United States Seventh Circuit - Opinion Summaries

MOFFAT v. BROYLES

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Where a disciplinary committee concluded that plaintiff prisoner had attempted to smuggle two pieces of jewelry into the prison, because he did not...

TICE v. AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC.

Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
Dismissal of the plaintiffs' suit was modified to a stay of the suit pending referral of the parties' dispute to arbitration, where interpretation of...

US v. TULLY

Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
Because claimants did not have equitable liens on the proceeds from the real estate sold to pay restitution to property owner's victims, the district...

SCAVENGER SALE INVESTORS, L.P. v. BRYANT

Contracts, Judgement Enforcement
Where a $1M settlement was entered into for the original debt of $1.6M, and the settlement agreement provided that the full $1.6M would become due in...

PEELE v. COUNTRY MUT. INS. CO.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In a Title VII and ADEA employment discrimination action, because plaintiff did not demonstrate that the company's proffered reason for her...

THOMAS v. GENERAL MOTORS ACCEPTANCE CORP.

Civil Procedure, ERISA, Sanctions
District court acted within its discretion in dismissing with prejudice the underlying ERISA suit as a sanction for plaintiff's having misrepresented...

EEOC v. BD. OF REGENTS OF THE UNIV. OF WISCONSIN SYS.

Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law, Government Law
Although defendant, a state university, enjoys Eleventh Amendment immunity from private lawsuits, sovereign immunity does not bar a suit brought...

US v. KNOX

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
Where defendant pled guilty to selling crack cocaine, received a three-level subtraction in his sentence for acceptance of responsibility, and did not...

NELSON v. SANDOZ PHARM. CORP.

Civil Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
Although Indiana's statute of limitations and discovery rule govern plaintiffs' claims originally brought in New Jersey, the district court...

US v. URFER

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Property Law & Real Estate
Activists convicted for disabling a Navy facility could not use argument that counsel advised them that a statute could not be applied to them as a...