United States Seventh Circuit - Opinion Summaries

US v. SCOTT

Criminal Law & Procedure, Cyberspace Law, Sentencing
Notice was required that imposition of a term of supervised release, restricting a fraud defendant's Internet access, was an option where defendant...

ISI INT'L, INC. v. BORDEN LADNER GERVAIS LLP

Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Intellectual Property, Legal Malpractice, Trademark
The district court did not abuse its discretion in relegating a Lanham Act and attorney fiduciary breach suit to a Canadian forum, where no tenable...

BEN'S BAR,INC. v. VILLAGE OF SOMERSET

Commercial Law, Constitutional Law
The record supports a village's claims that a liquor prohibition is a reasonable attempt to reduce or eliminate undesirable "secondary effects"...

US v. GANSER

Criminal Law & Procedure
Under the totality of the circumstances, reasonable suspicion existed to support the removal of a letter from the mail stream, and a four-day delay in...

WAINSCOTT v. HENRY

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
A city employee's speech dealt with matters of public concern and deserved First Amendment protection, and a mayor's termination of the employee...

BAXTER INT'L, INC. v. ABBOTT LABS.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Commercial Law, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, International Law
Because under the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards, a mistake of law is not a basis for setting aside an...

GABRIELLE M. v. PARK FOREST-CHICAGO HEIGHTS, ILLINOIS SCH. DIST. 163

Civil Rights, Education Law
Summary judgment for a school district on Title IX sexual harassment claims is affirmed, as the district's responses to complained-of conduct were not...

HEARTWOOD, INC. v. US FOREST SERV.

Civil Procedure, Environmental Law
In determining timeliness if a motion to intervene to contest a consent decree on the merits, relevant inquiry is on the time between movant's...

NAT'L LABOR RELATIONS BD. v. DEUTSCHE POST GLOBAL MAIL, LTD.

Labor & Employment Law
The NLRB reasonably ordered a union election based on its speculation as to a company's future workforce, thus an order requiring the recognizing of...

VEACH v. SHEEKS

Attorney's Fees, Consumer Protection Law, Debt Collection
Court costs and attorney's fees are not a component of a "debt" under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, and a mailed notice misrepresented the...