U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
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Unable to accept the fax
It started more than fifteen years ago: the flurry of lawsuits over unsolicited faxes. -
Unwanted fax dispute is not a class action, Seventh Circuit says; Belleville chiropractor must arbitrate to settle
CHICAGO – Belleville chiropractor Robert Meinders must arbitrate a claim he filed as a class action, U.S. Seventh Circuit appellate judges ruled on July 30. -
Appeals court: Fired gay music minister can't claim 'hostile work environment' to sue Archdiocese for discrimination
A divided 10-judge en banc panel of the U.S. Seventh Circuit Appeals Court said the former music minister can't use hostile work environment claims to sidestep the Catholic Church's First Amendment protection in church ministerial employment decisions. -
Appeals panel: 'Stateless' law firm partners means ex-Trump advisor Carter Page can't sue over Steele dossier in federal court
Former Trump 2016 campaign advisor Carter Page can't use federal courts in Chicago, or anywhere, to sue the law firm of Perkins Coie for pushing Russian collusion story. -
Settlement doesn't mean a settling party's share of blame in injury lawsuit considered 'uncollectable': IL Supreme Court
The Illinois Supreme Court has ruled defendants in personal injury lawsuits can't use a settlement by another party to shift some of the remaining liability onto still another party. Dissenting justices called the ruling unfair. -
Seventh Circuit: Plaintiffs left unmistakable impression they pulled litigation trigger before doing homework
CHICAGO – Debt collectors who lost to State Farm at the U.S. Seventh Circuit appellate court two years ago returned with a nearly identical suit and lost again. -
U.S. Supreme Court refuses to hear church's challenge vs Pritzker's power to impose religious gathering restrictions
A Chicago church had sought an order preventing Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker from reimposing restrictions on religious gatherings over COVID-19. Pritzker has pledged not to do so, but won't disavow the powers he asserted last spring. -
Nativity scene can stay on courthouse square, Seventh Circuit rules
CHICAGO – U.S. Seventh Circuit appellate judges blessed a nativity scene on public ground on Feb. 2, finding a proper balance between it and secular objects next to it. -
Pritzker: No intent to reimpose COVID worship service rules on churches; Says should moot church's legal challenge
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker's latest COVID-related executive order includes language declaring Pritzker does 'not intend to' attempt to reimpose gathering restrictions on religious assemblies again under his COVID disaster declarations. -
New SCOTUS rulings layout new 'roadmap', 'new legal regime' for churches challenging governors' COVID orders
The U.S. Supreme Court's recent actions could enhance churches' chances in court when challenging COVID- and other pandemic-related worship restrictions imposed by governors. -
Yandle should have dismissed False Claims Act suit against CVS and others, Seventh Circuit rules
CHICAGO – U.S. District Judge Staci Yandle should have dismissed a private suit claiming CVS and other companies cheated the government, Seventh Circuit appellate judges ruled on Aug. 17. -
Seventh Circuit again vacates verdict for Madison County in detainee’s attempted suicide
CHICAGO – One wrong word from U.S. District Judge Staci Yandle spoiled a trial over Reginald Pittman’s nearly successful suicide in Madison County jail, Seventh Circuit judges ruled on Aug. 14. -
Objectors to Target-Rexall class action settlement ordered to surrender $60K
CHICAGO – Two men who took $60,000 each to dismiss objections to a class action settlement must disgorge it, Seventh Circuit appellate judges ruled on Aug. 6. -
Seventh Circuit affirms $8.2 million judgment for child injured at birth
CHICAGO – Chief U.S. District Judge Nancy Rosenstengel properly ordered the U.S. to pay a mother more than $8 million for a delivery that damaged and disfigured her son’s arm, Seventh Circuit appellate judges ruled on June 29. -
Seventh Circuit affirms dismissal of railroader’s $850K injury award: Train not in use and LIA inapplicable
CHICAGO – U.S. Seventh Circuit appellate judges affirmed District Judge Phil Gilbert of Benton in rejecting a conductor’s injury suit against Union Pacific. -
Pritzker says new COVID church 'guidelines' should thwart SCOTUS showdown; Churches say court should still rule
Attorneys for two Chicago area churches say they will press the U.S. Supreme Court to still declare Gov. JB Pritzker's limits on church worship services unconstitutionally 'trampled' religious freedoms. -
Scan UPCs, not our fingerprints and retinas
Invoking the Illinois biometrics privacy law, some Facebook users in the Land of Lincoln joined a class action suit against the social media forum, claiming it violated their privacy rights by not obtaining permission from them in advance for its photo tagging system. -
Springfield federal judge avoids question of whether Pritzker's stay home order is constitutional
Judge refused to let a pro-marijuana group skip signature rules to put a referendum on the ballot in Decatur, but did not address questions raised in Macon County Clerk's brief that Pritzker's COVID-19 powers may be illegal. -
Appeals panel: Failure to notify under IL biometrics law 'concrete' injury; Class actions can belong in federal court
A panel of the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals says federal judges are wrong to send class actions under Illinois' Biometric Information Privacy Act back to Cook County court. -
Appeals court OKs $1M judgment vs S. IL grandparents accused of conspiring with cops, prosecutors to seize granddaughter
A nearly $1 million damages award against grandparents found by a jury to have conspired with law enforcement officials to snatch their grandchild and have their daughter arrested will stand, an appeals court ruled.