United States Seventh Circuit - Opinion Summaries

KONEN v. INT'L BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS, LOCAL 200

Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
A union does not violate the Labor Management Relations Act rights by refusing to arbitrate the grievances of one of its members who makes written,...

US v. YTEM

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
A rational jury is entitled to rely on common sense to reach its decision, so the government does not have to prove that its explanation is the only...

NILSSEN v. MOTOROLA, INC.

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
The district court must consolidate plaintiff's patent and trade secrets claims in district court because it was a mistake to separate the claims.

TRANSP. & TRANSIT ASSOC., INC. v. MORRISON KNUDSEN CORP.

Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
Where a subcontractor cannot show that it would have made a profit by matching a competing subcontractor's low bid, it cannot show damages resulting...

MULTI-AD SERVS., INC. v. NAT'L LABOR RELATIONS BD.

Labor & Employment Law
Employer violated Section 8(a)(1) of the National Labor Relations Act by coercively interrogating an employee at a closed-door meeting in a manager's...

WEAVER v. HOLLYWOOD CASINO-AURORA, INC.

Admiralty, Injury & Tort Law
Whether a casino riverboat was travelling on navigable waters when plaintiff's injury transpired and whether the incident allegedly prompting...

MIDWEST CMTY. HEALTH SERV., INC. v. AM. UNITED LIFE INS. CO.

ERISA
An insurer can be liable as an ERISA fiduciary for failing to disclose material information about member rights under a group annuity contract.

GARZA v. LAPPIN

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, International Law
Decisions by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights are not binding obligations on member counties, so its recommendation that petitioner not...

US v. LOWELL

Bankruptcy Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
A bankruptcy trustee can be a proper victim under the Mandatory Victims Restitution Act, 18 USC 3663(A)(a)(2).

DEMPSEY v. US BANKRUPTCY COURT

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure
The district court did not deliberately retain jurisdiction where it vacated the bankruptcy court's original jurisdiction and declined to entertain...