United States Seventh Circuit - Opinion Summaries

WARSCO v. PREFERRED TECHNICAL GROUP

Bankruptcy Law
When considered together as part of one complex transaction, the contingent nature of debtor's asset sale and note purchase, false consideration, the...

US v. WATTS

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
Congress did not exceed its Commerce Clause power by making the robbery of federally insured banks a federal crime under the armed bank robbery...

SPHERE DRAKE INS., LTD. v. ALL AMERICAN INS. CO.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Insurance Law
Parties' reinsurance contract dispute required remanded to district court to determine if a reinsurance broker had authority to enter into binding...

SCHAFFNER v. GLENCOE PARK DIST.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Plaintiff failed to state a prima facie case to show that employer did not violate the violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, 29 USC...

SANGHVI v. ST. CATHERINES HOSPITAL, INC.

Civil Rights
Physician failed to show that defendant buyer of his medical practice intentionally discriminated against him under 42 USC 1981 because of his race...

ISI INT'L, INC. v. BORDEN LAUDER GERVAIS, LLP

Civil Procedure
District court has jurisdiction under Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(k)(2) over plaintiff's fraud claim alleging a foreign defendant violated state and federal law...

HOFFMAN v. CATERPILLAR, INC.

Labor & Employment Law
Plaintiff is not required to show that the denial of requested job training was materially adverse to state a claim under the Americans with...

GUERRERO-PERZ v. IMMIGRATION & NATURLAIZATION SERV.

Immigration Law
A Class A misdemeanor conviction for criminal sexual abuse of a minor under Illinois law is an aggravated felony under Section 101(a)(43)(A) of the...

ECHEVARRIA v. CHICAGO TITLE & TRUST CO.

Property Law & Real Estate
Home buyers' title insurance company does not violate Section 8(b) of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, 12 USC 2607(b) where it pays the...

CARROLL v. DETELLA

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Environmental Law
A prison's mere failure to provide a maximally safe environment completely free from pollution or safety hazards is not cruel and unusual punishment...