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Police found Miller lying on the sidewalk, bleeding from an apparent gunshot wound.

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.

A jury convicted Travis Beechler of drug trafficking and firearms offenses based on evidence gathered pursuant to a home detention compliance check.

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.

Twentieth Century Fox Television filmed scenes for the fictional television series Empire at the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center in 2015.

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.

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.

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.

Northrop Grumman laid off some workers in 2012 and did not provide severance benefits to all of them.

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.

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.

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.

Sunny Handicraft and Bin Teh Handicraft (collectively Sunny) sold seasonal merchandise to Walgreens, with Envision This! as an intermediary.

Shane Kitterman has been a frequent filer in both the federal and state courts of Illinois.

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.

Thirteen Investment Company, Inc. sued Foremost Insurance Company to pay for a fire loss covered under an insurance policy.

In 2001, Wince began work as a maintenance mechanic in the facilities department at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.

Carolyn Bridges and Raymond Cunningham provided their DNA to Ancestry.com, the largest genealogy company in the world.

William Curtis is serving several consecutive sentences for his connection to a drug conspiracy involving crack cocaine.

Jelena Dordevic filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy.

Jose De Jesus Caldera-Torres, a citizen of Mexico, is in the United States without permission.

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.

Jam produces and hosts live events at Chicago-area venues.

Following two criminal convictions under Illinois law, James Evans sought postconviction relief in an Illinois trial court.

Political action committees accept campaign contributions from donors and spend that money to support or oppose political candidates, parties, or ballot initiatives.

Pucillo, an Indiana resident who formerly used the last name Lock, had previously leased an apartment with Main Street Renewal LLC (Main Street).

Wisconsin police officers placed Garcia in a lineup after a court commissioner found probable cause for his arrest and set bail.

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.

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.

Federal officials suspected that Thomas was supplying large quantities of illegal drugs in Indiana.