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7th Circuit Digest

Nov 5, 2018

Sufficiency of Evidence

Anyone who has encountered medical billing, either from the provider side or the patient side, would agree that it could kindly be described as complex.

Nov 5, 2018

Sentencing – Supervised Release

Solomon Smith pleaded guilty to two counts of filing fraudulent federal tax returns.

Nov 5, 2018

Title VII Violation – Retaliation Claim

Kelley Donley sued her former employer, Stryker Sales Corporation, for retaliation under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e–3.

Nov 5, 2018

ALJ Error – Disability

While loading chemicals onto a truck, Curtis Hall felt a sharp pain in his back.

Oct 24, 2018

Attorney Disciplinary Proceedings

This case was resolved on the merits last August.

Oct 24, 2018

Title VII Claim

Vicki Barbera claims she did not get the same chance to resign with severance pay that three men got.

Oct 24, 2018

1st and 8th Amendment Violations

Kenneth James Daugherty, an Illinois state prisoner, claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 that prison officials Richard Harrington and Kevin Page conspired to and did violate his First and Eighth Amendment rights while he was incarcerated at the Menard Correctional Center.

Oct 24, 2018

Collective Bargaining Agreement – Arbitrator’s Award

Brian Knox got into a heated argument with his supervisor at work.

Oct 23, 2018

Petition for Rehearing

The petition for rehearing en banc is granted.

Oct 23, 2018

1st Amendment Violation

St. Augustine School, along with Joseph and Amy Forro, sued Wisconsin’s Superintendent of Public Instruction and Friess Lake School District for refusing to provide school transportation (or equivalent cash benefits) to the Forros’ children.

Oct 23, 2018

Statutory Interpretation – ADEA

Traditionally, Oakton Community College employed retired state employees as part‐time and adjunct faculty.

Oct 23, 2018

14th Amendment Violation – Commercial and Industrial Property Tax

Robbie J. Perry and James Rex Dukeman, on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated, sued Coles County, Illinois for placing a disproportionate tax on commercial and industrial properties in Mattoon Township in violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

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