2024 Seventh Circuit US Court of Appeals Case Law
Date: May 7, 2024
Docket Number: 23-1299
Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves Maria and Jose Jimenez, who were involved in an auto accident with Stephen Kiefer. After the accident, the Jimenezes requested $100,000 from Kiefer's auto insurer, Travelers Commercial Insurance…
Date: May 7, 2024
Docket Number: 23-1318
Justia Opinion Summary: Gustavo Colon, serving a life sentence for engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise (CCE) in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 848(a), appealed the denial of his motion for a reduced sentence under § 404 of the First Step Act…
Date: May 6, 2024
Docket Number: 23-1208
Justia Opinion Summary: The case revolves around Denis Navratil, his wife Dimple Navratil, and their business, Dimple’s LLC, who filed a lawsuit against the City of Racine and Mayor Cory Mason. The lawsuit was based on several constitutional…
Date: May 6, 2024
Docket Number: 23-1870
Justia Opinion Summary: This case revolves around a real estate Ponzi scheme run by Jerome and Shaun Cohen through their companies, EquityBuild, Inc. and EquityBuild Finance, LLC (EBF), from 2010 to 2018. The Cohens sold promissory notes to…
Date: May 6, 2024
Docket Number: 23-2269
Justia Opinion Summary: Donald Artz, an electric distribution controller at WEC Energy Group, retired due to multiple sclerosis (MS) and sought long-term disability benefits from a plan administered by Hartford Life and Accident Insurance…
Date: May 6, 2024
Docket Number: 23-2894
Justia Opinion Summary: In 1996, Robert Pope was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. He sought post-conviction relief, but his lawyer, Michael J. Backes, abandoned him and failed to take necessary steps to protect Pope's…
Date: May 3, 2024
Docket Number: 22-2925
Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves John Doe, a student who was expelled from Loyola University Chicago after the university concluded that he had engaged in non-consensual sexual activity with Jane Roe, another student. Doe sued the…
Date: May 3, 2024
Docket Number: 23-2212
Justia Opinion Summary: Edward Johnson filed for bankruptcy relief under Chapter 13 and made payments to the bankruptcy trustee, Marilyn O. Marshall, under his proposed repayment plan. However, the bankruptcy court never confirmed his plan due…
Date: May 2, 2024
Docket Number: 22-3295
Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves Asif Sayeed and three associated healthcare companies who were found liable for violating the Anti-Kickback Statute and False Claims Act, resulting in a nearly $6 million judgment. Sayeed owned a…
Date: April 30, 2024
Docket Number: 21-1325
Justia Opinion Summary: The case revolves around Denny Anderson, who was sentenced in 2012 for possessing a firearm as a felon, after shooting at a man and using racial slurs. The maximum penalty for the illegal-possession offense is typically…
Date: April 30, 2024
Docket Number: 21-3332
Justia Opinion Summary: The case revolves around John Sabo, who was sentenced to a probation term that exceeded the maximum limit set by Wisconsin law. After his probation should have ended, he was imprisoned for violating its conditions. Sabo…
Date: April 30, 2024
Docket Number: 22-2607
Justia Opinion Summary: John Feeney, a convicted felon, was charged with unlawfully possessing two pistols and carrying explosives, specifically modified fireworks shells, during the commission of that felony. Feeney pleaded guilty to both…
Date: April 30, 2024
Docket Number: 22-2764
Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves Thomas Brooks, II, who was charged with and pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. The incident occurred when Brooks was leaving an apartment complex and saw police officers…
Date: April 30, 2024
Docket Number: 23-1761
Justia Opinion Summary: Monica Rongere, a former Diversity Procurement Officer for the City of Rockford, Illinois, sued the city after her employment was terminated. Rongere claimed that she was overworked and underpaid compared to her male…
Date: April 30, 2024
Docket Number: 23-1800
Justia Opinion Summary: This case involves a dozen gas stations in the Green Bay, Wisconsin area, who alleged that Costco Wholesale Corporation violated a Wisconsin law prohibiting the sale of gasoline below a statutorily defined cost. The…
Date: April 30, 2024
Docket Number: 23-2681
Justia Opinion Summary: Scott and Gayla Moore, a married couple, claimed a tax credit under Section 41 of the Internal Revenue Code for research expenses for the 2014 and 2015 tax years. The Moores treated the salary and bonus of Gary Robert,…
Date: April 30, 2024
Docket Number: 23-3407
Justia Opinion Summary: A German citizen, Asli Baz, filed a suit under the International Child Abduction Remedies Act (ICARA) to compel Anthony Patterson, a U.S. citizen, to return their six-year-old son, A.P., from Illinois to Germany. The…
