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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Employment

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

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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.

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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.

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Breach of Contract

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

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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.

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Insurance-Contract

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

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Postconviction Relief

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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