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Due Process Violation
Chad Renier, pro se, appeals from a judgment of conviction for two counts of second-degree sexual assault of a child and one count of child enticement.
Court Error – Article III Standing
When all the dust is cleared away, this case is relatively straightforward: we must review a dismissal for lack of Article III standing and the imposition of sanctions under Rule 11.
Oregon lawyer publicly reprimanded in Wisconsin
A lawyer is being publicly reprimanded in Wisconsin as a reciprocal disciplinary measure for failing to protect a client’s interests in the state of Oregon.
Sentencing Guidelines
Defendant-appellant Michael Clark was convicted of possessing a mixture containing fentanyl in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1).
5th Amendment Violation
After Jon Giles’s DNA was found at the scene of the robbery of North Community Bank, FBI agents interrogated him at the Pontiac Correctional Center where he was serving a prison term for two other bank robberies.
Rehabilitation Act Violation
Elisa Yochim worked in the legal department of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development for 26 years.
Jury Instructions
Patricia O’Donnell filed suit against her former employer, Caine Weiner Company, LLC, alleging unequal pay due to gender discrimination and retaliation.
Failure to Exhaust Administrative Remedies
Effex Capital, LLC (“Effex”), brought this action alleging that the National Futures Association (the “NFA”) had defamed it in documents related to a settlement between the NFA and one of its members, Forex Capital Markets, LLC (“FXCM”).
FOIA Request
More than two decades ago, Dustin Higgs kidnapped and murdered three women.
Statutory Interpretation – PLRA – Three Strikes Rule
One of Congress’s expressed goals when it passed the Prison Litigation Reform Act (“PLRA”) was to rein in the flood of prisoner litigation—all too often frivolous or vexatious, it thought—clogging the courts.
Qualified Immunity
Hyung Seok and Eunsook Koh, husband and wife, brought a § 1983 suit arising out of the investigation of and the Kohs’ arrests in connection with their son’s death.
Title IX Violation
This case arises out of a sexual assault investigation and disciplinary hearing conducted by Columbia College of Chicago (“Columbia”).
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- Net neutrality restored as FCC votes to regulate internet providers
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- A conservative quest to limit diversity programs gains momentum in states
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