Breach of Contract – Statue of Limitations
In June 2003 Pain Center of SE Indiana contracted with a company called SSIMED LLC for medical-billing software and related services.
1st Amendment Violation
The City of Kenosha, Wisconsin, hired Comsys to be its information-technology department.
FLSA Violation
Anthony Simpkins sued the DuPage Housing Authority and DHA Management, Inc. (collectively, DHA), alleging various violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the Illinois Minimum Wage Law (IMWL), the Illinois Employee Classification Act (IECA), the Illinois Prevailing Wage Act (IPWA), and the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA).
Motion to Suppress Evidence Denied
After a six-day trial, a jury convicted Larry Norton of conspiring to distribute and conspiring to possess with intent to distribute large quantities of heroin and cocaine.
Whistleblower Protection Act Violation
This federal whistleblower case presents our first review of a decision of the Merit Systems Protection Board since Congress expanded judicial review beyond the Federal Circuit, at least temporarily.
Wrongful Termination – Whistleblower-protection
The University of Illinois fired plaintiff Kevin Carmody from his job as an information technology manager after printed copies of a professor’s privileged emails suspiciously ended up in Carmody’s home newspaper box.
EEOC Claim- Sufficiency of Evidence
Anthony Oliver sued his employer, Joint Logistics Managers, Inc., under 42 U.S.C. § 1981, alleging that it discriminated against him when it laid him off and when it hired another applicant to fill an open position.
Abuse of Discretion – Rule 11 and Rule 60
In 2012, Bennie Kennedy filed a lawsuit against his longtime employer, Schneider Electric.
1st Amendment Violation
Plaintiff Scott A. Milliman, Sr. is a former McHenry County Sheriff’s Deputy.
Sentencing Guidelines
Sentencing judges ordinarily “group” counts of conviction when they involve “substantially the same harm.” U.S.S.G. § 3D1.2. In United States v. Sinclair, 770 F.3d 1148 (7th Cir. 2014), we ruled that when facing a particular combination of counts—the same combination in this case—a judge may not group them.
Constitutionality – Act 292
Tamara M. Loertscher brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 challenging the constitutionality of 1997 Wisconsin Act 292 (“Act 292” or “the Act”), a legislative measure designed to address the effects of prenatal substance abuse.
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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