Joseph Bernal bought a monthly pass to Six Flags amusement parks.

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This case arose from the destruction of personal property and artwork belonging to Christian Narkiewicz‐Laine, an artist.

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Christopher Anstice pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute methamphetamine and was sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment and five years’ supervised release.

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The Baby Fold is a nonprofit corporation that provides foster-care services in Illinois.

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To obtain asylum in the United States, N.Y.C.C. needed to establish that she has faced past persecution or harbors a well-founded fear of future persecution based on her membership in a particular social group.

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Charles Donelson sued a nurse and Wexford Health Sources, Inc., for allegedly providing him with constitutionally deficient medical care in prison and retaliating against him for filing other lawsuits.

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Henry Posada (“Posada”) was found guilty of 18 counts of health care fraud by a jury.

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This is the second time we have been asked to review the sentence that Joshua Herman received after pleading guilty to violating 18 U.S.C. § 922(g), which prohibits felons from possessing a firearm.

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In 2015 a passenger on a bus operated by the Chicago Transit Authority screamed at and threatened Lawrence Pickett, the driver.

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Erik Schmidt and his girlfriend were camping in a national forest in Wisconsin when a United States Forest Service Officer approached their campsite.

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This case began as a child custody dispute in state court. Dana Alden and his wife divorced in 2009.

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Under 28 U.S.C. § 1930(a)(6), quarterly fees paid by a chapter 11 debtor to the bankruptcy Trustee are based on the debtor’s disbursements.

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Behind the legal question we must resolve in this case is a sad story: as Celso Guerrero was trying to drive to his job at BNSF Railway through a snowstorm early one morning, his car skidded, it collided with a snowplow, and he was killed.

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In 2005 Paramount Media Group, Inc., leased a parcel of highway-adjacent property in the Village of Bellwood, Illinois, and planned to build a billboard on it.

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Members of a certified class contend that during 2011 female inmates at an Illinois prison were strip-searched as part of a training exercise for cadet guards.

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In 2015, the Village of University Park’s mayor and board fired police chief Eddie Ray Bradley without any notice of good cause or any form of hearing—i.e., the procedural protections owed to Bradley under the United States Constitution.

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Lithuania seeks extradition of petitioner Neringa Venckiene from the United States to prosecute her for several alleged offenses arising from a custody battle over Venckiene’s niece.

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Matthew Carello sued the Aurora Policemen Credit Union, alleging that accessibility barriers to the Credit Union’s website violate his rights under the Americans with Disabilities Act.

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During a random audit, the Indiana Department of Insurance (“the Department”) discovered that American Homeland Title Agency had committed hundreds of regulatory violations.

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This appeal is one of two we decide today regarding the market for commercial fire‐alarm services in Chicago’s suburbs.

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Gloria Fields, a 63‐year‐old African‐American woman, retired in 2016 from her job as a teacher with Chicago Public Schools.

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Like many students, plaintiff Nicole Nelson borrowed money to pay for her education.

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Jacob Lickers received a sentence of 132 months’ imprisonment and a lifetime of supervised release for possessing child pornography.

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This case concerns a traffic stop in Rock Island, Illinois.

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Devan Dennis and Tyeane Halbert (collectively, Debtors) each owed debts to the Illinois Department of Human Services (DHS).

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An Illinois state court entered a $1,356,435 judgment against The Structural Shop in 2009, and now TSS wants its insurer, Essex Insurance Company, to pay for it.

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This case involves an alleged breach of contract between Plaintiff Division Six Sports, Inc. (“Division Six”) and Defendant The Finish Line, Inc. (“Finish Line”).

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LeRoy Palmer(“Palmer”)is an inmate in the custody of the Illinois Department of Corrections (“IDOC”).

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Darryl Christensen, a Polk County, Wisconsin Jail corrections officer, sexually assaulted plaintiffs J.K.J. and M.J.J. over three years during their incarcerations.

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American Airlines employed Kimberly Bilinsky for more than two decades.

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