2015 Seventh Circuit US Court of Appeals Case Law
Opinions 1001 - 1065 of 1065
Date: January 23, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1953
Justia Opinion Summary: The Association of Administrative Law Judges, a union, represents the Social Security Administration’s administrative law judges in collective bargaining pursuant to the Federal Labor-Management Relations Act, 5 U.S.C.…
Date: January 23, 2015
Docket Number: 14-2725
Justia Opinion Summary: Visteon, a worldwide manufacturer headquartered in Michigan, sued National Union, from which it had purchased liability insurance between 2000 and 2002. The policy excluded liability resulting from pollution caused by…
Date: January 23, 2015
Docket Numbers: 14-3394, 14-3393
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff won a judgment in a breach of contract claim. The court’s memorandum opinion and order, held the defendants liable for “$113,500 plus interest accruing and attorneys’ fees.” When entering the judgment on the…
Date: January 20, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1233
Justia Opinion Summary: Lawson’s business, Evangel Capital, held itself out as a lender with $250 million in assets available to churches and other religious institutions. It issued firm commitment financing letters for multi-million-dollar…
Date: January 15, 2015
Docket Number: 14-2770
Justia Opinion Summary: On August 20, 2012, Butler was detained following a traffic stop and arrested after the police detected marijuana. Upon searching Butler, the officers discovered several counterfeit federal reserve notes of varying…
Date: January 14, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1981
Justia Opinion Summary: Sergeant Schwomeyer received a tip that Taylor possessed cocaine and firearms, checked Taylor’s criminal history, and learned that he had been convicted for possessing cocaine. A confidential informant reported that…
Date: January 13, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1195
Justia Opinion Summary: In 1995, Beaman was convicted of the murder of his ex-girlfriend, Lockmiller. The Illinois Supreme Court overturned his conviction 13 years later, finding that the state violated his due process rights under Brady v.…
Date: January 13, 2015
Docket Numbers: 14-1772, 14-1521, 14-1676, 14-1316
Justia Opinion Summary: Four defendants objected to their conditions of supervised release i. The Seventh Circuit vacated and remanded for resentencing, first exploring the differences between parole and supervised release. Parole is release…
Date: January 12, 2015
Docket Number: 12-2828
Justia Opinion Summary: Garcia and Salgado, drivers for Latino Express, solicited signatures from other drivers to certify the Union. Owners and managers began efforts to undermine the Union activity and the two were eventually terminated. They…
Date: January 12, 2015
Docket Number: 13-2901
Justia Opinion Summary: Greengrass sued her former employer, IMS, alleging that IMS retaliated against her for filing a complaint with the U.S. EEOC against the company by naming her in its annual SEC filings and casting her complaint as…
Date: January 12, 2015
Docket Number: 13-3460
Justia Opinion Summary: Gilbert was convicted of sexual assault in 1992 and sentenced to prison. In 2006, the state sought Gilbert’s commitment under Wisconsin Stat. 980.02 as a “sexually violent person.” The court found probable cause. Gilbert…
Date: January 12, 2015
Docket Numbers: 14-1300, 13-3748
Justia Opinion Summary: Ortiz pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess heroin with the intent to distribute, 21 U.S.C. 841(a)(1), 846, and received the statutory minimum prison sentence of 120 months. He argued that his cooperation with law…
Date: January 12, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1673
Date: January 12, 2015
Docket Numbers: 14-1808, 14-1673
Justia Opinion Summary: The owners of multifamily housing rental projects in Wisconsin that are assisted by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development program under Section 8 of the Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. 1437f sued the Wisconsin…
Date: January 9, 2015
Docket Number: 12-1261
Justia Opinion Summary: Swanigan was arrested and jailed for more than 50 hours by Chicago police officers who mistakenly thought he was a serial bank robber. Following his release, Swanigan sued individual officers and the city alleging…
Date: January 9, 2015
Docket Number: 14-2423
Justia Opinion Summary: Sweport’s judgment creditors, represented by attorney Wolf, petitioned to place Sweports in Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Sweports became the debtor in possession. Wolf was counsel to the Official Committee of Unsecured…
Date: January 8, 2015
Docket Number: 13-3308
Justia Opinion Summary: From 2002-2010, Salutric, an investment adviser whose firm had more than 1,000 clients, defrauded clients by diverting assets from their Schwab accounts to unapproved, high-risk investments, including restaurants, car…
Date: January 7, 2015
Docket Number: 13-3626
Justia Opinion Summary: Minnick suffers from several serious medical problems, including fibromyalgia, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and degenerative disc disease. Minnick was a truck driver for 24 years until taking short term…
Date: January 7, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1221
Justia Opinion Summary: Fard pled guilty to wire fraud pursuant to a blind plea. He later sought to withdraw his plea, alleging that it was not knowingly and voluntarily entered. The district judge conducted an evidentiary hearing to determine…
Date: January 6, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1961
Justia Opinion Summary: At age 15 Cary was on supervision for battery after touching the buttocks of a woman. He dropped out of high school and worked washing dishes. He was diagnosed as cannabis- and alcohol-dependent, but was asked to leave a…
Date: January 5, 2015
Docket Number: 12-3754
Justia Opinion Summary: Kuznar left Poland and moved to the United States, leaving his wife, Emilia, and son Thomas. In the U.S., he married Anna without divorcing Emilia. Anna collected spousal pension benefits after his 1995 death. In 1997,…
Date: January 5, 2015
Docket Numbers: 13-1516, 13-1123
Justia Opinion Summary: Bronk incurred debts providing his wife’s medical care before her 2007 death. He suffered a stroke in 2009. With medical debts exceeding $345,000, his assets included his home, without a mortgage, and a $42,000…
Date: January 5, 2015
Docket Number: 13-1927
Justia Opinion Summary: Police went to a residence, responding to an anonymous tip. Approaching, one heard a door close and went to the side yard where he encountered Webster. Webster had $2,296 in cash on his person; officers smelled a strong…
Date: January 5, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1376
Justia Opinion Summary: Sultan claims that medical providers and prison staff forced him to live in unsanitary conditions and denied him medical care. He moved to proceed in forma pauperis and attached a certified statement from his prison…
Date: January 5, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1446
Justia Opinion Summary: Rojas sued under 42 U.S.C. 1983, claiming that Cicero fired him because he supported a political opponent of the town president. A jury awarded him $650,000 in damages, but the judge granted a new trial, concluding that…
Date: January 5, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1712
Justia Opinion Summary: Stable purchased farmland through an Illinois land trust. Heartland Bank took title as trustee. Under Illinois land trusts the trustee holds both legal and equitable title to the trust property; the beneficiary holds a…
Date: January 5, 2015
Docket Number: 14-2223
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2009 defendant was sentenced to 24 months in prison, with 3 years of supervised release, as a felon in possession of a gun. After his 2011 release, he violated probation and was sentenced to five months in prison plus…
Date: January 5, 2015
Docket Number: 14-2242
Justia Opinion Summary: After initiating a sale to a confidential informant, Morris pled guilty to distribution of crack cocaine, 21 U.S.C. 841(a)(1). Although the district court sentenced him below the guidelines range of 57-to-71 months, it…
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