Case law

Central States, Southeast & Southwest Pension Fund v. Personnel, Inc.

974 F.2d 789 · Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · Aug 20, 1992

We hold that to establish withdrawal liability the Fund must only prove that Perrelle engaged in a trade or business. … The district court’s conclusion to the contrary was clearly erroneous.

United States v. David Goudy and Cynthia King

792 F.2d 664 · Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · Jun 6, 1986

The guard’s report clearly supports the government’s contentions. … a regularly conducted business activity, and if it was the regular practice of that business activity to make the memorandum, report, record, or data compilation, all as shown by the testimony of the custodian or other qualified

United States v. Arnold W. Hilgeford

7 F.3d 1340 · Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · Oct 22, 1993

The instruction regarding the reasonableness of defendant’s belief is clearly derivable from this language in Cheek . In United States v. … One is not immune from criminal prosecution if he knows what the law is but believes that it should be otherwise, and therefore violates it.

Annie Lee Hudson v. The Chicago Teachers Union Local No. 1

743 F.2d 1187 · Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · Oct 24, 1984

Second, the Board of Education argues that it has a good-faith immunity from suit. … There are clearly less restrictive alternatives for the union. See Ellis v. Brotherhood of Railway, Airline & Steamship Clerks, --- U.S. ----, 104 S.Ct. 1883, 1890 , 80 L.Ed.2d 428 (1984).

Samuel Baraseinde Johnson v. Alberto R. Gonzales

478 F.3d 795 · Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · Feb 28, 2007

Johnson does not qualify for § 1229b relief. During this time of flux, Johnson was before an immigration judge on charges of deportability. … It governs “special motions” for relief and is clearly a response to St. Cyr .

Theresa L. Cannon Williams, on Behalf of Herself and All Others Similarly Situated, and Lois Reed v. Chartwell Financial Services, Ltd.

204 F.3d 748 · Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · Feb 8, 2000

Implementing Regulation Z mandates that “[t]he creditor shall make the disclosures required by this subpart clearly and conspicuously in writing, in a form that the consumer may keep. … We find this argument meritless in light of the fact that Chartwell did nothing to segregate the funds given to it as security, nor can it point to any interest-bearing accounts earning 9% interest established in the name

Wirtz Corporation, D/B/A Judge & Dolph, Ltd. v. United Distillers & Vintners North America, Incorporated

224 F.3d 708 · Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · Sep 6, 2000

Puerto Rico Labor Relations Board, 454 F.2d 38, 44 (1st Cir.1972), in finding the WERC qualified as a court. … Congress clearly recognized, following the repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment, the significant interests of the individual states in the matter of alcoholic beverages.

In re A Witness before the Special Grand Jury 2000-2

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · Apr 25, 2002

It is well established that a client may be either an individual or a corporation. See, e.g., Upjohn, 449 U.S. at 390. … Compare Nixon, 418 U.S. at 713 (qualified executive privilege applies in the face of a criminal investigation).

Ex Parte United States

101 F.2d 870 · Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · Feb 15, 1939

Respondent’s counsel contend *874 that the order was qualified by the express reservation of January 17 and point for substantiation to argument based on the postponed motions for directed verdict. … Respondent exercised his inherent power in making the record more clearly speak the truth.

BPS Guard Services, Inc. v. International Union of United Plant Guard Workers, Local 228

45 F.3d 205 · Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · Jan 18, 1995

The district court found that Burns did not carry its burden of proof to establish that Sullivan failed to mitigate her damages. The standard of review is whether the finding on mitigation was clearly erroneous. … The finding here was not clearly erroneous. C.

Gwyneth Gilbert v. Lands' End, Inc.

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · Oct 23, 2025

This too is understandable because, as toxicol- ogy and medical experts, they would not be qualified to opine on the garment manufacturing process. … Freeman’s professional burden was clearly not an onerous one—we see from the Harvard study that simply acknowledging potential weaknesses in the data and considering a remedy may have been sufficient.

Rodriguez v. Plymouth Ambulance Service

577 F.3d 816 · Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · Aug 18, 2009

The state clearly does not relieve itself of its responsibility to provide medical care solely on account of the venue where those services are rendered. See Conner v. … McKnight, 521 U.S. 399, 412-13 , 117 S.Ct. 2100 , 138 L.Ed.2d 540 (1997) *832 (holding that private prison guards were not entitled to assert the defense of qualified immunity, but leaving open the question of whether the

Kevin Wilke v. Adam Stublaski

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · Oct 21, 2019

Because absolute immunity applies to Stublaski’s actions, we do not address whether he violated Wilke’s due-process rights, and if so, whether qualified immunity would apply. See Boogaard v. … We agree with Wilke that judicial immunity does not prevent him from bringing an action against the judges under this statute. Absolute immunity may be abrogated when a legislature clearly intends to do so.

Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (Acorn) v. James R. Edgar, in His Official Capacity as Governor of the State of Illinois

56 F.3d 791 · Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · Jun 5, 1995

But Article I section 4 does not authorize Congress only to establish a system of federal voter registration. … The value of decentralized government is recognized more clearly today than it has been for decades.

Jane Doe 1 v. Steven Sloan

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

Even if they had, the district judge found that any such right was not clearly established, meaning that qual- ified immunity would shield Sheriff Sloan and Deputy Bent from liability.

Lou A. Griffin v. United States

109 F.3d 1217 · Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · Mar 28, 1997

“Filing ... a non-existent motion under federal practice clearly qualifies as deficient attorney performance.” United States v. Nagib, 56 F.3d 798, 801 (7th Cir. 1995). … If he is able to establish his ineffectiveness claim, he would be entitled to be re-sentenced and then to take a new appeal. That would do him little good, however, if his nine-year sentence was about to expire.

United States v. Joseph Divarco and Joseph Arnold

484 F.2d 670 · Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · Oct 10, 1973

. * * * * -X- -X- “If, on the other hand, you are not satisfied the government has established both of those propositions beyond a reasonable doubt, if they fail to establish either one, that is, that the return was false … The instruction as to impeachment by evidence of conviction, following immediately after the instruction on Davis’s status as an informer, was clearly beneficial to the defendants by highlighting both Davis’s informer status

United States v. Kermit Gabel

85 F.3d 1217 · Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · May 30, 1996

However, Gabel’s plea statement, unlike the one discussed in Eske , did not “specifically establish the commission of additional offenses” within the meaning of § lB1.2(c). … Although the matter is close, we cannot say that the district court clearly erred in this finding.

Forrest Woods v. Gregory Schwartz

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · Dec 9, 2009

Our review is limited to whether that court’s denial of his claim was an unreasonable application of clearly established federal law. 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d). … established federal law.

R&H Steel Buildings, Inc. v. Director, Office Of Workers' Compensation Programs

146 F.3d 514 · Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · Jun 16, 1998

On the basis of a physical examination and a blood gas study, which yielded qualifying results both before and after exercise, Dr. … He also indicated that the miner had lung cancer "which was clearly related to smoking" and that Seibert's sudden death was probably due to a heart attack or a stroke.