U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals
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Appeals court: 'Statutory violations' policy exclusions don't nix coverage for biometrics lawsuits
A federal appeals court said an insurer can't use "statutory violations" exclusions to automatically sidestep coverage owed to businesses sued under Illinois' stringent biometrics privacy law -
Wendy's can't be sued for targeted hit on man waiting at South Side Wendy's drive-thru
A federal appeals panel has upheld a lower court judge's ruling that a man who suffered severe injuries when his car was shot up by two assailants at a Wendy's restaurant near Englewood in Chicago in 2018 can't sue the restaurant for failing to protect him. -
UIC prof can revive suit vs school for punishing him over 'racially insensitive' exam question, comments to students
A federal appeals panel agreed the University of Illinois at Chicago law professor had established the university can't use 'qualified immunity' to end his lawsuit claiming the school had trampled his rights to speak freely in class and when talking with students, in response to complaints from offended students -
'Assault weapons' ban to continue in IL, for now, while courts handle appeal
The U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals granted a request from Illinois Atty Gen Kwame Raoul to keep a decision on hold from a southern Illinois federal judge, who declared Illinois' ban on so-called "assault weapons" an "unconstitutional affront" to the Second Amendment -
Appeal seeks revival of suit accusing IL judges of working together to squelch criticism
An attorney and judicial reform advocate says a Chicago federal judge improperly tossed his legal claims against the Illinois Judges Association and a Cook County divorce court judge -
Constitution doesn't block Indiana's ban on gender transition procedures for kids: Appeals court
A divided federal appeals panel said the Indiana ban on surgeries, puberty blockers and other care do not violate parent's rights to direct their children's medical care nor the speech rights of doctors, dissolving a lower court's injunction blocking enforcement of the law -
Appeals court: GOP congressman, voters can't sue IL for counting mail-in votes 2 weeks after Election Day
A divided federal appeals panel sided with the state and Democrats in tossing out a lawsuit challenging Illinois law allowing mail-in ballots to be counted up to 14 days after Election Day. A dissenting judge said the U.S. Rep. Mike Bost, who led the lawsuit, was wrongly denied the chance to have his case heard -
Appeals court: No sanctions for lawyers accused of filing frivolous labor suits based on 'vague recollections'
Milwaukee-based plaintiffs' law firm, which is opening a Chicago office this summer, filed federal labor lawsuits later found to have insufficient evidence, but a split appeals panel said they shouldn't be punished for filing frivolous suits -
Berwyn wins apparent end to federal lawsuit over inspector's tirade, alleged racial slurs
Tree trimmer alleged city violated civil rights by failing to adequately discipline municipal employee -
Appeals court says Hytera still owes Motorola big money for allegedly stealing tech, copyrights
7th Circuit panel says federal judge must recalculate copyright damages -
Appeals panel: Samsung doesn't need to pay millions to arbitrate biometric privacy claims
Customers could have fronted fees to keep arbitration proceedings alive, the appeals judges said, adding the customers cannot complain now about the terms of an arbitration agreement they attempted to invoke and cash in on -
Price check: Walmart can't escape lawsuit over price mismatches on shelves vs at checkout
Appeals panel said receipt alone doesn't absolve company of deception allegations -
Feds can use lending law to try to punish Townstone for alleged discriminatory radio show comments
A federal appeals panel said a lower court wrongly tossed the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's action vs Townstone Financial because the judge had imposed a 'crabbed' interpretation of a federal lending discrimination law that limited the agency's ability to protect black prospective loan applicants -
Appeals court: Indiana U. violated male student's rights by expelling him from med school without hearing over abuse claims
Judges said the man must be identified by his real name in future court filings if he wishes to continue his action vs Indiana University. The man had been accused of abuse by an unidentified female student. -
Appeals panel gives new life to class action vs Cook Sheriff over jail inmate dental care
2-1 decision says circuit judge misread appellate precedent in shutting down the class action lawsuit -
Class action objector hawk Ted Frank will be allowed to intervene in investor lawsuit, challenging 'mootness fees'
Federal appeals panel derided busywork to generate attorney payments, says a lower court judge was wrong to block attorney Ted Frank from intervening directly in proceedings over whether lawyers unfairly reaped fees for cases vs Akorn they quickly mooted -
Appeals panel closes lid on class actions vs Abbott from people never harmed by contaminated Similac baby formula
Judges said the claims in the case from people whose children never ingested any allegedly contaminated Similac baby formula are no different than if someone were to sue a restaurant because someone else became ill from food poisoning -
Appeals court: Lawsuits vs Smith & Wesson over Highland Park massacre belong in Lake County court
A federal appeals panel, led by a judge who has repeatedly upheld "assault weapons" bans, has ruled that gun makers can't use their regulatory relationship with the federal government to keep themselves from being sued in state court when criminals use their weapons to commit mass murder -
Appeals panel: Differences over role of women in church won't stop ex-instructor from suing Moody, for now
A dissenting judge warned the decision to allow a female ex-instructor to sue Moody Bible Institute over her termination would inevitably lead to constitutionally impermissible questions into the religious beliefs Moody cites when running its Bible college -
Ancestry can't use arbitration clause in parents' user agreements to end kids' lawsuits
Appeals panel said children aren't a party to parents' contracts for use of DNA test kits