United States Seventh Circuit - Opinion Summaries

SAECKER v. THORIE

Civil Procedure, Legal Malpractice
Wisconsin six-year statute of limitations in legal malpractice action bars action where plaintiff waited 2 1/2 years after rape charges against him...

WORKMAN v. UNITED PARCEL SERV. INC.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
Where employee handbook specifically states that it "is not a contract of employment and does not affect [employee's] rights" with regard to...

HOWARD v. LEAR CORP. EEDS AND INTERIORS

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
Employer did not violate the Equal Pay Act and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by failing to promote plaintiff to human resources manager...

MARKS v. CARMODY

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
Qualified immunity protects police officers from suit by plaintiff falsely arrested for issuing bad check with intent to defraud under the Illinois...

GARCIA v. MEZA

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Asset Forfeiture
District court had subject matter jurisdiction over administrative forfeiture proceedings where the government's single, undeliverable forfeiture...

WOODS v. CITY OF CHICAGO

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
Criminal complaint filed by assault victim with police alleging plaintiff committed assault gave police probable cause to arrest plaintiff, and act...

KIEL v. CITY OF KENOSHA

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
City's residency requirement for firefighters did not warrant issuance of a preliminary injunction enjoining defendants from enforcing the...

MCNAIR v. COFFEY

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
Once a jury determined that defendant police officer's conduct was objectively unreasonable under the Fourth Amendment for using excessive force,...

AMBATI v. RENO

Immigration Law
Catholic native of India seeking political asylum under 8 USC 1101(a)(42)(A) lacked a well-founded fear of past or future persecution where there was...

US v. ROSARIO

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
Government had probable cause to arrest defendant indicted on narcotics charges under 21 USC 846 where informant, though previously untested, provided...