Date: April 29, 2024
Docket Number: 21-2572
Justia Opinion Summary: Shamar Betts was indicted for inciting a riot in violation of the Anti-Riot Act, 18 U.S.C. § 2101, after he posted a flyer on Facebook calling for a riot at a mall in Champaign, Illinois. The riot resulted in damage to…
Date: April 29, 2024
Docket Number: 21-3237
Justia Opinion Summary: The Greenwald Family Limited Partnership, a landowner in the Village of Mukwonago, Wisconsin, had a longstanding positive relationship with the Village, collaborating on several development projects. However, this…
Date: April 29, 2024
Docket Number: 23-1312
Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves Quintin Scott, a former pretrial detainee at the Cook County Jail, who filed a class action lawsuit against Cook County and its sheriff. Scott alleged that the county provided him and other pretrial…
Date: April 29, 2024
Docket Number: 23-1662
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2003, the City of Chicago contracted with Walsh Construction Company to manage the construction of a canopy and curtain wall system at O’Hare International Airport. Walsh subcontracted with LB Steel, LLC to fabricate…
Date: April 29, 2024
Docket Number: 23-2125
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2014, Allan Kustok was convicted of murdering his wife, Anita “Jeannie” Kustok. Kustok claimed that his wife had accidentally shot herself or committed suicide. However, the state argued that Kustok had shot his wife…
Date: April 26, 2024
Docket Number: 22-1576
Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves a medical student at Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis, referred to as John Doe, who was accused of physical abuse by a fellow student, Jane Roe. The University’s Office of Student…
Date: April 26, 2024
Docket Number: 22-3086
Justia Opinion Summary: Keith Henyard was charged with eight drug-related felonies in Wisconsin. During his preliminary hearing, Court Commissioner Frank Parise presided. Later, Henyard hired Parise as his attorney. Parise secured a plea deal…
Date: April 26, 2024
Docket Number: 23-1449
Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves Robert Sylvester Kelly, a music industry professional, who was accused of sexually abusing underage girls in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The victims, referred to as Jane, Pauline, and Nia, were…
Date: April 25, 2024
Docket Number: 23-1364
Justia Opinion Summary: The case revolves around Dylan Ostrum, who was under investigation for drug dealing and possession of firearms. During a search of his home, Ostrum revealed that he had moved his belongings, including his car, to his…
Date: April 25, 2024
Docket Number: 23-1678
Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves plaintiffs Pamela Antosh and Ned Lashley, who challenged the Village of Mount Pleasant's use of its eminent-domain power to acquire their property for road improvements associated with the private…
Date: April 25, 2024
Docket Number: 23-1960
Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves three plaintiffs, Xingjian Sun, Xing Zhao, and Ao Wang, who sued their professor, Gary Gang Xu, for various allegations. Sun and Zhao, former students at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,…
Date: April 24, 2024
Docket Number: 22-1983
Justia Opinion Summary: The case revolves around a patient, Tommy Harris, who contracted bacterial sepsis due to repeated infections from his dialysis treatment at a clinic in Belleville, Illinois. Harris filed a malpractice lawsuit against the…
Date: April 24, 2024
Docket Number: 22-3282
Justia Opinion Summary: David Perez, while on federal supervised release, was recorded by a police surveillance camera holding what appeared to be a firearm. His conditions of release, as well as federal law, prohibited him from possessing a…
Date: April 24, 2024
Docket Number: 23-1415
Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves a dispute between GeLab Cosmetics LLC, a New Jersey-based online nail polish retailer, and Zhuhai Aobo Cosmetics, a China-based nail polish manufacturer. The founders of GeLab, Xingwang Chen and Shijian…
Date: April 24, 2024
Docket Number: 23-1489
Justia Opinion Summary: This case involves a dispute over unpaid rent for a department store in an Illinois mall. The store was operated by CPS Partnership, which leased the retail space from WEC 98C-3 LLC. Saks Inc. guaranteed that it would…
Date: April 24, 2024
Docket Number: 23-1564
Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves William Campbell, who, along with his cousin, burglarized an Indiana home and stole over 25 firearms. They sold these firearms to another person. Law enforcement was able to recover eight of the stolen…
Date: April 23, 2024
Docket Number: 23-1073
Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves Appvion, Inc., a Wisconsin-based paper company, which was sold to its employees through an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) in 2001. The company declared bankruptcy in 2017. Grant Lyon, acting on…
Date: April 23, 2024
Docket Number: 23-1220
Justia Opinion Summary: The plaintiff, Richard Rodgers, a prisoner with a history of scoliosis and back pain, had steel rods implanted in his back prior to his incarceration. During his time in prison, the rods broke, but this went undetected…
Date: April 22, 2024
Docket Number: 22-3015
Justia Opinion Summary: In October 2019, Randall Craft pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute over fifty grams of methamphetamine. He was sentenced to 150 months in prison and five years of supervised release. The district…
Date: April 18, 2024
Docket Number: 22-2791
Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves a class action lawsuit brought against the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) by four parents who were convicted of sex offenses and were on mandatory supervised release (MSR). The plaintiffs…
Date: April 17, 2024
Docket Number: 22-2516
Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves Songie Adebiyi, a former Vice President of Student Services at South Suburban College in Illinois, who was terminated in 2019 due to alleged performance issues. Adebiyi claimed that her termination was…
Date: April 17, 2024
Docket Number: 23-2141
Justia Opinion Summary: On July 4, 2021, Gavin Wallmow was arrested for violating his probation and was taken to Oneida County jail. During his booking, Wallmow denied any suicidal tendencies or mental health issues. Two days later, Wallmow's…
Date: April 17, 2024
Docket Number: 23-2281
Date: April 16, 2024
Docket Number: 22-2364
Justia Opinion Summary: Bryant D. Aron was indicted by a grand jury for possession of a firearm and ammunition as a felon, a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). Initially, Aron agreed to plead guilty under a binding plea agreement, which…
Date: April 16, 2024
Docket Number: 23-1788
Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves Circle City Broadcasting I, LLC, a local television broadcasting network operating in Indianapolis, which owns two local television stations—WISH-TV and WNDY. The company is majority-owned by DuJuan…
Date: April 16, 2024
Docket Number: 24-1140
Date: April 15, 2024
Docket Number: 22-2467
Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves plaintiffs Tabatha Washington and Donte Howard who were charged with first-degree murder. They were detained for over a year before being acquitted. They then filed a suit against the City of Chicago…
Date: April 12, 2024
Docket Number: 22-1179
Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves Jacob Lickers, who was convicted for transporting and possessing child pornography. The conviction was based on evidence found on Lickers' devices, which were seized during a traffic stop and subsequent…
Date: April 12, 2024
Docket Number: 23-2097
Justia Opinion Summary: The case revolves around Anthony Gay, a convicted felon, who was found guilty of possessing firearms and ammunition, both of which he was prohibited from possessing due to his prior felony convictions. Gay was a…
Date: April 11, 2024
Docket Number: 22-2994
Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves two defendants, Christopher Yates and Shawn Connelly, who were convicted for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine. The conspiracy operated out of Macomb, Illinois, and lasted thirteen months, from…
Date: April 11, 2024
Docket Number: 23-1461
Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves two defendants, Christopher Yates and Shawn Connelly, who were convicted for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine. The conspiracy operated out of Macomb, Illinois, and lasted thirteen months, from…
Date: April 11, 2024
Docket Number: 23-1615
Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves Harold McGhee, who was convicted and sentenced for drug trafficking. In August 2021, law enforcement received information from a confidential source about a drug dealer distributing large amounts of…
Date: April 8, 2024
Docket Number: 21-3225
Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves Jay Liestman, who was convicted for transporting child pornography, a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2252(a)(1). Liestman had a prior conviction for possessing child pornography under Wisconsin law. The…
Date: April 8, 2024
Docket Number: 22-3190
Justia Opinion Summary: A group called Protect Our Parks, Inc. (POP) has been challenging the location of the planned Obama Presidential Center in Chicago's historic Jackson Park. The Center, which is currently under construction, is being…
