7th Circuit Opinions & Cases | National Law Review

The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in the United States covers the Midwest states including: Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin. The Appeals Court is situated in Illinois and is located in the Dirksen Federal Building in Chicago. The appeals from the Central/Northern/Southern Districts in IL, Northern/Southern Districts in Indiana, and Eastern/Western Districts in Wisconsin are held in this federal courthouse.

With the home of the Seventh Circuit being in Illinois, several cases are heard from the surrounding state court levels in the state, as well as other Seventh Circuit appeal cases. The Central IL district courthouse is in Springfield, Northern district in Chicago, and the Southern district court sits in East St. Louis, IL. In Indiana, the Northern district courthouse is in South Bend, and Southern district in Indianapolis. In Wisconsin, The Eastern district courthouse sits in Milwaukee, and Western district in Madison, WI.

Currently 11 active judges sit at the circuit level, with 4 senior judges being appointed to the bench in the district. The current Chief Judge is Diane Pamela Wood; Elena Kegan holds the title of Circuit Justice in the Seventh Circuit. The courthouse is prominent in online cases, including Wiki and RSS-feeds of the opinions and oral arguments as they unfold in the court. Judge Frank H. Easterbrook, who is one of the most prominent economic-scholars, also serves as a Justice for the circuit-system.

Several precedential-decisions have been laid in the Seventh Circuit. Among the cases which were heard by the appellate court are: (Krysta Sutterfield v. City of Milwaukee, et. al., which was a case allowing police to use “exigent circumstances” defense, to enter and search her home without a warrant. Moore v Madigan is another set of cases (stemming from Shepard v Madigan and Moore v Madigan). The case regarded constitutionality of Illinois’s “no-issue” policy for carrying concealed weapons.

Tort law cases, biometric/personal information, real property, civil rights, gay marriage, bankruptcy, and tax court appeals, are a few of the cases which The National Law Review covers on its site. From prominent decisions in today’s online-driven society including the use of biometric scans, to data breach cases, we cover an extensive range of prominent cases, many which are setting precedent today, as such topics haven’t been an issue in the past. The National Law Review also covers general information about the Circuit, appointment news, and Federal and State Agency topics.

