Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals Case Law, Court Opinions & Decisions

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districts:</p><ul><li><a href="/cases/federal/district-courts/illinois/ilcdce/">Central District of Illinois</a></li><li><a href="/cases/federal/district-courts/illinois/ilndce/">Northern District of Illinois</a></li><li><a href="/cases/federal/district-courts/illinois/ilsdce/">Southern District of Illinois</a></li><li><a href="/cases/federal/district-courts/indiana/inndce/">Northern District of Indiana</a></li><li><a href="/cases/federal/district-courts/indiana/insdce/">Southern District of Indiana</a></li><li><a href="/cases/federal/district-courts/wisconsin/wiedce/">Eastern District of Wisconsin</a></li><li><a href="/cases/federal/district-courts/wisconsin/wiwdc/">Western District of Wisconsin</a></li></ul><p>Two notable law and economics scholars sit on this court, Judge Frank Easterbrook and Judge Richard Posner.</p> </div> <strong class="heading-4">Browse Opinions From the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit</strong> <ul class="list-columns list-columns-three 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<strong>Justia Opinion Summary:</strong> The case involves Shamond Jenkins, who was convicted of robbing a Centier Bank branch in South Bend, Indiana, in December 2020. Jenkins was identified as a suspect in three robberies in northern Indiana between December… </p> </div> <div class="has-padding-content-block-30 -zb"> <a href="/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca7/23-2497/23-2497-2025-02-14.html" class="case-name"> <strong><span>Hernandez v Lee</span></strong></a> <span class="jtooltip">  <span class="jicon jicon-pencil blue align-top" data-badge-text="Justia Summary"></span> </span> <br/> <span class="to-small-font"><span class="color-emperor"><strong>Date: </strong> February 14, 2025</span><br/></span> <strong>Docket Number: </strong> 23-2497 <p class="result-summary has-no-bottom-margin"> <strong>Justia Opinion Summary:</strong> Manuel Antonio Herrera Hernandez, an inmate at Waupun Correctional Institution, alleged that his legal paperwork was misplaced during his temporary transfer to restrictive housing in October 2021. Before entering… </p> </div> <div class="has-padding-content-block-30 -zb"> <a href="/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca7/24-1670/24-1670-2025-02-14.html" class="case-name"> <strong><span>Jamaine Brown v Nathaniel Silva</span></strong></a> <span class="jtooltip"> </span> <br/> <span class="to-small-font"><span class="color-emperor"><strong>Date: </strong> February 14, 2025</span><br/></span> <strong>Docket Number: </strong> 24-1670 </div> <div class="has-padding-content-block-30 -zb"> <a href="/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca7/24-1751/24-1751-2025-02-14.html" class="case-name"> <strong><span>Waukegan Potawatomi Casino, LLC v City of Waukegan</span></strong></a> <span class="jtooltip">  <span class="jicon jicon-pencil blue align-top" data-badge-text="Justia Summary"></span> </span> <br/> <span class="to-small-font"><span class="color-emperor"><strong>Date: </strong> February 14, 2025</span><br/></span> <strong>Docket Number: </strong> 24-1751 <p class="result-summary has-no-bottom-margin"> <strong>Justia Opinion Summary:</strong> Waukegan Potawatomi Casino, LLC (WPC) alleged that its Fourteenth Amendment rights were violated when the City of Waukegan did not advance its casino proposal for licensing consideration. WPC claimed it experienced… </p> </div> <div class="has-padding-content-block-30 -zb"> <a href="/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca7/24-1787/24-1787-2025-02-14.html" class="case-name"> <strong><span>United States v. Devalois</span></strong></a> <span class="jtooltip">  <span class="jicon jicon-pencil blue align-top" data-badge-text="Justia Summary"></span> </span> <br/> <span class="to-small-font"><span class="color-emperor"><strong>Date: </strong> February 14, 2025</span><br/></span> <strong>Docket Number: </strong> 24-1787 <p class="result-summary has-no-bottom-margin"> <strong>Justia Opinion Summary:</strong> Police stopped Martin Devalois for a traffic violation. During the stop, a drug-sniffing dog alerted to narcotics in Devalois’s rental vehicle. Instead of complying with the police request to exit the car, Devalois… </p> </div> <div class="has-padding-content-block-30 -zb"> <a