United States Seventh Circuit - Opinion Summaries

SNIPES v. ILLINOIS DEP'T OF CORRECTIONS

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In a claim of discriminatory retaliation by a correctional officer, where appellant and other officers disciplined for attendance violations were not...

S&O LIQUIDATING P'SHIP v. COMM'R OF INTERNAL REVENUE

Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Tax Law
Original partners and signatories to a closing agreement, who objected to intervention and participation in settlement by former partners of a...

US v. CONLEY

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
No double jeopardy violation occurred where an indictment for unlawful possession of firearms sufficiently identified the nature of separate charges...

A.E.I. MUSIC NETWORK, INC. v. BUSINESS COMPUTERS, INC.

Administrative Law, Contracts, Government Law
The Illinois Bond Act's 180-day statute of limitations does not apply to a subcontractor's third-party-beneficiary suit for breach of contract, based...

STEELE v. BARNHART

Administrative Law, Evidence, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
Denial of a firefighter's application for supplemental security income was improper, where the administrative law judge misconstrued medical evidence...

DAVIS v. LITSCHER

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Although allowing defendant an in camera inspection of a sexual assault victim's mental health records may have been more prudent, denial did not...

US v. GAJO

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
When an arson conspiracy was still ongoing at the time of tape-recorded statements made in furtherance of the conspiracy, those statements qualified...

COLEMAN v. MILWAUKEE BD. OF SCH. DIR.

Civil Procedure
Where plaintiff waited 115 days to attempt service, then failed twice, "with no even colorable justification", to properly serve a local organization...

US v. TRENNELL

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Use of a verdict form that permitted the jury to find specific amounts of cocaine attributable to appellant, when the indictment was silent as to drug...

GUSTAFSON v. JONES

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
Police officers established a claim for First Amendment retaliation where their speech was on a matter of public concern, and weight of the evidence...