Sentencing Guidelines
Appellants Raphael Campuzano-Benitez and Uriel Soria-Ocampo pleaded guilty for their roles as middlemen in a cocaine deal.
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Shane Crutchfield was charged with several Illinois drug crimes and faced enhanced penalties based on his lengthy criminal record.
Fair Labor Standards Act Violation – Dormant Commerce Clause
In this case, a number of current and former flight attendants challenge an airline’s compensation policy of paying for their work in the air but not on the ground.
Anti-Terrorism Act
On May 16, 2009, U.S. Army Specialist David Schaefer, Jr., was killed by a roadside bomb while serving a tour of duty in Iraq.
Sentencing Guidelines
Justin Kohl was convicted of three federal controlled substance offenses.
Abuse of Discretion – Evidentiary Ruling
Khalid Hamdan appeals his 2014 conviction on three counts related to his activities involving XLR-11, a Schedule I synthetic cannabinoid used to make the street drug “spice.”
ADA Violation
The plaintiff H.P., a minor, through her father W.P., claims that the defendant Naperville Community Unit School District #203 violated H.P.’s rights under the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Rehabilitation Act by disallowing H.P. from completing high school in District #203 after she moved to another school district.
Sufficiency of Evidence
For his role in designing and implementing a scheme to defraud manufacturers that issue coupons for consumer products, a grand jury charged El Paso businessman Thomas Balsiger with 25 counts of wire fraud and conspiracy both to commit wire fraud and obstruct justice.
Sentencing Guidelines
Michael Bostock pleaded guilty to distributing methamphetamine and has been sentenced to 125 months’ imprisonment, which he contends is unreasonably high.
FDCPA Violation
Anne O’Boyle claimed a debt collection letter sent by Real Time Resolutions, Inc.
Antitrust Violation
Oligopolies have always posed problems for conventional antitrust law: without something that can be called an agreement, they elude scrutiny under section 1 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1, and yet no individual firm has enough market power to be subject to Sherman Act section 2, 15 U.S.C. § 2.
4th Amendment Violation
A drug deal went wrong. After receiving a dose of pepper spray from his customer, Edward Bishop shot her in the arm.
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