Seventh Circuit Tag

Monday Morning Review: Local Governments in the Federal Appellate Courts

Posted 17 Mar 2014 in Monday Morning Review

Here are last week's published decisions involving local governments:

First Circuit

Macdonald v. Town of Eastham, No. 13-1779 (Mar. 12, 2014) (finding officers are entitled to qualified immunity because question whether officers may enter home with open door by relying on their community-caretaking function is uncertain).

Second Circuit

C.L. v. Scarsdale Union Free Sch. Dist., No. 12-1610 (Mar. 11, 2014) (finding that when a public school denies a student

Monday Morning Review: Local Governments in the Federal Appellate Courts

Posted 03 Mar 2014 in Monday Morning Review

Here are last week's published decisions involving local governments:

Sixth Circuit

Rorrer v. City of Stow, No. 13-3272 (Feb. 26, 2014) (reversing grant of summary judgment to City and against plaintiff, a terminated firefighter with a non-work-related injury, on ADA claim; affirming grant of summary judgment for City on First Amendment and ADA retaliation claims).

Seventh Circuit

Bryant v. City of Chicago, No. 13-1142 (Feb. 28, 2014) (in appeal of dismissal of civil-rights suit as untimely, finding that district court abused its discretion by disregarding plaintiff's timely discovery request and that court should have equitably tolled the statute of limitations).
Hayden v. Greensburg Comm. Sch. Dist., No. 13-1757 (Feb. 24, 2014) (ruling that policy requiring boys, but not girls, playing basketball to keep their hair cut short constitutes sex discrimination

Monday Morning Review: Local Governments in the Federal Appellate Courts

Posted 24 Feb 2014 in Monday Morning Review

Here are last week's published decisions involving local governments:

Third Circuit

M.R. v. Ridley School District, No. 12-4137 (Feb. 20, 2014) (finding under Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act that for "stay put" period: (1) school district must reimburse parents for private-school costs even if parents do not file a claim for payment until after a court has ruled for the school; and (2) the parents' right to interim funding extends through the time of judicial appeal.).

Fourth Circuit

Stevenson v. City of Seat Pleasant, No. 12-2047 (Feb. 21, 2014) (finding, inter alia,

Monday Morning Review: Local Governments in the Federal Appellate Courts

Posted 17 Feb 2014 in Uncategorized

Here are last week's published decisions involving local governments: Seventh Circuit

Wilson v. Cook County, No. 13-1464 (Feb. 10, 2014) (affirming summary judgment for County on equal-protection, due-process, and Title VII claims arising out of alleged sexual-harassment in the workplace).

Ninth Circuit

Retired Employees Association of Orange County, Inc. v. County of Orange, No. 12-56706 (Feb. 13, 2014) (affirming

Monday Morning Review: Local Governments in the Federal Appellate Courts

Posted 10 Feb 2014 in Monday Morning Review

Here are last week's published decisions involving local governments:

Second Circuit

Rosu v. City of New York, No. 13-243 (Feb. 7, 2014) (finding that the procedures of the New York City Commission on Human Rights satisfy due process).

Sixth Circuit

Reed v. Franklin County, No. 13-3119 (Feb. 6, 2014) (affirming summary judgment for County and county-jail officers in case alleging that officers used excessive force and violated privacy rights).

Seventh Circuit

Monday Morning Review: Local Governments in the Federal Appellate Courts

Posted 05 Feb 2014 in Monday Morning Review

Here are last week's published decisions involving local governments*:

First Circuit

Pierce v. Cotuit Fire Department, No. 1301428 (Jan. 28, 2014) (affirming summary judgment against former employee who had claimed, among other things, that he was terminated in retaliation for First-Amendment activity).

Fourth Circuit

Montgomery County v. Federal National Mortgate Association, No. 13-1691 (Jan. 27, 2014) (affirming district court's decision that general-tax exemptions applicable to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac cover real-property transfer taxes, and that Congress had authority under the Commerce Clause to adopt the exemption). The Seventh Circuit addressed a related question in December.

Fifth Circuit

Seventh Circuit: City May Not Close Adult Bookstores

Posted 27 Jan 2014 in Case Notes

May a city require adult bookstores but not other establishments to close between midnight and 10am every night and all day Sunday? In Annex Books v. City of Indianapolis, No. 13-1500 (Jan. 24, 2014), the Seventh Circuit said no. It struck down the City of Indianapolis's requirement, which a district court had previously upheld. Although the City claimed that the restriction would lead to fewer armed robberies at or near the bookstores, the court held that "cities must protect readers from robbers rather than reduce risks by closing bookstores." In the court's view, "[t]hat the City's regulation takes the form of closure is the nub of the problem." First, the court found that the evidence supporting the City's justification is "weak as a statistical matter": the data "do not show that robberies are more likely at adult bookstores than at other late-night retail outlets." Second, the court noted that although

Monday Morning Review: Local Governments in the Federal Appellate Courts

Posted 27 Jan 2014 in Monday Morning Review

Here are last week's published decisions involving local governments:

Second Circuit

McColley v. County of Rensselaer, No. 12-2220 (Jan. 21, 2014) (affirming that whether officer and County were entitled to qualified immunity for alleged Fourth-Amendment violation arising out of search-warrant-application omissions turned on genuine issues of material fact, and concluding therefore that the court lacked subject matter jurisdiction).

Fourth Circuit

Corr v. Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, No. 13-1076 (Jan. 21, 2014) (finding that tolls paid by drivers on the Dulles Toll Road are user fees not taxes, and that their collection by airport authority does not violate Virginia Constitution and motorists' due-process rights).

Seventh Circuit

Monday Morning Review: Local Governments in the Federal Appellate Courts

Posted 13 Jan 2014 in Monday Morning Review

Here are last week's published decisions involving local governments. They include two unsuccessful due-process challenges -- one to speed-camera programs, the other to booking fees:

Second Circuit

Matusick v. Erie County Water Authority, No. 11-1234 (Jan. 6, 2014) (upholding jury's finding of liability against water authority arising out of "interference with employee's intimate association" due to alleged verbal and physical harassment).

Fourth Circuit

Snider International Corp. v. Town of Forest Heights, No. 12-2490 (Jan. 7, 2014) (holding that Town did not violate procedural or substantive due process by issuing citations by mail under Town's speed-camera program).

Seventh Circuit

Monday Morning Review: Local Governments in the Federal Appellate Courts

Posted 29 Dec 2013 in Monday Morning Review

Here are published decisions involving local governments from the federal appellate courts from December 23, 2013, through December 27, 2013: Seventh Circuit Swetlik v. Crawford, No. 12-2675 (Dec. 23, 2013) (affirming grant of summary judgment against police detective who sued City and officers alleging that they violated his First-Amendment rights by voting to file a termination charge against him). DeKalb County v. Federal Housing Finance Authority, No. 1301558 (Dec. 23, 2013) (holding that Fannie Mae is exempt by statute from real-estate transfer taxes levied...

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