Date: April 8, 2024
Docket Number: 23-1632
Justia Opinion Summary: The case revolves around Brenda Warnell, who applied for disability insurance benefits and supplemental security income under the Social Security Act in 2019. Warnell claimed she was unable to work due to debilitating…
Date: April 8, 2024
Docket Number: 23-2280
Date: April 8, 2024
Docket Number: 23-2444
Date: April 8, 2024
Docket Number: 23-2992
Justia Opinion Summary: On July 4, 2022, a mass shooting occurred in Highland Park, Illinois, where Robert Eugene Crimo III used a Smith & Wesson M&P15 rifle to kill seven people and wound 48 others. Victims of the shooting and their estates…
Date: April 3, 2024
Docket Number: 22-2060
Justia Opinion Summary: In the case under review, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit affirmed the convictions and sentences of two defendants, Christopher Tate and Sandra Kellogg, charged with conspiracy to distribute…
Date: April 3, 2024
Docket Number: 22-2124
Justia Opinion Summary: The United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit heard an appeal from Christopher Tate and Sandra Kellogg, who were charged with conspiracy to distribute illegal drugs and other drug offenses. They were tried…
Date: April 3, 2024
Docket Number: 23-2702
Date: April 2, 2024
Docket Number: 22-2014
Justia Opinion Summary: The case arose from a drug trafficking operation led by Keith White in an Indiana prison. White, along with others, was indicted for conspiracy to distribute heroin after three inmates died of drug overdoses. He pleaded…
Date: April 2, 2024
Docket Number: 23-2525
Justia Opinion Summary: In this case, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held that a potential class of consumers who purchased infant formula manufactured by Abbott Laboratories at a plant later found to be unsanitary…
Date: April 1, 2024
Docket Number: 22-2776
Justia Opinion Summary: This case involves a dispute between Zhen Feng Lin, a food delivery driver who was severely injured in a car accident, and his employer's insurance company, Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company. After the accident,…
Date: April 1, 2024
Docket Number: 23-2574
Justia Opinion Summary: In the early hours of a snowy morning, police officer Owen McGuinness responded to a hit-and-run accident in Rockford, Illinois. Upon arrival, he received conflicting accounts from Daniel Madero, who was accused of being…
Date: March 29, 2024
Docket Number: 21-3253
Justia Opinion Summary: In the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, Israel Juan Miguel Urzua Ortega, a Mexican citizen, petitioned for a review of an order by the Board of Immigration Appeals that denied his request for…
Date: March 28, 2024
Docket Number: 22-2715
Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves an appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, made by Shazariyah Hibbett, the defendant, who was sentenced for being a felon in possession of a firearm. The…
Date: March 28, 2024
Docket Number: 22-3140
Justia Opinion Summary: The case concerns Thomas Osadzinski, who was convicted for providing material support to a terrorist organization. In 2019, Osadzinski, a computer science student, developed a software program to facilitate the rapid…
Date: March 22, 2024
Docket Number: 17-2903
Justia Opinion Summary: In this case, the petitioner, Tony Rogers, convicted of sexually assaulting his daughter, DAR, appealed his conviction alleging ineffective assistance of counsel. Rogers claimed his trial lawyer failed to move for…
Date: March 22, 2024
Docket Number: 23-1196
Justia Opinion Summary: In this appeal before the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, the plaintiff, Kelly Chavez, had been denied supplemental security income due to her various mental and physical impairments. The…
Date: March 22, 2024
Docket Number: 23-1563
Justia Opinion Summary: The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit heard an appeal from Bulk Transport Corp. against Teamsters Union No. 142 Pension Fund and its Trustees. The dispute originated from two collective-bargaining…
Date: March 22, 2024
Docket Number: 23-1936
Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves a dispute between Direct Supply, Inc., and the United States of America regarding tax deductions. Direct Supply, a company that assists nursing homes in purchasing equipment, medical supplies, and…
Date: March 21, 2024
Docket Number: 22-1761
Justia Opinion Summary: LaTonya Foxx, along with two others, was charged and convicted for engaging in a fraudulent tax scheme. Foxx pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud and was sentenced to 18 months’ imprisonment, one year of supervised…
Date: March 21, 2024
Docket Number: 22-3083
