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Case Digests

Apr 15, 2024

Tax-Injunction

Bradley Olson and Shirley Olson had been conducting their business, Affordable Sewer Service, without paying federal taxes for a decade.

Apr 15, 2024

Suppression of Evidence-Validity of Search

Harold McGhee was convicted and sentenced for drug trafficking.

Apr 15, 2024

Resentencing

Christopher Yates and Shawn Connelly were found guilty of conspiring to distribute methamphetamine in Macomb, Illinois, spanning thirteen months from January 2019 to February 2020.

Apr 15, 2024

Remand to State Court

Following the Highland Park, IL shooting perpetrated by Robert Eugene Crimo III, who used a Smith & Wesson M&P15 rifle to take the lives of seven individuals and injure 48 others, the victims and their estates collectively filed several lawsuits against Crimo, his father, the gun shops where he obtained the rifle, and the manufacturer of the weapon, Smith & Wesson.

Apr 15, 2024

Disability Insurance Benefits

Warnell applied for disability insurance benefits and supplemental security income under the Social Security Act in 2019.

Apr 15, 2024

Obama Presidential Center Location

A group known as Protect Our Parks, Inc. (POP) has been contesting the chosen location for the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago's historic Jackson Park.

Apr 15, 2024

Sentencing Guidelines

Liestman, who was found guilty of transporting child pornography, a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2252(a)(1), had a previous conviction for possessing child pornography under Wisconsin law.

Apr 8, 2024

Service Requirements

Elliot Kouri appeals from a judgment entered against him in this landlord-tenant dispute in the amount of $5,835.21 in damages and $5,900 in attorney fees.

Apr 8, 2024

Reasonable Suspicion-

Iain Johnson appeals a judgment of conviction for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated (OWI), as a third offense.

Apr 8, 2024

Sentencing Guidelines

Christopher Tate and Sandra Kellogg faced charges related to conspiracy to distribute illegal drugs and other drug-related offenses.

Apr 8, 2024

Sufficiency of Evidence

The Seventh Circuit upheld the convictions and sentences of Christopher Tate and Sandra Kellogg, who were charged with conspiracy to distribute illegal drugs and other drug-related offenses.

Apr 8, 2024

Class Action

The Seventh Circuit ruled that a potential class of consumers who bought infant formula manufactured by Abbott Laboratories lacked standing to sue for economic harm.

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