Slip opinion No. 25-1964
U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit · Civil —General
- ¶1 New opinion from U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
- ¶2 Case decided on 2026-08-13
- ¶3 See full opinion for details
Slip opinion No. 25-2118
U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit · Criminal —Federal Sentencing
- ¶1 Seventh Circuit affirms revocation sentence, finding record shows court disregarded unproven gun/violence allegations at sentencing
- ¶2 Court holds sentencing judge cannot impose post-confinement registration conditions absent an actual term of supervised release
- ¶3 Useful for federal criminal defense and sentencing attorneys challenging due process violations or ultra vires supervised release conditions
Slip opinion No. 25-2251
U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit · Civil —Business Law
- ¶1 Seventh Circuit affirms that non-signatories may compel arbitration under direct-benefits estoppel when claims are intertwined with the contract's terms
- ¶2 Corporate officers/directors are not automatically bound by their company's arbitration clause absent direct benefit or close connection to the dispute
- ¶3 Useful for business litigators and arbitration counsel handling motions to compel arbitration involving non-signatory affiliates, officers, or directors
Slip opinion No. 25-2366
U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit · Civil —Constitutional Law
- ¶1 Seventh Circuit affirms dismissal: professors lacked standing absent credible enforcement threat or objectively reasonable chilling effect from Indiana's intellectual diversity law.
- ¶2 Indirect statutory application through university boards and 'interim' labeling of policies do not categorically defeat standing, but weaken credibility of enforcement threat.
- ¶3 Useful for constitutional litigators handling pre-enforcement First Amendment challenges to state laws and institutional policies affecting speech, especially in higher education.
Slip opinion No. 24-2017
U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit · Civil —Insurance Law
- ¶1 Seventh Circuit affirms insurance brokers owe no duty to non-insured third parties absent explicit contractual intent to benefit them
- ¶2 Court holds mere reference to a party in a brokerage contract does not confer third-party beneficiary status under Illinois law
- ¶3 Useful for insurance coverage litigators and professional negligence defense counsel handling broker liability and third-party beneficiary claims
Slip opinion No. 25-1311
U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit · Criminal —General
- ¶1 New opinion from U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
- ¶2 Case decided on 2026-08-13
- ¶3 See full opinion for details
Slip opinion No. 25-1392
U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit · Civil —Civil Rights and Section 1983
- ¶1 Seventh Circuit holds Rooker-Feldman does not bar § 1983 facial challenges to state DNA testing statutes, even after losing in state court
- ¶2 A prosecutor's professed willingness to allow DNA testing does not defeat Article III standing when she still controls and withholds the evidence
- ¶3 Useful for civil rights and post-conviction attorneys litigating § 1983 challenges to state DNA testing statutes or facing Rooker-Feldman/standing dismissals