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Sentencing Guidelines and Sufficiency of Evidence
Joseph Faulkner and Otis Sykes were convicted of conspiring to sell heroin at a place called the Keystone, an open-air drug market on Chicago’s west side.
Motion for New Trial – Newly Discovered Evidence
The government alleges Daniel Ballard fraudulently obtained construction loans from a bank.
Weekly Case Digests — Mar. 26, – Mar. 30, 2018
eekly Case Digests — Mar. 26, – Mar. 30, 2018
Equal Protection Claim
Defendant-appellee, the Village of Melrose Park (“the Village”), terminated plaintiff-appellant, John Cannici, a former firefighter with the Village, for violating the “Residency Requirements for Officers and Employees” (“Residency Ordinance”) found in the Village’s Code of Ordinances.
Sentencing
Chad Marmion asserts procedural challenges to the 35‐month prison sentence he received after he violated his supervised release.
Insurance Claim – Liability and Interest – Subjuct Matter Jurisdiction
Monteil Hyland was a passenger in a car owned by Kimberly Perkins and driven by Miquasha Smith—who, at age 16, was not lawfully behind the wheel when she smashed the car at 12:46 a.m. one Saturday into two parked vehicles, seriously injuring Hyland.
Immigration – Asylum Claim
Jesus Antonio Cruz-Martinez petitions this Court to review the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (Board) affirming the decision of the Immigration Judge (IJ).
Employment Discrimination
Rosemary Madlock has worked for Wisconsin Electric Power Company (“WEPCO”) for approximately forty years.
Substitution of Counsel
Timothy Ryan was convicted of possessing, receiving, and distributing child pornography.
Fee Reward
George McLaughlin represented Dustan Dobbs in a products liability suit against DePuy Orthopaedics.
Sufficiency of Testimony
With the assistance of a cooperating informant, law enforcement surveilled multiple heroin sales involving Lance Dillard and Gregory Chester.
Pension Plan – Successor in Interest
For a second time in this case, we consider whether defendant‐appellee ManWeb Services, Inc. is a successor in interest to a defunct employer that owes withdrawal charges to a multiemployer pension plan.
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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
