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Breach of Contract
SGA Pharm Lab had supplied ADM Alliance Nutrition with a product used to make medicated animal feed.
Class Action – Fair Labor Standards Violation
Plaintiffs‐appellants brought this collective and class action lawsuit against Jimmy John’s on behalf of all assistant store managers nationwide for violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”).
Statutory Interpretation
Following his convictions for drug and firearms crimes, Michael Hill was sentenced to 276 months’ imprisonment as an armed career criminal.
Statutory Interpretation
These appeals, which we have consolidated for decision, present the question whether a conviction for residential burglary in Illinois under 720 ILCS 5/19-3 (1982) counts as “burglary” for the purpose of the Armed Career Criminal Act, 18 U.S.C. §924(e).
Sentencing Guidelines
Maurice Collins pled guilty to distributing cocaine and at least 28 grams of crack cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1).
Statute of Limitations – Rescission
In 2007 James Fendon borrowed money from Bank of America; the loan was secured by a mortgage on his home.
Title VII Violation
Kerrie Milligan alleges that Morgan Stanley Smith Barney (“Morgan Stanley”) fired her on the basis of her sex and that it allowed her coworkers to create a hostile work environment.
1st Amendment Violation
Plaintiffs Larry Kemp and Brian Woodring were Jewish inmates at prisons operated by the Indiana Department of Corrections (“DOC”).
Insurance Claim – Duty to Defend
In this insurance dispute, insurer State Auto Property and Casualty Insurance Company seeks a declaratory judgment that it has no duty to defend insured Brumit Services, Inc., because the latter failed to provide prompt notice of an accident that eventually led to a lawsuit.
Weekly Case Digests — Dec. 11-Dec. 15, 2017
Weekly Case Digests — Dec. 11-Dec. 15, 2017
Court Error – Abuse of Discretion
Bradly Ammann appeals a judgment of conviction for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated, fourth offense.
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Kinyater Grant appeals a judgment convicting him of attempted first-degree intentional homicide and possessing a firearm as a felon.
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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
