United States Seventh Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Nat'l Spritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the U.S.A. Under the Hereditary Guardianship, Inc. v. Nat'l Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the U.S.A. , Inc.

Trademark, Remedies, Tax-exempt Organizations, Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property
In an appeal from a civil-contempt proceeding alleging violations of an injunction entered more than four decades ago, arising from an underlying suit...

Champion v. Holder

Family Law, Immigration Law
Nigerian citizen's petition for review of a BIA's affirmance of an IJ's denial of her application for cancellation of removal is granted as, although...

Naik v. Ingelheim

Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's suit against his former employer claiming violations of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act,...

Hill v. Coppleson

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
In plaintiff's suit against the City of Chicago, police officers, and an assistant state's attorney, alleging various constitutional violations after...

Montgomery v. Am. Airlines, Inc.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's suit against his employer, American Airlines, claiming two civil rights violations relating to his race, district court's grant of the...

Malen v. MTD Prod., Inc.

Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In plaintiffs' suit against a manufacturer and seller of a reconditioned riding lawn mower, claiming that the injury to his foot on the rotating blade...

Coleman v. Hardy

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Evidence
District court's denial of defendant's petition for habeas relief from his 1983 murder conviction and denial of his request for an evidentiary hearing...

Rain v. Rolls-Royce Corp.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
In a competitor's suit against defendant Rolls-Royce Corporation, claiming that defendant twice breached a non-disparagement agreement the parties...

US v. Aljabari

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Evidence
District court's conviction of a defendant for arson and conspiracy to commit arson, for hiring two friends and burning down a tobacco shop that...

US v. Cruz-Rea

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Evidence
Defendants' convictions and sentences for drug related crimes are affirmed where: 1) the district court did not abuse its discretion in determining...