Police found Miller lying on the sidewalk, bleeding from an apparent gunshot wound.
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Case Digests – 7th Circuit Court of Appeals
Dismissal of Appellate Counsel
In 2007, appellant Scott Njos pleaded guilty to six federal crimes arising from robberies of several stores and a bank, and for attempted escape and assault of an FBI agent after his arrest.
Read More »Warrantless Search – Suppression of Evidence
A jury convicted Travis Beechler of drug trafficking and firearms offenses based on evidence gathered pursuant to a home detention compliance check.
Read More »Class Action Administration-TCPA Claim
The class asserts in this action that CWT violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) by calling class members using prerecorded voice messages, a practice the law expressly prohibits.
Read More »Class Action-Sovereign Immunity
Twentieth Century Fox Television filmed scenes for the fictional television series Empire at the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center in 2015.
Read More »ERISA Act-Fiduciary Duty
These appeals present questions about enforcement of fiduciary duties of loyalty and prudence under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, better known as ERISA, 29 U.S.C.
Read More »Jury Selection Errors
A jury convicted Howard of being a felon in possession of a weapon, but he asserts that the jury trial was tainted by errors that occurred during jury selection when the district court injected the prosecutor’s race into the Batson inquiry and otherwise improperly evaluated the peremptory strike against a Black juror.
Read More »Americans with Disabilities Act
Kinsella was a field operator for Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations when, in June 2013, he suffered work-related knee injuries that left him unable to work for three years.
Read More »Employment
Northrop Grumman laid off some workers in 2012 and did not provide severance benefits to all of them.
Read More »Liability Insurance
Plaintiffs Astellas US Holding, Inc. and Astellas Pharma US, Inc. (treated here as one entity, Astellas) paid the federal government $100 million to settle potential claims for violations of the federal Antikickback Statute and the federal False Claims Act.
Read More »Sentencing Guidelines
After a local high school student died from a fentanyl overdose, the police in Kenosha, Wisconsin, opened an investigation to track down the source of the fatal drugs.
Read More »Exhausting Prisoner’s Grievance Process
Ingram contends that, while confined in the United States Penitentiary at Terre Haute, he was beaten by guards, after which the medical staff denied him access to necessary care.
Read More »Breach of Contract
Sunny Handicraft and Bin Teh Handicraft (collectively Sunny) sold seasonal merchandise to Walgreens, with Envision This! as an intermediary.
Read More »Sex Offender Registration
Shane Kitterman has been a frequent filer in both the federal and state courts of Illinois.
Read More »Parole Revocation
This appeal presents a new question on the scope of the Supreme Court’s decision in Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477 (1994), which forecloses civil litigation that would call into question the validity of a state criminal conviction or sentence that has not been set aside.
Read More »Insurance-Contract
Thirteen Investment Company, Inc. sued Foremost Insurance Company to pay for a fire loss covered under an insurance policy.
Read More »Employment-Racial Discrimination
In 2001, Wince began work as a maintenance mechanic in the facilities department at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
Read More »Class Action- Genetic Information Privacy Act
Carolyn Bridges and Raymond Cunningham provided their DNA to Ancestry.com, the largest genealogy company in the world.
Read More »Resentencing under the First Step Act
William Curtis is serving several consecutive sentences for his connection to a drug conspiracy involving crack cocaine.
Read More »Bankruptcy
Jelena Dordevic filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy.
Read More »Cancellation of Removal
Jose De Jesus Caldera-Torres, a citizen of Mexico, is in the United States without permission.
Read More »Indiana Sex Offender Registration Act
The Indiana Sex Offender Registration Act (SORA), Ind. Code § 11-8-8-1 et seq., requires sex offenders who study, work, or reside in Indiana to register with the State.
Read More »Labor Bargaining Representative
Jam produces and hosts live events at Chicago-area venues.
Read More »Postconviction Relief
Following two criminal convictions under Illinois law, James Evans sought postconviction relief in an Illinois trial court.
Read More »Campaign-finance Laws
Political action committees accept campaign contributions from donors and spend that money to support or oppose political candidates, parties, or ballot initiatives.
Read More »Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
Pucillo, an Indiana resident who formerly used the last name Lock, had previously leased an apartment with Main Street Renewal LLC (Main Street).
Read More »Failure to Appoint Counsel- Habeas Relief
Wisconsin police officers placed Garcia in a lineup after a court commissioner found probable cause for his arrest and set bail.
Read More »Decision to Waive Counsel
Police officers in Raymond, Illinois, discovered a loaded firearm, cocaine, and more than 800 methamphetamine pills on Jones’s person and in his car during a traffic stop in March 2020.
Read More »Sixth Amendment Speedy Trial Rights
A jury convicted appellant Lonel L. Johnson, Jr. of possessing more than 50 grams of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug-trafficking crime, and two counts of possessing a firearm as a felon.
Read More »Suppression of Evidence
Federal officials suspected that Thomas was supplying large quantities of illegal drugs in Indiana.
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