United States Seventh Circuit - Opinion Summaries

ALIOTTA v. NAT'L R.R. PASSENGER CORP.

Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Transportation
In a wrongful death action, 1) unqualified and unreliable scientific statements made by an employee of a party opponent were properly excluded, and 2)...

KRECIOCH v. US

Asset Forfeiture, Attorney's Fees, Property Law & Real Estate
In a claim for a bill of costs after the government seized personal property, fees incurred for drafting of legal documents could not be classified as...

GLOBAL RELIEF FOUND., INC. v. O'NEILL

Asset Forfeiture, Constitutional Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, International Law, Property Law & Real Estate
The International Emergency Economic Powers Act, authorizing an order seizing assets, can apply to corporations that hold charters within the U.S.,...

INDIANA INS. CO. v. PANA COMMUNITY UNIT SCH. DIST. NUMBER 8

Contracts, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In interpreting a blanket insurance policy, the district court properly found that a building was never insured under blanket coverage, and a "zero"...

US v. LANGFORD

Criminal Law & Procedure
Though the basis of a warrant to search a residence for evidence of drug dealing was thin, police were not acting in bad faith in executing the...

HERRNREITER v. CHICAGO HOUSING AUTH.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
A Title VII claim, alleging that a transfer and was motivated by race and national origin, was not actionable where plaintiff simply had a purely...

USEINOVIC v. IMMIGRATION & NATURALIZATION SERV.

Immigration Law
A Board of Immigration Appeals finding, that a Yugoslavian asylum applicant's alleged well-founded fear of future persecution was unreasonable, was...

BOYCE v. MOORE

Civil Rights
A prisoner's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 claim, alleging Eighth Amendment violations through failure to protect him and refusal to provide medical care,...

GONZALEZ v. KOKOT

Civil Rights, Contracts
Releases of claims were valid and enforceable in a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action alleging wrongful arrest and excessive force, as the releases were...

DERSCH ENERGIES, INC. v. SHELL OIL CO.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Oil and Gas Law
Petroleum Marketing Practices Act section 2805(f)(1) does not provide franchisees with an implied private right of action for a franchisor's violation...