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   Federal Courts - 7th Circuit Court of Appeals - June 25, 2007

  
Cooper v. IBM Pers. Pension Plan, No. 07-1767, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT, June 25, 2007, Decided
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Overview: Appellees' Fed. R. App. P. 38 motion for sanctions against former attorney in firm that represented plaintiff in underlying action was granted and attorney's appeal from district court's denial of his motion for allocation of attorneys' fees was dismissed because attorney was not party to case and was not lawyer for any party.

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Hefley v. Vill. of Calumet Park, No. 06-3130, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT, June 25, 2007, Decided
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Overview: The grant of summary judgment to the former employer on the employee's Title VII claim of reverse racial discrimination was affirmed because the employee could not show that he was meeting his employer's legitimate expectations because he did not dispute that annual firearms certification was mandatory and that he failed to qualify.

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Hong v. Sims, No. 06-3333, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT, June 25, 2007, Decided
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Jackson v. Potter, No. 06-3393, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT, June 25, 2007, Decided
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Overview: The judgment granting summary judgment to the employer on the former employee's Title VII claim that she was fired based on her religious beliefs as a Jehovah's Witness was affirmed because the district court correctly concluded that the employee's affidavit alone was insufficient to invoke equitable estoppel to excuse her untimely filing.

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Lott v. Pfizer, Inc., No. 06-3372, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT, June 25, 2007, Decided
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Overview: Because defendant had objectively reasonable basis for seeking removal of plaintiffs' purported class action as no circuit court had rejected its argument that word "commenced" in Class Action Fairness Act meant date on which case was removed to federal court, district court erred by awarding plaintiffs attorneys' fees under 28 U.S.C.S. § 1447(c).

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