Justia Opinion Summary: This case concerns a lawsuit filed by Mark A. Patterson against attorney Howard Howe in the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Patterson had been sued by Howe in Indiana state court over an unpaid…
Date: March 21, 2024
Docket Number: 23-2366
Date: March 20, 2024
Docket Number: 23-1451
Date: March 19, 2024
Docket Number: 22-2348
Justia Opinion Summary: The United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit heard an appeal from Herbert Hardimon against the American River Transportation Company, LLC (ARTCO). Hardimon worked on a flat deck crane barge and was injured…
Date: March 19, 2024
Docket Number: 23-1527
Date: March 19, 2024
Docket Number: 23-2566
Date: March 18, 2024
Docket Number: 21-2683
Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves Janay Garrick, a former instructor at Moody Bible Institute, who alleged sex discrimination and other Title VII violations. Garrick claimed that she was subjected to hostile treatment due to her gender…
Date: March 18, 2024
Docket Number: 23-2215
Date: March 15, 2024
Docket Number: 23-1175
Justia Opinion Summary: A private Catholic high school in Madison, Wisconsin, sued the city and other defendants, claiming that the city's decision to deny the school permission to install lights for nighttime athletic events violated the…
Date: March 15, 2024
Docket Number: 23-1315
Justia Opinion Summary: The case before the United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit involves an appeal by Shamone White, who had been convicted by a jury of possessing marijuana with intent to distribute, possessing a firearm in…
Date: March 15, 2024
Docket Number: 23-1931
Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves a dispute between the Trustee for the bankrupt company BWGS, LLC and BMO Harris Bank N.A. and Sun Capital Partners VI, L.P. The Trustee sought to avoid a payment made by BWGS to BMO Harris, which was…
Date: March 15, 2024
Docket Number: 23-2330
Justia Opinion Summary: The case concerns a dispute between LKQ Corporation and its former Plant Manager, Robert Rutledge, who resigned from the company and joined a competing firm. LKQ sought to recover proceeds Rutledge realized from multiple…
Date: March 12, 2024
Docket Number: 23-1010
Justia Opinion Summary: In a case heard by the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, the defendant, Deny Mitrovich, was indicted for possession of child pornography following a multinational investigation that used a software…
Date: March 8, 2024
Docket Number: 22-2619
Justia Opinion Summary: In this case, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ruled on an appeal brought by Randall Artis, a former city councilman for East Chicago, Indiana. Artis was previously convicted of misappropriating…
Date: March 8, 2024
Docket Number: 23-2140
Justia Opinion Summary: This case was brought before the United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit by plaintiffs John Brooks and Gregory Simmons against the City of Pekin and four of its employees. Brooks, a former police…
Date: March 8, 2024
Docket Number: 23-2282
Justia Opinion Summary: Margrit Meier, owner of a restaurant called Hartland Inn, filed a coverage request with Wadena Insurance Company after a fire destroyed her business. The policy entitled her to the "actual cash value" of the property at…
Date: March 7, 2024
Docket Number: 23-1534
Justia Opinion Summary: In the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, Parents Protecting Our Children, an association of parents, sought an injunction against the Eau Claire Area School District in Wisconsin to stop the…
Date: March 7, 2024
Docket Number: 23-1878
Justia Opinion Summary: In the case before the United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit, defendant Anthony Bender, Jr. was convicted for unlawful possession of a firearm, carrying a 96-month prison sentence. The conviction stemmed…
Date: March 6, 2024
Docket Number: 23-1792
Justia Opinion Summary: The case concerns the plaintiff, Tina Gerlach, who claimed that Indiana officials violated her right to just compensation under the Fifth Amendment's Takings Clause. Gerlach's unclaimed property had been taken into…
Date: March 6, 2024
Docket Number: 23-1942
Justia Opinion Summary: In this case, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit affirmed the decision of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois that a tin can filled with energetic powder, sealed…
Date: March 6, 2024
Docket Number: 23-2343
Justia Opinion Summary: In the case before the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, the plaintiff, Candice Martin, represented herself and the estate of her deceased husband, Rodney Martin. The defendants were Goodrich…
Date: March 5, 2024
Docket Number: 21-2860
Justia Opinion Summary: The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit reviewed a case involving David A. Schlemm, an inmate who had filed a First Amendment retaliation claim against Brendan Pizzala, Jay Van Lanen, and Michael…
