United States Seventh Circuit - Opinion Summaries

WALLACE v. RELIANCE STANDARD LIFE INS. CO.

ERISA, Health Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
Termination of a plan participant's disability insurance benefits based on a finding that he was no longer disabled did not violate ERISA, and an...

US v. LENOIR

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Factors combined to create reasonable suspicion to support an initial Terry stop, and exigent circumstances necessitated a warrantless entry of...

US v. SCHAAFSMA

Criminal Law & Procedure
Police had probable cause to arrest defendant as he tried to leave a parking lot after a drug transaction was interrupted by police, and a motion to...

TREJO v. SHOBEN

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Labor & Employment Law
A non-tenured assistant university professor's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 claim, alleging constitutional violations in his discharge, was not actionable,...

US v. CRUZ

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Sentence enhancement for abuse of a position of trust in committing bank fraud, under U.S.S.G. section 3B1.3, is affirmed, as defendant had the...

DISCOVERY HOUSE, INC. v. CONSOL. CITY OF INDIANAPOLIS

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Health Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
A for-profit drug addiction rehabilitation program operator did not have standing to seek lost profits, under the ADA or the Rehabilitation Act, for a...

US v. JEFFERSON

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Felon's frequent use of marijuana will not be permitted based on his religious belief in Rastafarianism; thus, revocation of supervised release is...

HALL v. LIFE INS. CO. OF N. AM.

ERISA, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
A reduction of monthly disability benefits, by an amount received through coverage under a group certificate, was proper where the employee obtained...

AT&T BROADBAND, LLC v. INT'L BHD. OF ELEC. WORKERS

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
The Norris-LaGuardia Act, 29 U.S.C. sections 101-15, precludes a district court from enjoining the arbitration of a labor dispute.

US v. PECK

Criminal Law & Procedure
An uncorroborated affidavit of a confidential informant did not satisfy the probable cause requirement for a search warrant, but evidence seized from...