Date	Title	Organization
8 Apr	Two Circuit Courts of Appeals Consider Jurisdiction Over Non-Forum Class Members	Polsinelli PC
7 Apr	Take Caution with Filing Deadlines During COVID-19 Crisis	Davis Kuelthau
7 Apr	Seventh Circuit Upholds Dismissal of 403(b) Plan Lawsuit Against Northwestern University in Apparent Split with Third Circuit	Proskauer Rose LLP
7 Apr	Final Arbitration Award Including Attorney Fees Confirmed	Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
7 Apr	Jeep Drivers’ Claims Come to a Screeching Halt: Hypothetical Hacking Threat Does Not Confer Article III Standing	Proskauer Rose LLP
7 Apr	Seventh Circuit Remands $280 Million TCPA Penalty Against DISH Network, LLC	Faegre Drinker
6 Apr	Novel Virus Brings Novel Coverage Theories	Schiff Hardin LLP
6 Apr	U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Resolve Circuit Split On Whether A Layoff Is Temporary Or Permanent Under WARN Act	Proskauer Rose LLP
2 Apr	Final Award Confirmed Over Interim Final Award in Reinsurance Dispute	Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
31 Mar	A New ATDS Pleading Standard?: Big Motion to Dismiss May be Harbinger of Things to Come	Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
31 Mar	Seventh Circuit Nixes Sherman Act Claims Based on the Noerr-Pennington Doctrine and Implied Antitrust Immunity	Foley & Lardner LLP
31 Mar	COVID-19 Coverage Litigation Escalates	Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
30 Mar	District Court Holds Standard for Pleading and Proving TCPA Claim Raised After Gadelhak	Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
27 Mar	Breaking: Seventh Circuit Court Of Appeal (Mostly) Affirms Judgment Against Dish–Remands For Further Consideration Of $280Mm Award	Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
26 Mar	Seventh Circuit Addresses Waiver of Right to Arbitrate	Foley & Lardner LLP
25 Mar	Federal Courts that Hear Intellectual Property Cases Requiring Litigation at a Distance	Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
23 Mar	Anti-Fraud Enforcement in the Coronavirus Era	Foley & Lardner LLP
21 Mar	Layoffs can trigger vesting requirements for retirement plans	Godfrey & Kahn S.C.
20 Mar	Neat and Tidy: Seventh Circuit Court of Appeal Issues Short Order Denying En Banc Bid in Gadelhak	Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
19 Mar	Blanket Deadline Extension Orders: Short-Term Relief and Jurisdictional Risks	Schiff Hardin LLP
19 Mar	Federal Court Rules Trade Secret Damages Can Extend beyond the U.S. border	Jones Walker LLP
17 Mar	Two Courts of Appeals Issue Decisions Addressing Whether Bristol-Myers Squibb’s Personal Jurisdiction Holding Extends to Class Actions	Pierce Atwood LLP
17 Mar	Indian Nations Law Update - March 2020	Godfrey & Kahn S.C.
16 Mar	Federal Court: Sweeping Accusations Alone Do Not Meet The Standard For Age Discrimination and Retaliation	Jackson Lewis P.C.
12 Mar	Does Bristol-Myers Squibb Apply to Class Actions? D.C. and Seventh Circuit Issue New Decisions	Robinson & Cole LLP
12 Mar	D.C. Circuit Sidesteps Bristol-Myers Personal Jurisdiction Defense in Class Action, but Seventh Circuit Rejects It	Foley & Lardner LLP
12 Mar	Internet Sales Lead to Personal Jurisdiction Despite No Physical Presence	McDermott Will & Emery
12 Mar	Seventh Circuit Holds District Court Had Jurisdiction Over Claims of Unnamed Non-Resident Class Members in TCPA Class Action	Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
12 Mar	Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals Found Bristol-Myers Not Applicable to Rule 23 Class Actions	Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
11 Mar	Federal Court in North Carolina Tackles Associational Discrimination Claim Brought by Teacher With Disabled Son	Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
11 Mar	Breaking: Seventh Circuit Court of Appeal Holds Bristol Myers Squibb Doesn’t Apply to Rule 23 Class Actions	Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
11 Mar	Federal Judge Confirms that Federal Trade Secret Statute Applies to Misappropriation that Occurs Overseas	Mintz
10 Mar	Misappropriators Beware: Motorola Court Embraces Extraterritorial Application Of The Defend Trade Secrets Act	K&L Gates
9 Mar	The Value of a Good Performance Review	Foley & Lardner LLP
9 Mar	TCPA Litigation: Widening Circuit Split Over Autodialer May Drive Supreme Court Consideration	Polsinelli PC
7 Mar	Seventh Circuit Weighs in on Vicarious Liability Under TCPA	Foley & Lardner LLP
7 Mar	Seventh Circuit Denies Full Court Review of Class Notice Question	Jackson Lewis P.C.
6 Mar	Employer’s Perseverance Pays Off As District Court Decertifies Disinterested Collective	Barnes & Thornburg LLP
6 Mar	Why Not?: Gadelhak Plaintiff Seeks Re-Hearing from the Seventh Circuit on TCPA’s ATDS Definition–Argues Peacock Shot Mustard Using a Candlestick	Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
2 Mar	Seventh Circuit Adopts Narrow Definition of Autodialer Under The TCPA	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
2 Mar	When Divorce and Bankruptcy Collide	Anderson & Boback
28 Feb	No Duty to Defend If No Fortuity and No Occurrence	Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
27 Feb	Class Certification Granted to Kraft Investors Alleging Wheat Market Rigging	Bilzin Sumberg
26 Feb	Strength In Numbers: The Seventh Circuit Joins The Third And Eleventh Circuits In Limiting The Definition Of An Automatic Telephone Dialing System Under The TCPA	K&L Gates
25 Feb	2019 IP Law Year in Review: Copyrights	McDermott Will & Emery
24 Feb	Clickwrap Agreement: Consent or Not Consent, That Is A Question	Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
24 Feb	Seventh Circuit Disagrees with Ninth Circuit and Joins the Third and Eleventh Circuit in Adopting a Narrow Interpretation of ATDS	Faegre Drinker
24 Feb	Appeals Court Says No FLSA Notice for Employees Who Agree to Arbitrate	Foley & Lardner LLP
24 Feb	Two More Significant Rulings for TCPA Litigation – Eleventh and Seventh Circuits Narrowly Interpret ATDS	Jackson Lewis P.C.
21 Feb	Here it Is!: Your Very Own UPDATED TCPA ATDS Scorecard	Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP