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7th Circuit Digest

Oct 1, 2018

Motion for Judgment Denied – EEOC Claim

Dawn Suppo, an employee of Costco Wholesale Corporation, was stalked by Thad Thompson, a customer of Costco, for over a year. Things got so bad at the end that Suppo secured a plenary no contact order from an Illinois state court.

Oct 1, 2018

Due Process Violation

Gary Cleven, a stagehand for the City of Madison, Wisconsin, has been in a long‐running dispute with the City about his participation in the Wisconsin Retirement System.

Oct 1, 2018

Antitrust Violation – Time-barred

This putative class action rests on allegations of a massive antitrust conspiracy within the domestic steel industry.

Oct 1, 2018

Motion to Suppress Evidence Denied

Daniel Stewart was convicted of drug trafficking, firearms offenses, and money laundering, primarily based on evidence gathered as a result of a traffic stop and a subsequent confession.

Oct 1, 2018

Title VII Claim

Ray Haynes was employed as an assistant professor in the Department of Education at Indiana University. At the end of his six-year probationary contract, he lost his bid for tenure. Haynes, who is black, alleges that the University denied his tenure application because of his race in violation of federal law.

Sep 25, 2018

Qualified Immunity

The facts of this case are disturbing, and many are hotly contested.

Sep 25, 2018

Sentencing Guidelines

For his part in the armed robbery of a credit union, Napoleon Foster was convicted of robbing a financial institution, using a firearm during the robbery, and possessing a firearm as a felon.

Sep 25, 2018

Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

Petitioner‐appellant Cornell Reynolds seeks a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254.

Sep 25, 2018

Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

Geometry Milton was convicted by a Wisconsin jury of first‐degree reckless homicide as a party to a crime.

Sep 25, 2018

Tortious Interference – Breach of Contract

From 2000 to 2011, John Heiman, first individually and later through his company, JTE, Inc., distributed products for Bimbo Foods Bakeries Distribution Company throughout suburban Chicago.

Sep 24, 2018

8th Amendment Violation

On August 3, 2015, Rodolph Lanaghan filed a suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging that the defendants violated his rights under the Eighth Amendment and asserting a negligence claim under state law.

Sep 24, 2018

Exclusion of Evidence

During contentious child custody proceedings, Sarah Nixon accused her former husband G.G. of physically and sexually assaulting their daughter S. N.-G.

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