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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.

2014-2015 Supreme Court Term
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Case Name: Mach Mining LLC v. EEOC
Vacated and remanded
S. Ct. Docket: 13-1019
Cert. Granted: 6/30/2014
Argument Date: 1/13/15
Question Presented: Whether and to what extent may a court enforce the EEOC's mandatory duty to conciliate discrimination claims before filing suit?
7th Cir. Opinion: 13-2456
7th Cir. Panel: Wood, Kanne and Hamilton
S. Ct. Opinion: 13-1019
Date Decided: 4/29/2015
Case Name: Wellness Internationa Network, Ltd, v. Sharif
Reversed and remanded
S. Ct. Docket: 13-935
Cert. Granted: 7/1/2014
Argument Date: 1/14/15
Question Presented:

1. Whether the presence of a subsidary state property law issue in an 11 USC 541 action brought by a debtor to determine whether property in the debtor's possession is property of the bankruptcy estate means that such action does not "stem from the bankruptcy" itself and therefor that a bankruptcy court does not have the constitutional authority to enter a final order deciding that action.

3. Whether Article III permits the exercise of the judicial power of the United States by the bankruptcy courts on the basis of litigant consent and if so, whether implied consent based on a litigant's conduct is sufficient to satisfy Article III.
7th Cir. Opinion: 12-1349
7th Cir. Panel: Flaum, Sykes and Tinder
S. Ct. Opinion: 13-935
Date Decided: 5/26/2015
Case Name: Kingsley v. Hendrickson
Vacated and remanded
S. Ct. Docket: 14-6368
Cert. Granted: 1/16/2015
Argument Date: 4/27/2015
Question Presented: Whether the requirements of a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 excessive force claim brought by a plaintiff who was a pretrial detainee at the time of the incident are satisfied by a showing that the state actor deliberately used force against the pretrial detainee and the use of force was objectively unreasonable.
7th Cir. Opinion: 12-3639
7th Cir. Panel: Ripple, Hamilton, Circuit Judges, Stadtmueller, District Judge
S. Ct. Opinion: 14-6468
Date Decided: 6/22/2015