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Seventh Circuit Cases Granted Certiorari

This is a status report and a subsequent history of Seventh Circuit cases which have been granted certiorari. It does not include cases for which the Supreme Court has issued a summary disposition.

2013 - 2014 Supreme Court Term
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Case Name: Madigan v. Levin

Dismissed "improvidently granted"
S. Ct. Docket	12-872
Cert. Granted	3/18/2013
Argument Date	10/7/2013
Question Presented	Whether state and local government workers may file constitutional claims of age discrimination, instead of pursuing their complaints under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act
7th Cir. Opinion	11-2820, 692 F.3d 607
7th Cir. Panel	Bauer, Posner, and Kanne
S. Ct. Opinion
Date Decided	10/15/2013


Case Name: Sandifer v. U.S. Steel Corp.

Affirmed
S. Ct. Docket	12-417
Cert. Granted	2/19/2013
Argument Date	11/4/2013
Question Presented	(1) What constitutes "changing clothes" within the meaning of section 203(o) of the Fair Labor Standards Act?
7th Cir. Opinion	10-1821
7th Cir. Panel	Posner, Flaum and Manion
S. Ct. Opinion	12-417
Date Decided	1/27/2014


Case Name: Harris v. Quinn
Affirmed in part, reversed in part

S. Ct. Docket	11-681
Cert. Granted	10/1/2013
Argument Date	1/21/2014
Question Presented	Whether it is unconstitutional for a state to require home-care providers to pay fees to a union to represent their interests before state agencies.
7th Cir. Opinion	10-3835
7th Cir. Panel	Manion, Wood and Hamilton
S. Ct. Opinion	11-681
Date Decided	6/30/2014

Case Name: Robers v. U.S.

Affirmed
S. Ct. Docket	12-9012
Cert. Granted	10/21/2013
Argument Date	2/25/2014
Question Presented	Whether a defendant-who has fraudulently obtained a loan and thus owes restitution for the loan under 18 U.S.C. § 3663A(b)(1)(B)-returns "any part" of the loan money by giving the lenders the collateral that secures the money?
7th Cir. Opinion	10-3794
7th Cir. Panel	Manion, Flaum and Sykes
S. Ct. Opinion	12-9012
Date Decided	5/5/2014


Case Name: Clark v. Rameker

Affirmed
S. Ct. Docket	13-299
Cert. Granted	11/26/2013
Argument Date	3/24/2014
Question Presented	Whether an individual retirement account that a debtor has inherited is exempt from the debtor's bankruptcy estate under Section 522 of the Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. 522, which exempts "retirement funds to the extent that those funds are in a fund or account that is exempt from taxation" under certain provisions of the Internal Revenue Code.
7th Cir. Opinion	12-1241
7th Cir. Panel	Easterbrook, Flaum and Williams
S. Ct. Opinion	13-299
Date Decided	6/12/2014