Date: March 5, 2024
Docket Number: 23-1236
Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves Keenan Seymour, a member of the street gang, Latin Dragon Nation, who pled guilty to a Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) conspiracy charge. Seymour was sentenced to 180 months'…
Date: March 5, 2024
Docket Number: 23-1426
Justia Opinion Summary: The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a 240-month prison sentence given to Herbert Holder, a repeat offender convicted on three counts of distributing methamphetamine and being a felon in possession of a firearm.…
Date: March 4, 2024
Docket Number: 23-2213
Justia Opinion Summary: In this case heard by the United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit, plaintiffs Terri and Louis LoBianco appealed a district court's summary judgment in favor of Bonefish Grill, LLC. Terri LoBianco had…
Date: March 1, 2024
Docket Number: 22-3108
Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves Suzy Martin, the owner and president of Smart Elevators Co., a certified minority- and woman-owned elevator service and repair company. The company, which historically did most of its business with the…
Date: March 1, 2024
Docket Number: 23-2366
Date: February 29, 2024
Docket Number: 22-2174
Justia Opinion Summary: Police officers executing a warrant at Jamic Johnson's home discovered firearms and baggies of substances that turned out to be methamphetamine, leading to Johnson's conviction for federal firearms and…
Date: February 28, 2024
Docket Number: 23-1541
Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves an appeal by Marianne Wayland against her former employer, OSF Healthcare System. Wayland alleged that OSF violated her rights under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) by failing to adjust…
Date: February 27, 2024
Docket Number: 21-2284
Justia Opinion Summary: In this case, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit was asked to review a decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) concerning F.J.A.P., a petitioner from El Salvador. F.J.A.P. had…
Date: February 27, 2024
Docket Number: 22-2947
Justia Opinion Summary: The case in question originated in the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. The dispute arose after the dissolution of a business partnership between Gregory Kleynerman and Scott Smith, which resulted…
Date: February 27, 2024
Docket Number: 23-1165
Justia Opinion Summary: In the case at hand, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit reviewed an employment discrimination case. The plaintiff, LuzMaria Arroyo, a military reservist, brought a lawsuit against her employer,…
Date: February 27, 2024
Docket Number: 23-1320
Justia Opinion Summary: In this case heard by the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, the plaintiff, Alexis Wells, sought to hold her employer, The Freeman Company, liable for sexual assault committed by a fellow employee,…
Date: February 27, 2024
Docket Number: 23-1443
Date: February 27, 2024
Docket Number: 23-2366
Date: February 26, 2024
Docket Number: 22-2470
Justia Opinion Summary: In this case, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit considered an appeal by Linnel Blount, Jr., who was convicted on drug and gun charges in 2019 and sentenced to 63 months in prison. Blount's jury…
Date: February 26, 2024
Docket Number: 22-2666
Justia Opinion Summary: In the case before the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, the petitioner, Monta Anderson, sought to vacate his guilty plea for conspiring to distribute heroin, claiming that his plea was not knowing…
Date: February 26, 2024
Docket Number: 22-3194
Justia Opinion Summary: In this case, the plaintiff, Chicago Joe's Tea Room LLC, had plans to open an adult entertainment business in a suburb of Chicago. However, the Village of Broadview denied the plaintiff's application for a special-use…
Date: February 26, 2024
Docket Number: 23-1001
Justia Opinion Summary: The case concerns an appeal by Brandon Cade against a ruling by the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, before the United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit.…
Date: February 23, 2024
Docket Number: 22-2556
Justia Opinion Summary: Aluminum Recovery Technologies (ART) operates a smelter and during a renovation, one of its furnaces failed, causing molten aluminum to escape and damage the plant and the furnace itself. The insurance company, ACE…
Date: February 23, 2024
Docket Number: 22-2945
Justia Opinion Summary: Jeffrey Bruno, a veteran firefighter with the Kankakee Fire Department, sued Mayor Chasity Wells-Armstrong, James Ellexson, the Human Resources Director for the City of Kankakee, and the City of Kankakee, alleging…
Date: February 22, 2024
Docket Number: 22-2073
