Nathan Sigler totaled his 2001 Dodge Ram and filed a claim with GEICO, his auto insurer, for the loss.
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Read More »Nathan Sigler totaled his 2001 Dodge Ram and filed a claim with GEICO, his auto insurer, for the loss.
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Read More »Plaintiff Moses Perez was driving a sport‐utility vehicle when he apparently hit a patch of ice, lost control, and was then hit from behind by defendant Kiara Wharton driving a tractor‐trailer.
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Read More »Vincent Corner violated the conditions of his supervised release, and he was sentenced to 18 months’ imprisonment followed by 42 months’ supervised release.
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Read More »After experiencing virulent anti-Semitic abuse at the hands of Sergeant Lawrence Knasiak, Officer Detlef Sommerfield of the Chicago Police Department (CPD) filed a lawsuit against Knasiak and the City of Chicago in which he alleged discrimination, harassment, and retaliation based on his German national origin and his Jewish ethnicity.
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Read More »“In our society,” the Supreme Court has said, “liberty is the norm, and detention prior to trial or without trial is the carefully limited exception.”
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Read More »Jason Wells was sentenced in Illinois for two drug offenses: he received two years’ imprisonment for the first and one year for the second, to run consecutively.
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Read More »After our decision on the merits, Quincy Bioscience, LLC v. Ellishbooks, 957 F.3d 725 (7th Cir. 2020), we later granted Quincy Bioscience, LLC’s (“Quincy”) motion for sanctions.
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Read More »The First Step Act allows district courts to reduce the sentences of criminal defendants who have been convicted of a “covered offense.”
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Read More »For some government jobs, political affiliation is an appropriate position requirement.
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Read More »Robert Hosler was convicted after a bench trial of using a facility or means of interstate commerce to attempt to “persuade[], induce[], entice[], or coerce[]” a minor to engage in sexual activity, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2422(b).
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Read More »Elijah Manuel sued prison personnel under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, claiming First Amendment violation when his cell was searched following a disagreement over a grievance procedure.
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Read More »Doctors removed Shelby Haynes’s gallbladder in 2013. She was injured in the process and required additional surgery that led to more than $300,000 in medical expenses.
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Read More »Police investigating drug trafficking in Vermilion County, Illinois, sent an informant to buy two ounces of cocaine at the home of Finas Glenn.
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Read More »Angela Tonyan worked as a store manager at Dunham’s Athleisure Corporation (Dunham’s) when she suffered a series of injuries, requiring multiple surgeries and temporary restrictions to her shoulder, arm, and hand movement.
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Read More »Private labor relations in this country are governed almost exclusively by federal law.
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Read More »In what is becoming an all-too-familiar subject, this appeal raises a question about whether a state drug statute sweeps more broadly than its federal counterpart because the former includes a particular isomer of a substance that the latter does not.
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Read More »Weekly Case Digests – September 7, 2020 – September 11, 2020
Read More »Desmond LaPean appeals a judgment convicting him of repeated sexual assault of a child and an order denying his postconviction motion for resentencing.
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Read More »The application for stay or vacatur presented to THE CHIEF JUSTICE and by him referred to the Court is granted.
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Read More »Samuel Nichols appeals a judgment of conviction for sexual assault and for capturing images of nudity without consent.
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Read More »Michael Cole appeals from a small claims judgment entered in favor of Jim Olson Motors, Inc. (Olson).
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Read More »This case arises from a foreclosure action filed by The Bank of New York Mellon against Elizabeth and Michael Brozek.
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Read More »Marcus Lorenzo Jew appeals the judgment convicting him, upon the jury’s guilty verdicts, of first-degree recklessly endangering safety, as a party to a crime, while using a dangerous weapon; possession of a firearm by a felon; misdemeanor unlawful use of a telephone by threatening harm, as an act of domestic abuse; misdemeanor disorderly conduct, as an act of domestic abuse; and misdemeanor disorderly conduct, while using or threatening to use a dangerous weapon.
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Read More »Donnie Gene Richards was found by a sheriff’s deputy behind the wheel of a motor vehicle, severely injured, at the scene of an accident.
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Read More »Justin D. Blanchard appeals the judgment of conviction entered after a jury found him guilty of battery and disorderly conduct as acts of domestic abuse perpetrated against E.U., with whom he lived and had a child.
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Read More »S.N.W. appeals from an order of the circuit court extending his involuntary commitment and from an order for involuntary medication and treatment.
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Read More »The State of Wisconsin appeals from the trial court’s order granting relief on M.A’s petition alleging that J.A., her son, was a child in need of protection or services (CHIPS).
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Read More »S.M.F. appeals from orders of the circuit court terminating her parental rights to M.J.S. and N.D.S.
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Read More »Attorney Wendy Alison Nora appeals from various interlocutory orders and a final report issued by the referee, Attorney James Winiarski.
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Read More »Yancy Dieter faces criminal charges that include homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle.
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