The Seventh Circuit affirmed dismissal of claims against Capital One, holding that the bank did not breach its duty of good faith when it transferred customer IRA funds to a successor custodian offering low-yield sweep accounts, since customers retained ful...
The Seventh Circuit affirmed dismissal of William Walls' second federal habeas petition as an impermissible successive challenge to his 2015 civil commitment as a sexually violent person, while sharply criticizing Illinois state courts for extraordinary del...
Circuit Judge Frank Easterbrook on Monday dismissed an immigration petition, holding that an email from a field office declining to reopen an executed removal order is not a reviewable final decision under federal immigration law, writing there is 'just not...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit affirmed a district court's decision to retain jurisdiction over subpoenas served on federal employees while remanding the underlying property dispute to state court, clarifying the narrow scope of federal o...
A Seventh Circuit panel on Wednesday reversed a district court's ruling that struck down the federal felon-in-possession gun law as unconstitutional in all applications, with Judge Frank Easterbrook writing that 'it is difficult to conclude that ยง922(g)(1)...
The Seventh Circuit on Wednesday upheld the federal felon-in-possession law against a convicted drug dealer, ruling that his cocaine distribution conviction qualifies as a "dangerous" felony that allows permanent disarmament under the Second Amendment.
The Seventh Circuit on Wednesday upheld Wisconsin's denial of a concealed-carry permit to a veteran convicted by military court of distributing peyote, rejecting his Full Faith and Credit and Second Amendment challenges and declaring that 'governments may d...
The Seventh Circuit on Wednesday largely rejected Illinois prison officials' challenge to a federal consent decree governing medical care for inmates, affirming a district judge's decision that requires specific findings under federal prison law before any...
The Seventh Circuit on Tuesday upheld a federal judge's modification of an Illinois prison medical care consent decree, ruling that enforcement of an implementation plan requires findings under the Prison Litigation Reform Act, declaring 'the implementation...
The Seventh Circuit on Tuesday affirmed summary judgment against shuttle truck drivers seeking overtime pay from Ford auto parts transporters, ruling their intrastate routes between storage lots and a Chicago assembly plant remain part of interstate commerc...
The Seventh Circuit on Wednesday affirmed summary judgment for trucking companies against shuttle drivers seeking overtime pay, ruling their intrastate routes constituted part of a "continuous interstate journey" under federal motor carrier exemptions.
A Seventh Circuit panel on Wednesday affirmed a lower court's ruling that anti-stacking provisions in underinsured motorist policies prevented a man from collecting more than $1 million total for injuries and his wife's death in a roadside accident, finding...
The Court of Appeals upheld a district court's judgment against Mohamed Muthana, who sued claiming immigration notices were sent to a wrong address, after unredacted documents revealed he had actually provided that same address on his visa petition.
The Seventh Circuit ruled Monday that Illinois's 2024 amendment to the Biometric Information Privacy Act limiting damages to one recovery per person applies retroactively to pending cases, potentially saving companies billions in exposure from multiple fing...
A Seventh Circuit panel on Tuesday ruled that Illinois's 2024 amendment to the Biometric Information Privacy Act applies retroactively to pending cases, sharply limiting damages for workers who alleged their employers collected their fingerprints thousands...
A three-judge Seventh Circuit panel on Tuesday ruled that Illinois' 2024 amendment to the Biometric Information Privacy Act applies retroactively to pending cases, dramatically limiting potential damages and declaring 'we hold that this amendment to BIPA Se...
A Seventh Circuit panel Monday affirmed a district court ruling that unexercised floating easement rights for future pipeline construction cannot be fixed to a specific location under Indiana law, rejecting landowners' attempt to limit a gas company's broad...
A Seventh Circuit panel on Tuesday reversed a district court's order granting a death row inmate transportation for brain scans, ruling the testing lacked sufficient nexus to his equitable tolling claim and ran afoul of Supreme Court precedent that bars pri...
A Seventh Circuit panel on Monday affirmed a district court's denial of a motion to compel arbitration by a tribal online lender charging nearly 500% annual interest rates, finding the arbitration agreement lacked mutual assent because it specified governin...
A Seventh Circuit panel on Monday blocked judicial review of immigration waiver denials and admonished a lawyer for including nonexistent case citations that appeared AI-generated, ruling that Congress 'unequivocally precludes judicial review of all agency...