United States Seventh Circuit - Opinion Summaries

KRCHNAVY v. LIMAGRAIN GENETICS CORP.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In a claim for discriminatory discharge based on age and gender, an employee failed to carry her burden of showing that the employer's legitimate...

REYNOLDS v. CITY OF CHICAGO

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit by white police officers challenging, on equal protection grounds, the promotion of minority officers pursuant to an affirmative action...

FRIERDICH v. MOTTAZ

Bankruptcy Law, Securities Law
When a bankruptcy debtor transferred shares of stock to his wife, with actual intent to defraud his creditors under 11 U.S.C. section 548, a...

EHORN v. SUNKEN VESSEL KNOWN AS THE

Admiralty, Civil Procedure
"Cause," not necessarily "good cause," is sufficient to permit an untimely answer in an admiralty case, where plaintiff failed to give notice to the...

CIGNA HEALTHCARE OF ST. LOUIS, INC. v. KAISER

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Health Law
A class action for breach of contract against an administrator of employee health-benefits plans, by healthcare providers who allege systematic...

N. ILLINOIS STEEL SUPPLY CO. v. SEC'Y OF LABOR

Administrative Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
A citation for violation of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act (Act), issued to a steel delivery company, is not enforceable where the minimal...

US v. TRAVIS

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Denial of an acceptance-of-responsibility sentence adjustment was not clearly erroneous, based on defendant's comments to probation officials, which...

CURTIS v. US

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Where a jury did not find beyond a reasonable doubt the minimum quantity of marijuana to support a maximum sentence, but that finding was made by the...

WALKER v. IVY

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law
In claims for deliberate indifference to an inmate's medical needs, qualified immunity in favor of correctional facility doctors was proper where...

IN RE HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP ANTITRUST LITIG.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law
In an antitrust class action charging price-fixing in violation of the Sherman Act, evidence showed that manufacturers of high fructose corn syrup...