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Marcus Durham received a 35-year sentence for a federal drug offense that was later reduced to 20 years due to subsequent amendments to the Sentencing Guidelines.

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Federal Express Corporation (FedEx) twice fired Janet Kotaska because she could not lift up to 75 pounds.

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In 2002 Alice Minter became ill and weakened; her hair fell out; while in a hospital she entered a coma and seemed on the brink of death.

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Charnpal “Paul” Ghuman and Aga Khan participated in a multi-million dollar bank fraud scheme in which they helped to create fraudulent loan applications in order to convince a bank to issue mortgages to unqualified individuals who were purchasing gasoline stations from them.

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The district court certified a plaintiff class in this securities fraud case against Allstate Corporation.

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Petitioner Adam Delgado is a special agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.

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In 2018, Democrats Tony Evers and Josh Kaul were elected as the governor and attorney general of Wisconsin.

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Scott McCray sued his employer, the Department of Veterans Affairs, for the failure to accommodate his disabilities as required by the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. § 701 et seq.

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James Henderson filed this employment discrimination action against the Secretary of the Department of Veteran Affairs (“VA”).

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Police arrested Zachary Pulera on suspicion of bail jumping and brought him to the Kenosha County Pre-Trial Facility.

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Soo Line Railroad Company, which we refer to by its business name, Canadian Pacific, sought to bring state-law claims under the diversity jurisdiction of the district court.

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Courts expect parties to know and follow local rules of practice.

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Rae McCann brought this action against her former employer Badger Mining Company (“Badger”) under the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”), 42 U.S.C. § 12112, and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (“ADEA”), 29 U.S.C. §§ 621–634.

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A jury convicted Nehemiah Felders of possessing a firearm, despite a felony conviction making this unlawful. 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1).

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Gabriela Escobedo Marquez and her minor daughter, Diana Julieta Sanchez Escobedo, citizens of Mexico, petition for review of the denial of their application for asylum under the Immigration and Nationality Act.

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On the first day of deer hunting season in 2013, Officer Steven Francisko was checking hunters’ licenses to prevent poaching.

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J.S.T. Corporation, which is based in Illinois, produces a type of electronic equipment called a connector.

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A defendant convicted of tax fraud challenges his sentence, disputing the loss amount which set the applicable range for his case under the Sentencing Guidelines.

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Sharon Brown was a detainee at the Polk County Jail who underwent a physical search of her body cavities.

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After Raymond Marling was arrested, on a warrant, while driving his car, police in Indiana took an inventory of its contents.

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Weekly Case Digests – August 31, 2020 – September, 4 2020

The judgment of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit is affirmed for the reasons stated in McGirt v. Oklahoma, ante, p. ___.

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On the far end of the Trail of Tears was a promise. Forced to leave their ancestral lands in Georgia and Alabama, the Creek Nation received assurances that their new lands in the West would be secure forever.

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Over the course of five days in April 2019, three committees of the U. S. House of Representatives issued four subpoenas seeking information about the finances of President Donald J. Trump, his children, and affiliated businesses.

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In our judicial system, “the public has a right to every man’s evidence.”

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These cases require us to decide whether the First Amendment permits courts to intervene in employment disputes involving teachers at religious schools who are entrusted with the responsibility of instructing their students in the faith.

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In these consolidated cases, we decide whether the Government created lawful exemptions from a regulatory requirement implementing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA), 124 Stat. 119.

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The judgment of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit is reversed for the reasons stated in Chiafalo v. Washington, ante, p. ___.

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In response to consumer complaints, Congress passed the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (TCPA) to prohibit, inter alia, almost all robocalls to cell phones.

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Every four years, millions of Americans cast a ballot for a presidential candidate.

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