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Civil Digest

Aug 26, 2020

1st Amendment Violation – United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 – Policy Requirement

1st Amendment Violation – United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 – Policy Requirement

Aug 26, 2020

Abuse of Discretion – Expert Testimony

The petitioner, Timothy E. Dobbs, seeks review of the court of appeals' decision affirming his judgment of conviction for homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle.

Aug 26, 2020

Trademark Registration

This case concerns eligibility for federal trademark registration.

Aug 25, 2020

Ineffective Assistance of Counsel and Collateral Review

Accuracy and finality are both central goals of the judicial system, but there is an inherent conflict between them.

Aug 25, 2020

Unlawful-stop Claim – Suppression of Evidence

Defendant Cordarrell Wilson was convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm.

Aug 25, 2020

Personal Jurisdiction – Service of Process

Skyler Ewing appeals a summary judgment dismissing defendant Jonathan Davis from Ewing’s personal injury action for lack of personal jurisdiction over Davis.

Aug 25, 2020

ADEA Violation – Sufficiency of Evidence

In 2014, Romuald (“Roman”) Tyburski, then age seventy-four, applied for a promotion with his employer, the City of Chicago’s Department of Water Management, but the City rejected his application.

Aug 25, 2020

8th Amendment Violation – Issue of Material Fact

When a prison official knows that an inmate faces a substantial risk of serious harm, the Eighth Amendment requires that official to take reasonable measures to abate the risk.

Aug 25, 2020

OWI – Suppression of Evidence – Blood Test

The State appeals from an order of the circuit court suppressing evidence from a blood draw of Dawn Levanduski following her arrest for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated (OWI), second offense.

Aug 25, 2020

Plea Withdrawal – Plain Error

Robert Triggs was indicted for unlawfully possessing a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(9), which prohibits firearm possession by persons convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence.

Aug 25, 2020

Order Correcting Opinion

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that corrections were made to paragraph 1 in the above-captioned opinion which was released on June 30, 2020.

Aug 24, 2020

Miller Act Violation – Subcontractors – Federal Government Construction

The Miller Act, 40 U.S.C. § 3131 et seq., seeks to protect subcontractors against nonpayment for work performed on federal government construction projects by requiring the prime contractor to provide a payment bond on which the subcontractor can then make a claim for payment.

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