March 20 (Reuters) - Chief U.S. Circuit Judge Diane Sykes plans to step down from active service on the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, creating the first new vacancy on the Chicago-based court ...

Diane Sykes, chief judge of the 7th Circuit Appeals Court, is moving to semi-retirement after 33 years on the bench, opening ...

The daughter of a former Indiana Department of Correction inmate failed to prove a doctor's liability in the inmate's death ...

I have argued cases in front of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, and the federal 7th Circuit Court of Appeals. What do you think is the most pressing issue facing the community, and how would you plan ...

All of that—the fun, the preparation, and the stress—gets amplified when you’re preparing to argue at the Seventh Circuit.

In Wolf v. Riverport Insurance Co., the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the district court’s holding, under Illinois law, that ...