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Failure to Warn – Causation
Juan Suarez used Goof Off, an extremely flammable product made by W.M. Barr, to remove paint from a basement floor.
4th Amendment
Defendant–appellant, Edward Thompson, was indicted on one count of possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1).
Meritless Suit
“In 2013 an Illinois lawyer named David M. Goodson received an email from a person who represented himself or herself to be a woman named “Fumiko Anderson.”
Weekly Case Digests — Nov. 21-23, 2016
7th Circuit Digests 7th Circuit Court of Appeals Case Name: Kenosha Unified School District No.1 Board of Education, et al v. Ashton Whitaker Case No.: 16-8019 Officials: RIPPLE, KANNE, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges. Focus: Lack of Jurisdiction – Title IX Plaintiff Ash Whitaker is a transgender boy whose high school will not permit him to […]
General Appeal – Plea Agreements
Chicago Police Department officer Glenn Lewellen arrested drug dealer Saul Rodriguez in 1996 and eventually turned him into an informant.
Subject Matter Jurisdiction – Tax
This is a difficult tax case made more so by the refusal of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue to engage the taxpayer’s arguments or the tax court’s decision.
Breach of Plea Agreement
Over a seven‐year period, Lisa A. Lewis embezzled more than $2 million from twelve people who were 75 to 92 years old.
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Ruling on Jones’s § 2254 petition, the district court excused the procedural default based on new evidence of Jones’s actual innocence—namely, Stone’s testimony.
Defamation – Court Error
Meanith Huon sued the website Above the Law for implying that he was a rapist in an article published on the same day he was acquitted of rape.
Lack of Jurisdiction – Title IX
Plaintiff Ash Whitaker is a transgender boy whose high school will not permit him to use the boys’ bath‐ room.
Termination of Parental Rights
D.B. appeals the circuit court’s orders terminating her parental rights to her children.
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
A jury found Ronnell Farr guilty of first-degree intentional homicide in the shooting of Michael Bender outside of a bar called Quarters.
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