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Court Error – Abuse of Discretion
We review a district court’s decision to hold a corporation in contempt of a consent judgment when its outside counsel failed to respond to a motion alleging a violation of the judgment and to appear at a hearing on the motion.
ERISA – Damages
W.A. Griffin, M.D., is the assignee of her patient’s health plan, TeamCare, which the Board of Trustees of Central States, Southeast and Southwest Areas Health and Welfare Fund (collectively Central States) administers and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001–1461, governs.
Sentencing Guidelines
Ricky Hatch pleaded guilty to trafficking firearms from Indiana into Chicago.
EEOC Claim – Retaliation
Jerry Lewis is an employee of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (the “Agency”).
21st Amendment Violation
The Twenty-first Amendment to the U.S. Constitution brought Prohibition to an end with a compromise: section 1 repeals the Eighteenth Amendment, but section 2 hands some power back to the states insofar as it forbids the “transportation or importation” of liquor into a state in violation of that state’s law.
Sentencing – Probation
In 1988, Robert W. Huber, Jr., pleaded guilty to making fraudulent credit card charges in the amount of $800.
Sentencing Guidelines
Gwendolyn Jackson was convicted in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois on charges arising out of a scheme to defraud mortgage lenders.
1st Amendment Violation
Nicole Bogart, a Democrat, worked as the Financial Resources Director of Vermilion County, Illinois, but her tenure ended when Michael Marron, a Republican, assumed control of the County Board and fired her.
1st Amendment Violation
This case takes us deep into the internal workings of the Illinois State Senate.
ERISA – Penalties
W.A. Griffin, M.D., is the assignee of her patient’s health plan, TeamCare, which the Board of Trustees of Central States, Southeast and Southwest Areas Health and Welfare Fund (collectively Central States) administers and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001–1461, governs. Dr. Griffin sued Central States for underpayment and for statutory penalties based on[...]
FMLA Violation – Retaliation Claim
Angela Riley worked for the Kokomo Housing Authority for eight years before she was terminated in May 2014.
Wrongful Termination – Whistleblower-protection
The appellant, Doug Taylor, claims that the Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of Lawrenceburg (“the Board”) terminated his employment with the City because of his disagreements with the Mayor and exposure of purported wrongdoing by City officials.
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