.S. Dept. of Labor

Administrative Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
Plaintiff's petition for review of an administrative review board's (ARB) decision sustaining an administrative law judge's (ALJ) conclusion that...

Arrow Gear Co. v. Downers Grove Sanitary Dist.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Environmental Law, Government Law
In plaintiffs' suits under section 113(b) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. section...

In re: Wick

Ethics & Disciplinary Code, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
In disciplinary proceeding of an attorney for fraudulently overcharging is clients, the attorney is ordered disbarred and his request to allow...

US v. Nicksion

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Evidence
Defendants' convictions for drug trafficking conspiracy and various firearm offenses are affirmed where: 1) a defendant's claim that his confrontation...

Martin v. Bartow

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
District court's dismissal of defendant's petition for habeas relief from his civil commitment as a sexually violent person based on a 1988 conviction...