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Case Digests - 7th Circuit Court of Appeals

Apr 15, 2024

Remand to State Court

Following the Highland Park, IL shooting perpetrated by Robert Eugene Crimo III, who used a Smith & Wesson M&P15 rifle to take the lives of seven individuals and injure 48 others, the victims and their estates collectively filed several lawsuits against Crimo, his father, the gun shops where he obtained the rifle, and the manufacturer of the weapon, Smith & Wesson.

Apr 15, 2024

Disability Insurance Benefits

Warnell applied for disability insurance benefits and supplemental security income under the Social Security Act in 2019.

Apr 15, 2024

Obama Presidential Center Location

A group known as Protect Our Parks, Inc. (POP) has been contesting the chosen location for the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago's historic Jackson Park.

Apr 15, 2024

Sentencing Guidelines

Liestman, who was found guilty of transporting child pornography, a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2252(a)(1), had a previous conviction for possessing child pornography under Wisconsin law.

Apr 8, 2024

Sentencing Guidelines

Christopher Tate and Sandra Kellogg faced charges related to conspiracy to distribute illegal drugs and other drug-related offenses.

Apr 8, 2024

Sufficiency of Evidence

The Seventh Circuit upheld the convictions and sentences of Christopher Tate and Sandra Kellogg, who were charged with conspiracy to distribute illegal drugs and other drug-related offenses.

Apr 8, 2024

Class Action

The Seventh Circuit ruled that a potential class of consumers who bought infant formula manufactured by Abbott Laboratories lacked standing to sue for economic harm.

Apr 8, 2024

Sentencing Guidelines

White, along with others, faced charges of conspiracy to distribute heroin following the deaths of three inmates from drug overdoses.

Apr 8, 2024

False Arrest

In the early hours of a snowy morning, Officer Owen McGuinness responded to a hit-and-run accident in Rockford, Illinois.

Apr 8, 2024

Insurance

Zhen Feng Lin, a food delivery driver, sustained severe injuries in a car accident.

Apr 8, 2024

Immigration and Nationality Act

Ortega, a Mexican national, appealed a decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals in the Seventh Circuit, seeking a review of their denial of his request for withholding of removal.

Apr 1, 2024

Providing Material Support to a Terrorist Organization

Osadzinski was convicted for providing material support to a terrorist organization.

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