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Court Error – Article III Standing
When all the dust is cleared away, this case is relatively straightforward: we must review a dismissal for lack of Article III standing and the imposition of sanctions under Rule 11.
Sentencing Guidelines
Defendant-appellant Michael Clark was convicted of possessing a mixture containing fentanyl in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1).
5th Amendment Violation
After Jon Giles’s DNA was found at the scene of the robbery of North Community Bank, FBI agents interrogated him at the Pontiac Correctional Center where he was serving a prison term for two other bank robberies.
Rehabilitation Act Violation
Elisa Yochim worked in the legal department of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development for 26 years.
Jury Instructions
Patricia O’Donnell filed suit against her former employer, Caine Weiner Company, LLC, alleging unequal pay due to gender discrimination and retaliation.
Failure to Exhaust Administrative Remedies
Effex Capital, LLC (“Effex”), brought this action alleging that the National Futures Association (the “NFA”) had defamed it in documents related to a settlement between the NFA and one of its members, Forex Capital Markets, LLC (“FXCM”).
FOIA Request
More than two decades ago, Dustin Higgs kidnapped and murdered three women.
Statutory Interpretation – PLRA – Three Strikes Rule
One of Congress’s expressed goals when it passed the Prison Litigation Reform Act (“PLRA”) was to rein in the flood of prisoner litigation—all too often frivolous or vexatious, it thought—clogging the courts.
Qualified Immunity
Hyung Seok and Eunsook Koh, husband and wife, brought a § 1983 suit arising out of the investigation of and the Kohs’ arrests in connection with their son’s death.
Title IX Violation
This case arises out of a sexual assault investigation and disciplinary hearing conducted by Columbia College of Chicago (“Columbia”).
6th Amendment Violation
Following a jury trial, Mauricio Marchan was convicted of one count of possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and 846, and one count of distribution of 500 grams or more of cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1).
ERISA Claim – Time-barred
Two companies set up a pension plan for their employees, then withdrew from it.
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