Justia Opinion Summary: Donald Pierce was convicted of multiple counts of child molestation and of being a repeat sexual offender. The case revolved around the testimonies of the victim and several adults who had been told about the incidents.…
Date: February 22, 2024
Docket Number: 23-2402
Date: February 21, 2024
Docket Number: 22-3265
Justia Opinion Summary: In this case, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit addressed a dispute involving the owners of two parcels of real estate in Chicago who contended that banks tried to collect notes and mortgages…
Date: February 20, 2024
Docket Number: 21-1375
Justia Opinion Summary: This case involves a federal habeas corpus petition by Darnell Dixon, who was convicted of home invasion and murder by an Illinois state court and sentenced to life imprisonment. Dixon's habeas petition primarily focused…
Date: February 20, 2024
Docket Number: 23-1715
Date: February 20, 2024
Docket Number: 23-2313
Justia Opinion Summary: In an appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit reviewed a case concerning Adam Tyrale Williams Jr.'s ongoing effort to…
Date: February 20, 2024
Docket Number: 23-3190
Date: February 15, 2024
Docket Number: 22-2813
Justia Opinion Summary: This case involves a group of plaintiffs who were minors at the time their guardians purchased and activated DNA test kits from Ancestry.com. The plaintiffs, through their guardians, provided their DNA samples to…
Date: February 15, 2024
Docket Number: 22-2932
Justia Opinion Summary: Adrian L. Johnson was pulled over by a Deputy Sheriff for driving with a suspended license. The officer's trained dog indicated the presence of a controlled substance in Johnson's car, leading to a search of the vehicle.…
Date: February 14, 2024
Docket Number: 23-1542
Justia Opinion Summary: In this case before the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, the defendant, Christopher Christophel, was convicted of knowingly attempting to persuade, induce, or entice a minor to engage in sexual…
Date: February 9, 2024
Docket Number: 22-1067
Justia Opinion Summary: In this federal case before the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, Thomas Moorer, who had been arrested and indicted on charges including murder and attempted murder, challenged the constitutionality…
Date: February 9, 2024
Docket Number: 22-2633
Justia Opinion Summary: In a case involving a series of toxic tort claims brought by individuals allegedly harmed by lead paint pigment, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit affirmed in part and reversed in part the…
Date: February 9, 2024
Docket Number: 22-2635
Justia Opinion Summary: In this consolidated appeal of multiple toxic tort cases, approximately 170 plaintiffs alleged harm from exposure to white lead carbonate (WLC), a lead paint pigment, during their childhood in the 1990s and early 2000s.…
Date: February 9, 2024
Docket Number: 22-2636
Justia Opinion Summary: In this toxic tort case, a group of plaintiffs alleged that they were harmed by exposure to white lead carbonate (WLC), a lead paint pigment, while growing up in Milwaukee homes in the 1990s and early 2000s. They sought…
Date: February 9, 2024
Docket Number: 22-2637
Justia Opinion Summary: In this toxic tort case, about 170 individuals allege that they were harmed by lead paint pigment. The plaintiffs, who were joined together in a single complaint, brought claims against several manufacturers of the…
Date: February 8, 2024
Docket Number: 22-2538
Justia Opinion Summary: In the case before the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, the defendant, Demetrius Harvey, pled guilty to knowingly possessing a firearm after having previously been convicted of a crime punishable…
Date: February 7, 2024
Docket Number: 22-2694
Justia Opinion Summary: The plaintiff, Todd Hess, applied for supplemental security income, disability insurance benefits, and disabled adult child benefits, all of which are administered by the Social Security Administration. While his claims…
Date: February 5, 2024
Docket Number: 22-2944
Justia Opinion Summary: In this case, the plaintiff, Laura Mullen, claimed that the defendants, a youth volleyball club and its owners, fraudulently concealed previous sexual abuse allegations. The district court granted summary judgment in…
Date: January 31, 2024
Docket Number: 23-1392
Justia Opinion Summary: Four Iranian nationals, who had previously completed mandatory military service in Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), were denied visas to enter the United States. Their family members, three U.S. citizens…
Date: January 30, 2024
Docket Number: 21-1730
Justia Opinion Summary: In the case at hand, the plaintiff, Benjamin Adams, an inmate at Indiana’s Plainfield Correctional Facility, sued the current and former commissioners of the Indiana Department of Corrections and various other officials…
