United States Seventh Circuit - Opinion Summaries

US v. CEBALLOS

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
The government is not required to prove that defendants intended to use a minor to shield themselves from prosecution in order to impose a sentence...

STINNETT v. IRON WORKS GYM/EXECUTIVE HEALTH SPA, INC.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Without any admissible evidence showing the requisite number of employees under 42 U.S.C. section 2000e(b), plaintiff cannot maintain his sexual...

MATEU-ANDEREGG v. SCH. DIST. OF WHITEFISH BAY

Civil Rights, Education Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a teacher's sex and national origin discrimination case, summary judgment for the school was properly granted where plaintiff did not raise a...

FRITCHER v. HEALTH CARE SERV. CORP.

ERISA, Health Law, Insurance Law
An ERISA plan administrator's decision to deny benefits should be reviewed de novo, and its decision to confine benefits to a two-hour time period was...

GONZALES v. TRANSFER TECH., INC.

Attorney's Fees, Intellectual Property, Copyright
The prevailing party in a copyright case, in which the stakes are small and the infringement willful, should have a presumptive entitlement to...

S. ILLINOIS RIVERBOAT CASINO CRUISES, INC. v. TRIANGLE INSULATION & SHEET METAL CO.

Commercial Law, Contracts
A remedy limitation may not constitute a material alteration of a sales contract under 810 Illinois Compiled Statute section 5/2-207.

WAELTZ v. DELTA PILOTS RETIREMENT PLAN

Civil Procedure, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
An ERISA fund "may be found" in a judicial district under 29 U.S.C. section 1132(e)(2), if it has the sort of minimum contacts with that district that...

BROOKS v. WALLS

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
An Illinois court's determination that a petition is untimely, even where such a finding is potentially "entangled" with the merits of the petition,...

NELSON v. LA CROSSE COUNTY DIST. ATTORNEY

Bankruptcy Law, Constitutional Law
Congress did not validly abrogate state sovereign immunity when it enacted Bankruptcy Code section 106(a) pursuant to its Article I legislative power.

WHITE v. GODINEZ

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Counsel's trial performance, in inadequately consulting with defendant and in failing to explore the possibility of a witness testifying, fell below...