United States Seventh Circuit - Opinion Summaries

KROUGLIAK v. IMMIGRATION & NATURALIZATION SERV.

Immigration Law, Government Law
Motion to reopen appellant's asylum case, based on new evidence of his persecution in the Ukraine, was properly denied where evidence was neither new...

CERROS v. STEEL TECH., INC.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In an employee's Title VII suit alleging employment discrimination based on race, summary judgment for employer was proper where it was not shown that...

LUCINI ITALIA CO. v. GRAPPOLINI

Intellectual Property, Trade Secrets, Remedies
Denial of motion for preliminary injunction, based on misappropriation of gourmet food company's trade secrets, was improper where the correct...

IN RE: BRAND NAME PRESCRIPTION DRUGS ANTITRUST LITIGATION

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Health Law
In an action for price-fixing under the Sherman Act, plaintiffs, retail sellers of prescription drugs, failed to adequately show that the drug...

US v. CRUM

Civil Procedure, Tax Law
Summons authority was properly delegated to revenue officers of the IRS, and thus the district court had jurisdiction to enforce summonses to...

US v. ANDERSON

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
Appellant failed to show proper support for tenuous claim that he shared confidences with his counsel in a prior state action, which counsel may have...

JOHNSON v. COMM'R OF INTERNAL REVENUE

Attorney's Fees, Constitutional Law, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Sanctions, Tax Law
Sanctions ordering attorney to pay fees incurred by IRS were permissible and did not violate equal protection, and attorney's bad faith conduct in...

PAYNE v. MILWAUKEE COUNTY

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights
Where "actual" verdict amount awarded to civil rights plaintiff was less than an amount previously offered, plaintiff was not entitled to fees under...

IN THE MATTER OF BRIDGESTONE/FIRESTONE, INC.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
Because Indiana's choice-of-law rule selects the 50 states and multiple territories where tire and vehicle buyers live, and not the place of the...

HORBACH v. KACZMAREK

Commercial Law, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
Where plaintiff's company purchased pyrolysis system from defendant but refused to accept delivery, the district court's dismissal of complaint,...