Please ensure Javascript is enabled for purposes of website accessibility

7th Circuit Digest

Feb 27, 2018

Statutory Interpretation – Armed Habitual Criminal

Spencer Riley was acquitted of first-degree murder by an Illinois jury, but he later was convicted at a bench trial of being an “armed habitual criminal.”

Feb 27, 2018

Dodd-Frank Act – Whistleblowers

Jeffrey Martensen used to be a supervisor in the Chicago Stock Exchange’s unit responsible for examining compliance with trading regulations.

Feb 26, 2018

Sentencing Guidelines

In his third round of appeals, we affirmed defendant Cureton’s convictions and sentences for using a firearm during a crime of violence and related crimes.

Feb 26, 2018

Sufficiency of Evidence

Adrian Bailey offered to sell marijuana to an informant who had already brokered the purchase of a firearm from him; the informant accepted the offer and purchased $40 worth of marijuana from Bailey contemporaneously with the firearm purchase.

Feb 26, 2018

Supplemental Security Income and Disability Insurance Benefits

Alejandro Moreno appeals the order of the district court upholding the Social Security Administration’s denial of his applications for Supplemental Security Income and Disability Insurance Benefits.

Feb 26, 2018

Frivolous Appeal

Dariusz Jaworski, Boguslaw Moskal, and Ryszard Bester were never paid for construction services they performed for Master Hand Contractors, Inc.

Feb 26, 2018

Breach of Contract

CNH Industrial America LLC (“CNH”), which manufactures farming and construction machinery (including tractors, combines, backhoes, and the like) under the New Holland brand name, hired the global real estate services firm Jones Lang LaSalle America, Inc. (“JLL”) to manage a corporate re-branding program that involved the replacement of signage at each of CNH’s more than 1,400 dealers in [...]

Feb 26, 2018

Long-term Disability Benefits

Plaintiff-appellant, John Dragus, brought suit against defendant-appellee, Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company (“Reliance”), under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act for denial of long-term disability (“LTD”) benefits.

Feb 26, 2018

Excessive Force Claim

On October 1, 2012, officers Todd Bohlen and Mike Rohde of the Milwaukee Police Department arrested Enrique Avina for trespassing.

Feb 26, 2018

Breach of Contract

Atlas Van Lines (“Atlas”), an authorized interstate transporter of household goods, contracts with agents to perform its shipments.

Feb 26, 2018

Search Warrant – Probable Cause

Willie Haynes was indicted after sheriff’s deputies in Winnebago County executed a search warrant and found drugs and a loaded handgun in his house.

Feb 26, 2018

Settlement Agreement

The principals of American Machine Products are a father and son who left employment at Engineered Abrasives, Inc., to start a competing business in 2011.

Polls

Should Steven Avery be granted a new evidentiary hearing?

View Results

Loading ... Loading ...

Legal News

See All Legal News

WLJ People

Sea all WLJ People

Opinion Digests