Case law

Healy v. Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority

804 F.3d 836 · Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · Oct 23, 2015

MPEA has not defined the process for converting workers or established standards for how workers qualify for conversion. Instead, Plaintiffs claim that conversion occurs “informally and without transparency.” C. … MPEA’s immunity guillotines Plaintiffs’ claim against it.

Rochester Holmes v. John E. Potter, Postmaster General

384 F.3d 356 · Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · Sep 14, 2004

Those officials believed that Holmes was highly qualified for the position. … The evidence fails to show pretext because, as the district court said, “it does not establish that Holmes was so clearly superior to the finalists chosen that no reasonable person exercising impartial judgment could have

Roger Peele v. Clifford Burch

722 F.3d 956 · Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · Jul 9, 2013

Peele also asks us to address several other related issues, including conspiracy, qualified immunity, statu- tory immunity, and whether the City of Portage is liable under Monell v. … For example, a holding that the defendants are not entitled to qualified or statutory immunity would merely bar the defendants from pre- senting qualified or statutory immunity defenses.

William Chavis v. Charles J. Rowe, Director, Illinois Department of Corrections

643 F.2d 1281 · Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · Mar 11, 1981

While defendants, as state prison officials, enjoy a qualified immunity from damages in § 1983 actions, Procunier v. … Defendants must therefore prove that they acted in good faith before they are granted qualified immunity. Under the rule of Wood v.

McCann, Demetrius v. Mangialardi, Sam

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · Jul 22, 2003

We must resolve a qualified immunity issue as early as possible in the proceedings because it is an “ ‘immunity from suit rather than a mere defense to liabil- ity.’ ” Saucier v. … In evaluating whether a claim for qualified immunity is well founded, a court must undertake a two-step inquiry. Saucier, 533 U.S. at 201.

U.S. Futures Exchange, L.L.C. v. Board of Trade of the City of

953 F.3d 955 · Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · Mar 23, 2020

That would have given USFE about a month to establish itself be- fore a number of futures and options contracts were set to ex- pire, at which time traders could transfer their business from CBOT and elsewhere to USFE. … With this and the other Credit Suisse factors met, the district court rightly concluded the Commission’s approval of Rule 701.01 was “clearly incompatible” with the antitrust laws and their objec- tives.

United States v. Cornelius Knottnerus

139 F.3d 558 · Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · Apr 15, 1998

In order to establish that his indictment violated his due process rights, Knottnerus must convince us that he qualified for the protections offered by the IRS Voluntary Disclosure Policy. … Thus, in order to qualify for the program, a taxpayer must come forward “prior to being contacted by the IRS”.

Timothy Johnson v. Michael Rogers

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · Dec 17, 2019

First, the judge concluded that Rogers is entitled to qualified immunity, be- cause the procedure that led to Johnson’s broken leg did not violate any of his clearly established rights. … The qualified-immunity topic is more difficult. Public officials are entitled to immunity unless, by the time of the contested acts, it was clearly established that those acts vio- lated the Constitution. See Escondido v.

Smith v. Smith

49 F. App'x 618 · Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · Oct 9, 2002

Qualified immunity protects government actors performing discretionary functions from liability so long as they do not violate “clearly established statutory or constitutional rights of which a reasonable person would have … Michael of her entitlement to qualified immunity. See Hatch, 274 F.3d at 25 . Mr. Smith also suggests that Ms.

Lee Mercado v. Thomas Dart

604 F.3d 360 · Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · Apr 28, 2010

limits the jurisdiction of federal courts rather than establishing an immunity, see Calderon v. … Forsyth, 472 U.S. 511, 525–30 (1985), for situations in which a public official asserts an absolute or qualified immunity.

Champaign-Urbana News Agency, Inc. v. J. L. Cummins News Co.

632 F.2d 680 · Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · Sep 24, 1980

The additional text suggests that any self-imposed duty to obey the antitrust laws is qualified. The Secretaries, however, fail to directly explain the apparent contradiction. … If AAFES is immune as part of the executive branch of government, it cannot waive its governmental immunity. American Foreign Steamship Corp. v.

Northwestern Illinois Area Agency on Aging v. Paula Basta

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · Jul 25, 2025

That motion alleged that NIAAA had not shown: (A) “any property right in an administrative hearing pursuant to due process [or] the Older Americans Act”; (B) a clearly established right that had been violated to defeat qualified … Because we affirm on those grounds, we do not reach the question of qualified immunity. See Hicks v. Ill. Dep’t of Corr., 109 F.4th 895, 900 (7th Cir. 2024). The judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED.

No. 93-1426

19 F.3d 1136 · Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · Apr 22, 1994

sovereign immunity--applies to Eleventh Amendment state sovereign immunity. … That we cannot do. 24 The exception to the common law doctrine of federal sovereign immunity alluded to in The Davis does not apply to the state sovereign immunity established by the Eleventh Amendment.

Osteen v. Henley

13 F.3d 221 · Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · Dec 30, 1993

In effect he is arguing that a state cannot waive its sovereign immunity in part; if the state doesn’t want to be sued in federal court, it can’t establish a court of claims to hear suits against it. … Almost certainly, qualified immunity does.

Osteen v. Henley

13 F.3d 221 · Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · Dec 30, 1993

In effect he is arguing that a state cannot waive its sovereign immunity in part; if the state doesn't want to be sued in federal court, it can't establish a court of claims to hear suits against it. … Almost certainly, qualified immunity does.

Springer, Rollie v. Durflinger, Norman

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · Feb 29, 2008

would violate a person’s clearly established constitutional rights. … immunity.

Wei Ye, Hao Wang, Does, A, B, C, D, E, F, and Others Similarly Situated v. Jiang Zemin and Falun Gong Control Office, A/K/A Office 610

383 F.3d 620 · Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · Sep 8, 2004

The Executive Branch’s determination that a foreign leader should be immune from suit even when the leader is accused of acts that violate jus cogens norms is established by a suggestion of immunity. … Clearly such concerns would be greater when the suggested immunity involves a foreign leader. 9 .

Joan M. Steffes v. Stepan Company

144 F.3d 1070 · Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · May 21, 1998

qualify as a disability. … Medtronic, Inc., 99 F.3d 238, 241 (7th Cir.1996) (establishing a prima facie case of sex discrimination requires the plaintiff to show that others, similarly situated but not in the protected class, were treated more favorably

Molina, Raul v. Cooper, Gary

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · Apr 15, 2003

The officers, who are all sued in their individual capaci- ties, assert a qualified immunity defense. … Even if it was not, the officers would be entitled to qualified immunity.

Kincaid v. Rusk

670 F.2d 737 · Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · Feb 10, 1982

We also reverse with respect to the finding of qualified immunity for Sheriff Rusk in his denial of access to reading material. We award Kincaid nominal damages of one dollar. I. … We have reviewed the record and conclude that this finding is not clearly erroneous or an abuse of discretion. See Cruz v. Beto, 603 F.2d 1178, 1186 (5th Cir. 1979).