Political Dissent Is Not “Rebellion”: Seventh Circuit Confirms Judicial Review of Presidential § 12406 Call-Ups and Bars National Guard Deployment in Illinois Introduction In State of Illinois v....
Any Overlap Triggers the Single-Refiling Bar: Seventh Circuit Affirms Strict Application of Illinois’s Savings Statute in Singer v. City of Chicago Introduction In Brian S. Singer v. City of Chicago,...
Issue Preclusion and Failure to Mitigate Foreclose Contract Damages After Attorney Withdrawal for Nonpayment Case: Barbara Simonson v. Thomas M. Olejniczak, et al., No. 25-1417 (7th Cir. Oct. 10,...
No Amendment After Final Judgment Without Vacatur; Seventh Circuit Affirms Tailored Filer Restrictions and Imposes Circuit‑Wide Pay‑to‑File Sanctions Introduction In a consolidated, nonprecedential...
Reaffirming Tailored Vexatious‑Litigant Injunctions, Payment‑Conditioned Circuit‑Wide Filing Bars, and Post‑Judgment Amendment Protocols: Seventh Circuit’s Order in Smith v. United States Congress...
Seventh Circuit reaffirms no § 1983 liability without personal involvement and strict enforcement of local summary judgment rules in prisoner medical-care litigation Case: Francisco Rodriguez Ruiz,...
Acknowledgment-of-Receipt Not Required: Corroborated Sworn Statements Can Defeat Summary Judgment on PLRA Exhaustion, and District Courts Must Assess Perttu’s Jury-Trial Mandate Before Holding a...
No § 4204 Carve-Out in § 4219 Installment Calculations: Seventh Circuit Clarifies That “the highest” Means the Highest Case: SuperValu, Inc. v. United Food and Commercial Workers Unions and Employers...
DFR Claims Are Ripe After Termination—and Union Strategy Is Shielded by the RLA’s Major/Minor Framework Commentary on Kevin D. Wickstrom v. Air Line Pilots Association, International, No. 25-1036...
Title IX-Style Investigations Are Not Adverse Employment Actions Absent Material Change; “Honest Belief” and Comparator Rigor Defeat § 1981 Pretext Claims — Saud v. DePaul University (7th Cir. 2025)...
Hadley v. City of South Bend: No Takings Clause Compensation for Police-Caused Damage During Execution of a Valid Search Warrant Introduction In Amy Hadley v. City of South Bend, Indiana, the U.S....
ALJ Discretion to Limit VE Cross-Examination and Acceptance of SkillTRAN Job Browser Pro, with SSRs as an Independent Step-Five Backstop Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit...
“Need to Come Inside” Is Not Per Se Coercive: Seventh Circuit Affirms Third‑Party Consent and Defines Scope During Domestic‑Violence Welfare Checks Introduction In United States v. Jaison L. Coleman,...
Seventh Circuit Clarifies Martin: No Independent Duty for a Second ALJ to Address a Prior ALJ’s Findings on Remand; Substantial Evidence Controls Introduction This commentary analyzes the Seventh...
Waiver-by-Acquiescence at Sentencing and the Near-Irrebuttable Presumption for Below-Guidelines Terms: United States v. Petre (7th Cir. 2025) Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh...
Sham Affidavits, Video Overrides, and Strict Wisconsin Notice-of-Claim: Seventh Circuit’s Nonprecedential Affirmance in Alvarado v. Ithier Introduction In Ramon Alvarado, Jr. v. Julio Ithier and...
United States v. Luciano: Seventh Circuit Reaffirms Boundaries of Anders Review and Common Trial/Sentencing Claims in a Nonprecedential Disposition Introduction This commentary examines the Seventh...
Seventh Circuit Reaffirms Reliability-Over-Suggestiveness for Single-Photo Identifications, Proper Venue in Conspiracy Cases, and Presumptive Reasonableness of Below-Guidelines Sentences in an Anders...
Refusal Is Not a Shield: Seventh Circuit Confirms That “Reasonably Calculated” Notice, Including Alternative Delivery and Judicial Notice of Associated Addresses, Satisfies OSHA Service for Summary...
Confidential Oversight Is Not “Public Disclosure,” and Undersheriffs Receive Absolute Immunity for On‑Duty Statements Case: Patrick Jones Jr. v. Lake County Sheriff’s Office & Lawrence Oliver Court:...