United States Seventh Circuit - Opinion Summaries

OCONOMOWOC RESIDENTIAL PROGRAMS, INC. v. WISCONSIN COALITION FOR ADVOCACY

Civil Rights, Property Law & Real Estate
An operator of a community living facility demonstrated that a requested accommodation (a zoning variance) was reasonable and necessary under the Fair...

THOMPSON v. ILLINOIS DEP'T OF PROF'L REGULATION

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
A Chief Administrative Law Judge's claim, that demotion and transfer was in retaliation for exercising First Amendment rights, was not actionable...

JACKSON v. ILLINOIS-MEDICAR, INC.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Health Law, Transportation
Claim for unconstitutional denial of medical care to a pretrial detainee is not actionable, where provider of transportation services had no authority...

US v. JACKSON

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Drug and firearm convictions and sentence affirmed where: 1) police properly seized a firearm from defendant's waistband based on reasonable...

ROSENBLUM v. TRAVELBYUS.COM, LTD.

Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
Where an employment agreement was not incorporated by reference into an acquisition agreement, the employment agreement's arbitration clause does not...

IDDIR v. IMMIGRATION & NATURALIZATION SERV.

Civil Procedure, Immigration Law
Mandamus relief is inappropriate where, because expired visas could not be issued regardless of the outcome, the INS lacks the statutory authority to...

US v. WILLIAMS

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Sufficient evidence established defendant's participation in a drug conspiracy, rather than a mere buyer-seller relationship, and the government's...

MCCASKILL v. SCI MGMT. CORP.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
An arbitration agreement, which bars an employee's ability to recover attorneys' fees under Title VII, is unenforceable where counsel made a binding...

US v. MITCHELL

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Congress did not exceed its Commerce Clause powers in criminalizing possession by felons of firearms that travelled in interstate commerce.

GROVE FRESH DISTRIB., INC. v. JOHN LABATT, INC.

Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Sanctions
An appeal, from a contempt order issued against an attorney, is frivolous where 1) no basis for judge's recusal was shown, and 2) appellant disclosed...