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Sufficiency of Evidence
A jury found Scott Ginsberg guilty of bank fraud. On appeal, he argues there was insufficient evidence that he knowingly defrauded the banks.
Statutory Interpretation – Motor Carrier Act Violation
Leonid Burlaka, Timothy Keuken, Travis Frischmann, and Roger Robinson are truck drivers who brought individual, collective, and class action claims against Contract Transport Services (CTS), their former employer, for failing to provide overtime pay in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), which requires overtime pay for any employee who works more than forty hours in a workweek.
Sentencing Guidelines – Enhancement
To keep his car dealership afloat, Arthur Friedman secured loans for fake buyers of a phony inventory of cars.
Subject-matter Jurisdiction
This case is about the plaintiffs’ quest to halt construction of the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago’s Jackson Park.
Punitive Damages
Without permission from Epic Systems, Tata Consultancy Services (“TCS”) downloaded, from 2012 to 2014, thousands of documents containing Epic’s confidential information and trade secrets.
Sentencing Career Criminal Classification
Clayton Waagner filed a second collateral attack on his sentence under 28 U.S.C. § 2255.
Petition for Rehearing En Banc
On consideration of plaintiff-appellant’s petition for rehearing and rehearing en banc, filed on June 16, 2020, a majority of the panel voted to deny rehearing.
Court Error – Motion for Summary Affirmance
Appellee the United States asks this court to summarily affirm the district court’s dismissal of appellant Tim Jon Semmerling’s complaint because his appellate brief does not assert any error in the district court’s decision.
Jury Instructions
A jury convicted Blair Cook of being an unlawful user of a controlled substance (marijuana) in possession of a firearm and ammunition.
Appellate Jurisdiction
The False Claims Act allows the United States government to dismiss a relator’s qui tam suit over the relator’s objection with notice and opportunity for a hearing.
Breach of Contract – Summary Judgment
Smart Oil, LLC agreed to sell thirty parcels of land with gas stations and convenience stores to DW Mazel, LLC (“DWM”).
Weekly Case Digests – October 5, 2020 – October 9, 2020
Weekly Case Digests – October 5, 2020 – October 9, 2020
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- Class action filed against Walgreens
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Case Digests
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel; Double Jeopardy; Sentencing
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel; Sexual Assault-Prosecutorial Misconduct
- Contract-Negligence
- Criminal Law; Juvenile Law; Discovery
- Family Law; Child Support; Property Division First paragraph(s)
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel- Exclusion of Evidence of Witness Bias
- Postconviction Relief-Sentencing-Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
- 14th Amendment – Due Process
- Criminal-Sentencing Guidelines – Enhancement
- Bankruptcy-Tax
- Civil Rights – 14th Amendment-Jury Instructions
- Contract; Foreclosure and Property