Date: January 25, 2024
Docket Number: 22-1400
Justia Opinion Summary: The defendant, Joseph Wilcher, was convicted of attempted enticement of a minor and travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual activity after he drove across state lines to meet someone he believed was a…
Date: January 25, 2024
Docket Number: 23-1513
Date: January 25, 2024
Docket Number: 23-1777
Date: January 24, 2024
Docket Number: 23-1024
Justia Opinion Summary: The case arises from severe burns suffered by a minor, B.D., when a Samsung SDI battery exploded in his pocket in Indiana. B.D. sued Samsung SDI, a corporation organized under the laws of the Republic of Korea with no…
Date: January 22, 2024
Docket Number: 22-2111
Justia Opinion Summary: In this case, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit considered an appeal brought by Andrew Shalaby, a California attorney. Shalaby's pro hac vice admission to represent a plaintiff in a…
Date: January 22, 2024
Docket Number: 22-2433
Justia Opinion Summary: In a case before the United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit, plaintiff Catherine Erdman, a firefighter from Janesville, Wisconsin, applied for a position with the Madison fire department. Erdman claimed…
Date: January 22, 2024
Docket Number: 22-3082
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2015, DeShawn Harold Jewell was convicted of robbery by use of force and bail jumping, following a robbery outside a Milwaukee tavern. A DNA match from a hat left at the scene and a photo identification by the victim…
Date: January 12, 2024
Docket Number: 22-3294
Justia Opinion Summary: In this case, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit reviewed an appeal related to a Fourth Amendment issue involving a warrantless search of a vehicle. The defendant, Charles Hays, was stopped by the…
Date: January 12, 2024
Docket Number: 23-1057
Justia Opinion Summary: The case arose from a tipster's information that led to an investigation and subsequent search of David Hueston's apartment in Marion, Indiana. The search, which was conducted under a warrant, produced drugs, cash, a…
Date: January 12, 2024
Docket Number: 23-1185
Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves Green Plains Trade Group, LLC, who appealed the district court's dismissal of their claim for tortious interference with contract against Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM). Green Plains alleged that…
Date: January 12, 2024
Docket Number: 23-1527
Justia Opinion Summary: The case involves UIRC-GSA Holdings, a company that acquires and manages properties used by the U.S. government, and William Blair, a financial services company. UIRC filed a lawsuit against Blair for copyright…
Date: January 12, 2024
Docket Number: 23-2566
Date: January 8, 2024
Docket Number: 22-2254
Justia Opinion Summary: In this case, the defendant, Patrick Thompson, was convicted of making false statements about his loans to financial institutions. Thompson took out three loans from a bank totaling $219,000. After the bank failed, its…
Date: January 8, 2024
Docket Number: 22-2267
Justia Opinion Summary: Randall Ewing and Yasmany Gomez entered into a contract with 1645 W. Farragut LLC (Farragut) to purchase a house. The house was in need of substantial renovations, but Ewing and Gomez proceeded with the contract based on…
Date: January 8, 2024
Docket Number: 22-2683
Date: January 8, 2024
Docket Number: 22-2688
Justia Opinion Summary: In this case heard in the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, an accident occurred at a construction site which resulted in bodily injuries to Gaylon Cruse and Mark Duckworth. During the installation…
Date: January 5, 2024
Docket Number: 22-2968
Justia Opinion Summary: This case concerns Johnnie Wesley, who was brought in for questioning by Wisconsin police in connection with a murder investigation. Wesley invoked his right to remain silent during the initial interrogation, and the…
Date: January 5, 2024
Docket Number: 23-1264
Justia Opinion Summary: In the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, the court looked at the appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division. The defendant, Johneak Johnson,…
Date: January 4, 2024
Docket Number: 21-3248
Justia Opinion Summary: This case involves the appeal of a judgment convicting Byron Pierson of unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon. Pierson contested the decision, arguing that the district court erred by not holding a hearing to…
Date: January 2, 2024
Docket Number: 23-1192
Justia Opinion Summary: In this case, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit reviewed the denial of asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”) for petitioner Kamaljit Singh, a…
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