FDCPA Violation
Anne O’Boyle claimed a debt collection letter sent by Real Time Resolutions, Inc.
Antitrust Violation
Oligopolies have always posed problems for conventional antitrust law: without something that can be called an agreement, they elude scrutiny under section 1 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1, and yet no individual firm has enough market power to be subject to Sherman Act section 2, 15 U.S.C. § 2.
4th Amendment Violation
A drug deal went wrong. After receiving a dose of pepper spray from his customer, Edward Bishop shot her in the arm.
ALJ Error – Citation and Penalty
Neighbors Rehabilitation Center is a skilled nursing facility participating in Medicare and Medicaid.
Sentencing Guidelines
Lorenzo Roundtree was sentenced to life in prison for selling heroin that led to a user’s death.
Brady Violation
Nathaniel Hoskins, Julian Martin, and Torrie King were members of the Imperial Insane Vice Lords, a gang in Chicago.
Breach of Contract
This breach of contract action comes to us in admiralty jurisdiction.
Abuse of Discretion – Collective Bargaining Agreement
When this case was last before our court, we upheld the district court’s decision declining to certify a class of home health care assistants (“the Assistants”) who were seeking a refund of the fair-share fees they had paid to a union for collective-bargaining representation.
Qualified Immunity
We consider whether the district court erred at summary judgment in denying qualified immunity to a police officer who, in the context of an argument and fist fight over parking tickets, shot a semi-truck driver.
Abuse of Discretion – TCPA Violation – Class Certification
These appeals, which we have consolidated for purposes of disposition, both concern the Federal Communication Commission’s “Solicited Fax Rule.”
Sentencing Guidelines – Enhancement
Robert Taylor pleaded guilty to one count of possession of child pornography, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2252(a)(4)(B).
Reconsideration Motion Denied
On January 17, 2017, plaintiff-appellant NewSpin Sports, LLC (“NewSpin”) filed a complaint against defendant-appellee Arrow Electronics, Inc. (“Arrow”).
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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