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Sentencing – Enhancement
Appellant Anthony Brown pled guilty to conspiring to distribute drugs. He appeals his sentence, challenging the application of a two‐level Sentencing Guideline enhancement for obstruction of justice.
Bankruptcy – Breach of Contract
The plaintiff, Aventine, is a distributor of ethanol, a common additive to gasoline. The two defendants, affiliated companies that for the sake of simplicity we’ll pretend are one and call Glacial, manufacture and sell ethanol.
False Arrest – Equal Protection
Plaintiff James Brunson owns a package liquor store in Bridgeport, Illinois. He asserts that city officials violated his constitutional rights by refusing to renew his liquor license and orchestrating a campaign of harassment and outright violence.
Collateral Attack – Sentencing
About a decade ago, Jakeffe Holt was convicted of possessing a firearm despite prior convictions that barred gun ownership.
Insurance Coverage – Causation
The plaintiff’s decedent, Jeremy Prather, was employed by a company that had obtained a Group Insurance Policy from Sun Life which provided accidental death and dismemberment coverage for the company’s employees, in the amount of $92,000 for Prather.
Class Certification Denial – Standing
Jeremy Meyers appeals the district court’s denial of class certification in this case brought under the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACTA).
Mental Health – Sentencing
Alexander Kluball was sentenced to 120 months’ imprisonment for transporting a 17‐ year‐old girl across state lines with the intent that she engage in prostitution, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2421.
Sentencing – HobbsAct
Jason Davila pleaded guilty to two criminal charges: that he conspired to commit robbery in violation of the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C. §1951, and that he possessed a firearm in connection with both the planned robbery and a drug trafficking crime, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §924(c)(1)(A).
Issue Preclusion
Barge EMC‐423 exploded on January 19, 2005, while under way between Joliet and Chicago with a cargo of clarified slurry oil.
Forfeiture Order – Sentencing
John Burns made fraudulent misrepresentations when soliciting investments for his employer, USA Retirement Services (“USARMS”).
Sentencing
A federal jury found the defendant guilty of conspiring to possess, with intent to distribute, five or more kilograms of cocaine, and of related crimes including carrying a gun in connection with drug trafficking.
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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