href="/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca7/24-2148/24-2148-2025-02-14.html" class="case-name"> <strong><span>USA v Joseph Wilcher</span></strong></a> <span class="jtooltip"> </span> <br/> <span class="to-small-font"><span class="color-emperor"><strong>Date: </strong> February 14, 2025</span><br/></span> <strong>Docket Number: </strong> 24-2148 </div> <div class="has-padding-content-block-30 -zb"> <a href="/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca7/24-2301/24-2301-2025-02-14.html" class="case-name"> <strong><span>Lemuel Washington v Enterprise Leasing Company</span></strong></a> <span class="jtooltip"> </span> <br/> <span class="to-small-font"><span class="color-emperor"><strong>Date: </strong> February 14, 2025</span><br/></span> <strong>Docket Number: </strong> 24-2301 </div> <div class="has-padding-content-block-30 -zb"> <a href="/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca7/24-2351/24-2351-2025-02-14.html" class="case-name"> <strong><span>Da Vonte Love v Daniel La Voie</span></strong></a> <span class="jtooltip"> </span> <br/> <span class="to-small-font"><span class="color-emperor"><strong>Date: </strong> February 14, 2025</span><br/></span> <strong>Docket Number: </strong> 24-2351 </div> <div class="has-padding-content-block-30 -zb"> <a href="/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca7/23-2641/23-2641-2025-02-13.html" class="case-name"> <strong><span>United States v. Frazier</span></strong></a> <span class="jtooltip">  <span class="jicon jicon-pencil blue align-top" data-badge-text="Justia Summary"></span> </span> <br/> <span class="to-small-font"><span class="color-emperor"><strong>Date: </strong> February 13, 2025</span><br/></span> <strong>Docket Number: </strong> 23-2641 <p class="result-summary has-no-bottom-margin"> <strong>Justia Opinion Summary:</strong> Kein Eastman was abducted at gunpoint from his grandmother’s house by Kenwyn Frazier, taken to an apartment in East St. Louis, and subjected to threats, beatings, and a gunshot over a piece of jewelry. Eastman fled the… </p> </div> <div class="has-padding-content-block-30 -zb"> <a href="/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca7/23-2642/23-2642-2025-02-13.html" class="case-name"> <strong><span>USA v Kenwyn Frazier</span></strong></a> <span class="jtooltip"> </span> <br/> <span class="to-small-font"><span class="color-emperor"><strong>Date: </strong> February 13, 2025</span><br/></span> <strong>Docket Number: </strong> 23-2642 </div> <div class="has-padding-content-block-30 -zb"> <a href="/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca7/24-1224/24-1224-2025-02-13.html" class="case-name"> <strong><span>USA v Thomas Zajac</span></strong></a> <span class="jtooltip"> </span> <br/> <span class="to-small-font"><span class="color-emperor"><strong>Date: </strong> February 13, 2025</span><br/></span> <strong>Docket Number: </strong> 24-1224 </div> <div class="has-padding-content-block-30 -zb"> <a href="/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca7/24-1543/24-1543-2025-02-13.html" class="case-name"> <strong><span>Menes Weightman v Ellen O'Brien</span></strong></a> <span class="jtooltip"> </span> <br/> <span class="to-small-font"><span class="color-emperor"><strong>Date: </strong> February 13, 2025</span><br/></span> <strong>Docket Number: </strong> 24-1543 </div> <div class="has-padding-content-block-30 -zb"> <a href="/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca7/24-2218/24-2218-2025-02-13.html" class="case-name"> <strong><span>Chen Zhao v Ang Jin</span></strong></a> <span class="jtooltip"> </span> <br/> <span class="to-small-font"><span class="color-emperor"><strong>Date: </strong> February 13, 2025</span><br/></span> <strong>Docket Number: </strong> 24-2218 </div> <div class="has-padding-content-block-30 -zb"> <a href="/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca7/24-2311/24-2311-2025-02-13.html" class="case-name"> <strong><span>Shukeitha Jackson v AbbVie Inc.</span></strong></a> <span class="jtooltip"> </span> <br/> <span class="to-small-font"><span class="color-emperor"><strong>Date: </strong> February 13, 2025</span><br/></span> <strong>Docket Number: </strong> 24-2311 </div> <div class="has-padding-content-block-30 -zb"> <a href="/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca7/24-2556/24-2556-2025-02-13.html" class="case-name"> <strong><span>Marion R. 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