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Warehouse Liability Insurance
This appeal presents a dispute over warehouse liability insurance.
Court Error – Bankruptcy
This consolidated appeal was prompted by the federal government’s termination of Nightingale Home Healthcare, Inc.’s Medicare provider agreement.
Order Amendment
The following is before the court: MOTION PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. § 1651 AND/OR RULE 60(a) OF CIVIL PROCEDURE TO CORRECT A CLERICAL MISTAKE, filed on May 30, 2017, by pro se Appellant.
Taxable Distribution
This appeal from the Tax Court addresses whether a taxable distribution occurs where an individual directs his IRA custodian to wire funds directly from his IRA to purchase securities, but his custodian does not accept the resulting share certificate.
Parallel Civil Litigation
Joaquim Salles Leite Neto is a defendant in parallel civil litigation brought by 1st Source Bank in Indiana and Brazil.
Negligence
Cedric Smith brought suit against the federal government under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 2671, et seq., for injuries he sustained when he fell off a stool at the federal courthouse in Rock Island, Illinois.
Contempt – Closing Argument
Attorney Michael Leonard was convicted of contempt under 18 U.S.C. §§ 401(1) and (3) after he made a closing argument, in violation of the district court’s written order, regarding a witness who did not testify at trial.
Fair Labor Standards Act – Compensable Work Time
Before us is an appeal by the defendant (Waupaca for short) in a class action suit brought against it in a federal district court in Wisconsin on behalf of a number of the workers that it employs in six foundries that manufacture ductile and gray cast iron parts for use in the automotive and other industries.
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel – Confession
After many hours of questioning and interrogation spread over several days, Dassey confessed that he, along with Avery, had raped and brutally murdered Halbach and then burned her body in an on‐site fire pit.
Conversion
Yehuda Frager, the plaintiff in this diversity suit (governed by Indiana law) against the Colts for conversion, bought 94 season tickets in 2015.
Fair Housing Amendment Violation
The Fair Housing Amendments Act forbids “mak[ing] unavailable or deny[ing] a dwelling to any buyer or renter because of a handicap of ... a person residing in or intending to reside in that dwelling.” 42 U.S.C. § 3604(f)(1).
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