Case law

Lawline v. American Bar Association

956 F.2d 1378 · Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · Mar 5, 1992

Mine Workers does not establish laypersons’ right to associate with lawyers in the abstract. … In addition, the United States Trustee and the Assistant United States Trustee are immune from a § 1983 suit because they are federal officers and their actions fall short of establishing a private conspiracy with state officials

Gerald Covell v. Harmon Menkis

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · Feb 8, 2010

to qualified immunity. … As we conclude that Covell was an at-will employee, it is unnecessary to discuss whether the Defen- dants would be covered under qualified immunity. B.

Smith, Michael B. v. Lamz, Douglas

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · Mar 5, 2003

immunity. … Under the doctrine of qualified immunity, probable cause to arrest will defeat an unlawful-arrest claim. See Jenkins v.

Guzman v. City of Chicago

565 F.3d 393 · Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · May 13, 2009

Officers, they say, will often be “sheltered by qualified immunity.” That is true in some cases just as it is true that the many exceptions to the exclusionary rule often prevent vindication of Fourth Amendment rights. … apartment was not clearly established.

Terril A. Kraushaar v. Earl K. Flanigan, Fred Winterroth, Robin Davis, and Tazewell County

45 F.3d 1040 · Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · Jan 13, 1995

Similarly, we are unable to find that the defendant is entitled to qualified immunity. … Secondly, there are several cases which suggest that qualified immunity would not exist for a strip search conducted in public view. See Logan v.

United States v. J. C. Smothers

435 F.2d 209 · Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · Dec 30, 1970

We hold the findings of the trial court that defendant’s confession was not obtained by any promise of immunity are clearly supported by evidence in the record. Admittedly there was a question of credibility involved. … The evidence clearly justified an inference by the jury that the defendant was aware of the participation by the St. Louis bank.

United States v. Marvin Dexter Linnear

40 F.3d 215 · Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · Nov 16, 1994

The total of 13 points established a criminal history category of VI. … The appellant next argues that he lacks the requisite prior felony convictions to qualify as a career offender.

Jerome B. Hansen v. John C. Ahlgrimm and Harley Brown

520 F.2d 768 · Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · Jul 8, 1975

Rickover, 369 U.S. 111, 112 , 82 S.Ct. 580 , 7 L.Ed.2d 604 (1962), and is clearly precluded in the absence of any actionable live case or controversy. Golden v. … from liability under the facts alleged are insufficient to establish liability of the private persons under color of state law for purposes of the Civil Rights Act.

Ulichny, Susan v. Merton Comm School

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · May 7, 2001

Qualified Immunity Finally, we hold that the individual defendants are entitled to qualified immunity./18 In Hinnen v. … That clearly established right must be one established in a particularized sense. This requires more than a general violation of the Fourth Amendment.

Walter Goudy v. Rodney Cummings

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · May 1, 2019

Cummings and Napier urge us to frame the qualified  immunity  issue  regarding  the  notes  as  follows:  “whether  it  was  clearly  established  in  1994  that  an  initial  denial  of  in‐ volvement  by  a  suspect,  when … But  if  they did, they cannot use qualified immunity to avoid liabil‐ ity. 

Justice v. Town of Cicero

577 F.3d 768 · Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · Aug 14, 2009

Additionally, as the district court recognized, qualified immunity protects officers who “reasonably but mistakenly conclude that probable cause is present.” Burns v. … Given Hibbert’s affidavit and the finding of probable cause by the judge, these two officers are each entitled to qualified immunity.

Bennie Lenard, Cross-Appellant v. Robert Argento & Joseph Sansone v. Village of Melrose Park

699 F.2d 874 · Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · Feb 15, 1983

At the time this trial was conducted, municipalities possessed a qualified immunity under Monell v. New York, supra, though the trial court was aware of pending action in the Supreme Court on this issue. … For the purposes of Rule 4(a), a motion to reconsider has been held to qualify as a Rule 59(e) motion. Richerson v. Jones, 572 F.2d 89 , 93 (3d Cir.1978); Jones v.

Robert C. Braun v. Leverett Baldwin

346 F.3d 761 · Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · Oct 10, 2003

An officer is shielded from liability under the doctrine of qualified immunity if his conduct “does not violate clearly established statutory or constitutional rights of which a reasonable person would have known.” … To evaluate a claim of qualified immunity, we engage in a two-step analysis, asking: (1) “whether the plaintiffi’s] claim states a violation of [his] constitutional rights,” and then (2) “whether those rights were clearly

Golden v. HELEN SIGMAN & ASSOCIATES, LTD.

611 F.3d 356 · Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · Jul 2, 2010

Grant, 22 F.3d 149, 157 (7th Cir. 1994), clearly granted Sigman absolute immunity under Illinois law. … IV Both Sigman and Thomas have asked this court to impose sanctions on Golden for pursuing an appeal that clearly lacked merit.

James Eric Johnson and Jerry M. Croker v. Lafayette Fire Fighters Association Local 472, International Association of Fire Fighters, Afl-Cio-Clc

51 F.3d 726 · Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · Apr 5, 1995

Plaintiffs thus qualify as prevailing parties under § 1988. C. Was the Award of Fees “Reasonable”? … Rather, we will continue to rely on the established caselaw to determine whether a nonunion municipal employee is entitled to attorney's fees in cases such as this. 13 .

Yubo Miao v. UAL

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · Jan 14, 2026

To begin, although a plaintiff can plead himself out of court by making factual allegations that are clearly incompatible with liability, such an argument always must be evaluated skeptically. 3 Mr. … Miao will have to establish that the flight at- tendant treated him differently from persons of another race and did so intentionally.

Yubo Miao v. UAL

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · Jan 14, 2026

To begin, although a plaintiff can plead himself out of court by making factual allegations that are clearly incompatible with liability, such an argument always must be evaluated skeptically. 3 Mr. … Miao will have to establish that the flight at- tendant treated him differently from persons of another race and did so intentionally.

United States v. Tony Hurlburt

835 F.3d 715 · Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · Aug 29, 2016

Hurlburt has a prior conviction for armed burglary, and at sentencing he con *719 ceded that this conviction qualifies as a predicate crime of violence. … Second, the residual clause “leaves uncertainty about how much risk it takes for a crime to qualify as a violent felony.” Id. at 2558.

Dr. Iris I. Varner, and United States of America, Intervening v. Illinois State University

226 F.3d 927 · Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · Sep 6, 2000

In our initial consideration of this case, we affirmed the district court in all respects, finding that Congress clearly intended to abrogate the States’ Eleventh Amendment immunity through its passage of the Equal Pay Act … ’ claim of sovereign immunity and denied their motion to dismiss.

Dennis L. Olson v. Robert Tyler and O.J. Foster

771 F.2d 277 · Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · Aug 21, 1985

The good faith immunity doctrine shields officers from liability if their conduct did not violate clearly established constitutional rights of which a reasonable person would have known. Harlow v. … It is clearly established that the fourth amendment requires a truthful factual showing sufficient to constitute probable cause. Franks, 438 U.S. at 164 , 98 S.Ct. at 2680 .