United States Seventh Circuit - Opinion Summaries

Golden v. Helen Sigman & Assoc., Ltd.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Family Law, Sanctions
In plaintiff's multi-count federal lawsuit against various defendants in connection with his divorce and child custody proceedings, district court's...

Estrada-Ramos v. Holder

Administrative Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law
A Mexican citizen's petition for review of BIA's affirmance of DHS's decision rendering invalid petitioner's move to permanent resident status, on the...

Murphy v. Eddie Murphy Prod., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright, Media Law
In plaintiff's suit against the famous television and a motion film entertainer, Eddie Murphy, and others, claiming that defendants used copyrighted...

US v. Vasquez

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Conviction of defendant for knowingly failing to register as a sex offender after traveling in interstate commerce is affirmed where: 1) the Sex...

Santa's Best Craft, LLC. v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co.

Contracts, False Advertising, Insurance Law, Intellectual Property, Trade Dress, Trademark, Remedies
In plaintiff's suit against its insurer, arising from an underlying suit against the plaintiff over its marketing of Christmas lights for copying...

CWCapital Asset Mgmt. LLC v. Chicago Props., LLC

Banking Law, Commercial Law, Contracts, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In plaintiff's suit against defendant-commercial landlord and a mortgagor claiming that plaintiff-mortgage servicer is contractually entitled to money...

Habitat Educ. Ctr. v. US Forest Serv.

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Government Law
In plaintiff's suit against the U.S. Forest Service challenging the environmental impact statement (EIS) prepared by the agency in connection with a...

US v. Loniello

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a prosecution of three defendants pursuant to the federal bank-robbery statute, 18 U.S.C. section 2113, district court's dismissal of the section...

Malave v. Holder

Administrative Law, Evidence, Immigration Law
A Nicaraguan citizen's petition for review of a decision ordering her removed from the U.S. after a finding that she had paid $1000 to her ex-husband...

Restrepo v. Holder

Administrative Law, Government Law, Immigration Law
A Colombian national's petition for review of a decision denying his application for asylum and related relief is denied where: 1) BIA's denial of...