Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals Case Law
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, based in Chicago, Illinois, has appellate jurisdiction over courts in the following districts:
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- Northern District of Illinois
- Southern District of Illinois
- Northern District of Indiana
- Southern District of Indiana
- Eastern District of Wisconsin
- Western District of Wisconsin
Two notable law and economics scholars sit on this court, Judge Frank Easterbrook and Judge Richard Posner.
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Recent Decisions From the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Date: October 18, 2016
Docket Number: 15-2294
Justia Opinion Summary: Wagner, a licensed attorney proceeding pro se, took both brand‐name and generic hormone therapy drugs as prescribed by her gynecologist to treat her post‐menopausal endometrial hyperplasia. After taking the drugs, Wagner...
Date: October 18, 2016
Docket Number: 15-3414
Justia Opinion Summary: Holman used heroin to manage pain associated with rheumatoid arthritis. She became addicted and became a dealer. In 2012, Henschel died of a heroin overdose. Wisconsin law enforcement discovered Holman’s heroin distribut...
Date: October 17, 2016
Docket Number: 14-3318
Justia Opinion Summary: McDonald, an Illinois inmate in the segregation unit, suffered an asthma attack in his cell. There were no emergency call buttons. Hours later. his cellmate banged on the door to alert the guards. A guard eventually esco...
Date: October 17, 2016
Docket Number: 15-1305
Justia Opinion Summary: n 2010, McDonald, an Illinois inmate, filed a complaint in the Illinois Court of Claims against the Illinois Department of Corrections for violation of his free exercise rights. He alleged that Muslim inmates are not per...
Date: October 13, 2016
Docket Number: 16-1064
Justia Opinion Summary: Officer Byrne, responding to a bar fight, spotted one man chasing another. One man reached and entered a parked car; the other began punching at the driver’s window. Byrne restrained the pursuer, Hess, a student at South...
Date: October 12, 2016
Docket Number: 15-1647
Justia Opinion Summary: While serving a probation-revocation sentence in an Illinois prison, Whiting fell ill with what turned out to be a rare form of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. A prison doctor initially diagnosed an infection and prescribed anti...
Date: October 12, 2016
Docket Number: 15-2994
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2009, Blasius purchased a used 2005 Ford Excursion for use in towing his motorcycle racing trailer. Over the next three years, he invested about $70,000 in parts, modifications, and accessories In 2012, Blasius took t...
Date: October 12, 2016
Docket Number: 16-1049
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2007 Sun Life issued a $6 million policy on the life of an 81‐year‐old. He died in 2014. U.S. Bank had purchased the policy in 2011, becoming the policy’s beneficiary. Sun declared that it would refuse to pay U.S. Ban...
Date: October 12, 2016
Docket Numbers: 16-1395, 16-1360
Justia Opinion Summary: At the Stockton, California inland seaport, FedEx employs 50 truck drivers and 27 dockworkers, who use forklifts to load and unload trucks. A Teamsters Local wanted to organize the drivers. FedEx argued that the local sh...