United States Seventh Circuit - Opinion Summaries

India Breweries, Inc. v. Miller Brewing Co.

Commercial Law, Contracts
In a suit for breach of contract by a beer brewer and distributor, claiming that Miller Brewing Company had a contractual duty to inspect any brewery...

US v. Dokich

White Collar Crime, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In a prosecution of defendant for mail fraud and illegal structuring transactions, arising from a fraudulent scheme to sell stock in a company that...

Surganova v. Holder

Administrative Law, Immigration Law
In a petition for review of the BIA's order denying petitioner's motion to terminate her removal proceedings and concluding that she was removable...

US v. Doe

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Defendants' sentences for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than 100 kilograms of marijuana are affirmed where: 1) defendant was a...

US v. Carraway

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Evidence
Defendant's conviction and sentence for possessing with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of crack cocaine are affirmed where: 1) a prosecution...

Brandt v. Winnetka

Elections, Government Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
In an action under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 seeking a declaratory judgment that a village ordinance violated the First Amendment by "chilling"...

McGowan v. Hulick

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action by a prisoner claiming that a dentist who extracted his molar, the prison's dental director, the regular prison...

Chaney v. Plainfield Healthcare Ctr.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In a Title VII action claiming that a nursing home's practice of acceding to the racial biases of its residents was illegal and created a hostile work...

US v. Sykes

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Conviction of defendant for bank robbery is affirmed where: 1) the district court did not abuse its discretion when it dismissed the charges against...