Christopher M. Opsteen v. Keller Structures, Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that “a person who applied for disability benefits must live with the factual representations made to obtain them, and if these show inability to do the job then an ADA claim may be rejected without further inquiry”
• “Litigants who take one view of the facts, and prevail, are equitably estopped to assert the opposite later.”
• contradictions between applications for ERISA benefits and ADA claims are no more acceptable than those between SSDI applications and ADA claims
• “Cleveland v. Policy Management Systems, Corp., 526 U.S. 795 (1999

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

12 cases in this archive cite this case.

• In re Sulfuric Acid Antitrust Litigation
  N.D. Illinois· 2005-08-26· cited 60×
• Nicholas Escamilla v. Eugene Jungwirth, Warden, East Moline Correctional Center
  Seventh Circuit· 2005-10-14· cited 47×
• Butler v. Village of Round Lake Police Department
  Seventh Circuit· 2009-10-27· cited 21×
• Gordon R. Johnson v. Exxonmobil Corporation
  Seventh Circuit· 2005-10-18· cited 19×
• Albert ADAMS, Plaintiff, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Defendant
  District of Columbia· 2014-06-27· cited 7×
• Stragapede v. City of Evanston
  N.D. Illinois· 2015-08-28· cited 7×
• Johnson, Gordon R. v. ExxonMobil Corp
  Seventh Circuit· 2005-10-18
• Escamilla, Nicholas v. Jungwirth, Eugene
  Seventh Circuit· 2005-10-14
• Patrick Butler v. Village of Round Lake Police D
  Seventh Circuit· 2009-10-27
• Bisker v. GGS Information Services, Inc.
  Third Circuit· 2009-07-24
• Jason Schmit v. Trimac Transportation, Inc.
  Eighth Circuit· 2026-04-09
• Dored Shiba v. Markwayne Mullin
  Seventh Circuit· 2026-05-05

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• New Hampshire v. Maine
  Supreme Court· 2001-05-29· cited 3,343×
• Cleveland v. Policy Management Systems Corp.
  Supreme Court· 1999-05-24· cited 1,210×
• Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Echazabal
  Supreme Court· 2002-06-10· cited 322×
• John Byrne v. Avon Products, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 2003-05-09· cited 128×
• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and Michael Nicosia, Intervening v. Yellow Freight System, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 2001-06-12· cited 120×
• David Pals v. Schepel Buick & Gmc Truck, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 2000-07-14· cited 66×
• Steve R. Hansen v. William J. Henderson, Postmaster General
  Seventh Circuit· 2000-11-15· cited 44×
• Jimmy Dale Lee v. City of Salem, Indiana
  Seventh Circuit· 2001-08-01· cited 34×
• Robert C. Koshinski, Jr. v. Decatur Foundry, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 1999-04-22· cited 24×