United States Seventh Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Finch v. Peterson

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In three white police lieutenants' suit alleging that the City of Indianapolis and its law enforcement Merit Board violated Title VII by subjecting...

US v. Szymuszkiewicz

Communications Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Cyberspace Law, Evidence
In a prosecution of defendant under the Wiretap Act for intentionally intercepting his supervisor's electronic communication, district court's denial...

Kingstad v. State Bar of Wisconsin

Constitutional Law, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
In attorneys' challenge to the Wisconsin State Bar's use of their mandatory dues to fund a campaign for improving the public's perception of Wisconsin...

Brown v. Auto. Components Holdings, LLC

Government Law, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's suit against her former employer for interference with her rights under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), district court's entry...

In re Specht

Civil Procedure, Cyberspace Law, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Intellectual Property, Trademark, Judges & Judiciary
In plaintiff's suit against Google and 47 other defendants for trademark infringement, related to Google's Android operating system for mobile phones,...

US v. Diaz-Jimenez

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Immigration Law
In a prosecution of defendant for being present in the United States illegally, district court's imposition of a sentence of 21 months' imprisonment...

McEvoy v. KKL Dev., LLC.

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In plaintiffs' suit against a local company for violations of the Illinois's Prohibition of Air Pollution and Fugitive Particulate Matter regulations,...

Mozden v. Holder

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Immigration Law
A Polish family's petition for review of the BIA's affirmance of an IJ's finding the petitioners removable is denied where: 1) petitioners failed to...

Stock v. Rednour

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Evidence
District court's dismissal of defendant's petition for habeas relief from his first degree murder conviction of his girlfriend is affirmed as the...

Goodman v. Nat'l Sec. Agency, Inc.

Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights
In plaintiff's suit against her former employer under Title VII and the Equal Pay Act, district court's grant of defendant's motion for summary...