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1st Amendment Violation
7th Circuit Court of Appeals Case Name: Dan Proft, et al. v. Kwame Raoul, et al. Case No.: 18-3475 Officials: EASTERBROOK, KANNE, and BRENNAN, Circuit Judges. Focus: 1st Amendment Violation A provision of the Illinois Election Code limits how much money entities can contribute to political campaigns. But in some races, Illinois lifts these limits, […]
Bankruptcy – Exemptions
George Burciaga lost his job in May 2018 and filed for bankruptcy a week later.
Property Act and NEPA Violations
The National Park Service donated more than 3,000 acres in central Wisconsin to the state’s Department of Natural Resources.
Bankruptcy – Judicial Estoppel
TRUMPF Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of an international business, makes specialty tools such as precision laser cutters.
FDCA Violation
Proving that almost anything can give rise to litigation, this case concerns chocolates that Clarisha Benson and Lorenzo Smith purchased at their local Fannie May stores in Chicago.
Jury Instructions
Two non-competing Midwestern companies operated by brothers used marks containing the family name, Fabick.
Sentencing – Supervised Release
Nicholas Edwards pleaded guilty to failing to register as a sex offender, in violation of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act, 18 U.S.C. § 2250—his fourth conviction for a failure to register a change of address as required by state and federal statutes.
Amended Opinion
The opinion of this court issued on December 4, 2019, is amended as follows: Page 3, “Fed. R. Evid. 59” should be “Fed. R. Civ. P. 59.”
Abuse of Discretion – Sufficiency of Evidence
Risa Stegall applied and interviewed for a service representative position with the Social Security Administration (“SSA”) in 2010.
Statutory Interpretation – Uniformed Service Members Employment and Reemployment Rights Act
Sergeant David Mueller took a leave of absence from the City of Joliet Police Department to report for active duty in the Illinois National Guard Counterdrug Task Force.
1st Amendment Violation
This appeal deals with First Amendment protection for public employees when they engage in speech that is not related ortied to their work.
Sentencing Guidelines
Ruben Porraz was the leader of a Chicago chapter of the Latin Kings gang for about four years.
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