United States Seventh Circuit - Opinion Summaries

U.S. Sec. & Exch. Comm'n v. Hyatt

Civil Procedure, Sanctions, Securities Law
District court's order of contempt and award of attorney's fees against nonparties for their failure to adequately respond to two subpoenas duces...

Wilson v. O'Brien

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
In plaintiff's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit against the City of Chicago and persons associated with his prosecution for attempted murder, brought after...

Flying J, Inc. v. Hollen

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Commercial Law, Government Law, Oil and Gas Law
In plaintiff's facial challenge to Wisconsin's gasoline pricing regulations, district court's grant of plaintiff's motion for summary judgment is...

Socha v. Pollard

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
District court's dismissal of defendant's petition for habeas corpus as untimely, in concluding that another district judge's order extending the...

Chapin v. Fort-Rohr Motors, Inc.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's suit against his former employer claiming discrimination because of his race and retaliation under Title VII, jury's verdict for...

US v. Yancey

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
Conviction of defendant for possessing a firearm as an unlawful user of marijuana is affirmed as Congress acted within constitutional bounds by...

US v. Blitch

Criminal Law & Procedure
Convictions of defendants for conspiring to distribute 15 kilograms of cocaine are vacated and remanded as the court's failure to individually voir...

US v. Hernandez

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In a conviction of defendant for distributing more than 50 grams of cocaine base, district court's imposition of a 120-month sentence, in believing...

Bodum USA, Inc. v. La Cafetiere, Inc.

Contracts, Intellectual Property, Trade Dress, International Law
In a suit for common law trade dress of a French-press coffee maker known as the Chambord, district court's judgment in favor of the defendant is...

Weber v.Universities Research Ass'n, Inc.

Civil Rights, Evidence, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's suit against her former employer for sex discrimination and retaliation in violation of Title VII, district court's grant of summary...