United States Seventh Circuit - Opinion Summaries

POP v. IMMIGRATION & NATURALIZATION SERV.

Immigration Law
Where petitioner did not mention incidents of persecution in either of two asylum application or in interviews with the INS, the district court had...

DEVITO v. CHICAGO PARK DIST.

Labor & Employment Law
Where the district judge found that the plaintiff was physically incapable of working full time, the Americans with Disabilities Act does not require...

MCKNIGHT v. DEAN

Professional Malpractice
Even assuming that the defendant accused of malpractice actually did coerce his client into accepting a settlement, where the eventual settlement...

PASIEWICZ v. LAKE COUNTY FOREST PRESERVE DIST.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
Where there is no question but that a crime took place, and the police have eyewitnesses who claim to identify the criminal, the Fourth Amendment does...

MIDEWESTERN GAS TRANSMISSION CO. v. MCCARTY

Civil Procedure, Oil and Gas Law
Where there is dual federal-state jurisdiction over an activity, such as the sale and distribution of natural gas, and a federal proceeding reaches...

MORRELL v. MOCK

Family Law
Absent exigent circumstances, substantive due process requires that a parent have the opportunity to object to enforcement of a foreign court's order...

MCCOY v. GILBERT

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights
Lawsuits filed after April 26, 1996, the date of enactment of the Prison Litigation Reform Act, must exhaust administrative remedies if there are any...

CURRY v. MENARD, INC.

Labor & Employment Law
Evidence that two employees of a different racial background than plaintiff were not disciplined in the same manner for the same violations as...

IN RE COMPLAINT OF HOLLY MARINE TOWING, INC.

Admiralty, Civil Procedure
Where some, but not all, potential plaintiffs stipulate to the applicability of the Limitation of Shipowners' Liability Act, 46 USC 183-189,...

US v. MONTEIRO

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
18 USC 3583(d)(1) and 3553(a)(2) do not provide authority for subjecting a defendant's person and property to unlimited, warrantless search and...