United States Seventh Circuit - Opinion Summaries

UNITED TRANSP. UNION v. GATEWAY WESTERN RAILWAY CO.

Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
Where a neutral arbitrator's conviction for a violation of federal tax law was unrelated to the grievances he was asked to arbitrate, and there was no...

ELDA ARNHOLD AND BYZANTIO, L.L.C. v. OCEAN ATLANTIC WOODLAND CORP.

Contracts, Property Law & Real Estate
A one-day delay in buyer's performance of a real estate transaction that was the subject of a settlement agreement, in which the parties made time of...

NAT'L LABOR RELATIONS BD. v. COOK COUNTY SCH. BUS, INC.

Labor & Employment Law
Where the parties to a CBA agreed to a 3-year term in which termination notice should be given 60 days prior to November 30, 2001, but the final...

KITCHEN v. TTX CO.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
Based on the finding that the offers of judgment extended by the defendant exceeded the anticipated costs of defense and included substantial...

TEAMSTERS & EMPLOYERS WELFARE TRUST OF ILLINOIS v. GORMAN BROS. READY MIX

ERISA
In a multi-employer welfare trust suit filed under ERISA against defendant construction company to recover delinquent contributions, the district...

ROSS BROS. CONSTR. CO., INC. v. INT-L STEEL SERVS., INC.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
Invoices and mechanic's lien affidavit attached to the complaint evidenced that the plaintiff sought relief under three separate purchase orders,...

BEANSTALK GROUP, INC. v. AM GEN. CORP.

Contracts, Intellectual Property, Trademark
Representation agreement, under which the plaintiff would receive commissions for trademark licensing agreements it negotiated on behalf of defendant...

TODD v. SCHOMIG

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Evidence
So long as the evidence is reliable and the defendant is provided notice and an opportunity to challenge its reliability, no constitutional violation...

WEST v. PRUDENTIAL SECS., INC.

Class Actions, Injury & Tort Law, Securities Law
Where no causal link could be shown between non-public information, in the form of false statements made by a stockbroker to a handful of his clients,...

SIMON PROPERTY GROUP, L.P. v. MYSIMON, INC.

Civil Procedure, Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property, Trademark
Where a plaintiff cannot show that a district court's decision to delay entry of an injunction, which it will issue when a final judgment is entered,...