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7th Circuit Digest

Jul 16, 2018

Court Error – Abuse of Discretion

Randy McCaa filed a pro se complaint in 2016, alleging that prison officials at the Green Bay Correctional Institution deliberately disregarded his risk of suicide, causing him to suffer serious physical injuries on four different occasions.

Jul 16, 2018

Environmental Law – Clean Air Act

This case concerns just shy of 13 acres of wetlands, which lie in a south‐suburban plot of land called the Warmke parcel.

Jul 16, 2018

Title VII Violation

Khalid Khowaja served as a Special Agent (SA) in the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Milwaukee field office for nearly a year before his employment was terminated.

Jul 16, 2018

Court Error – Abuse of Discretion

Robert Kowalski is dissatisfied with his treatment by judges and sheriff’s personnel during his divorce proceedings.

Jul 16, 2018

Inequitable Settlements

Inequitable settlements are an unfortunate recurring bug in our system of class litigation.

Jul 16, 2018

Breach of Contract and Negligence

Jennifer DiPerna was a student pursuing a master’s degree in clinical psychology at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology (TCSPP), a private, non-profit institution.

Jul 16, 2018

Antitrust – Year In Residence Rule

This case raises an antitrust challenge to the NCAA’s “year in residence” rule, which requires student-athletes who transfer to a Division I college to wait one full academic year before they can play for their new school.

Jul 16, 2018

Breach of Contract

Plaintiff Daryl Sutula‐Johnson sued her former employer, alleging that its changes to her compensation for selling office furniture breached its contract with her and violated the Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act.

Jul 16, 2018

Supervised Release Conditions

Joseph Canfield was convicted and incarcerated for possessing child pornography.

Jul 9, 2018

Jury Instructions

Jose Maldonado and Francisco Masias (together, “the Defendants”) were charged with conspiring to distribute cocaine, amongst six other counts irrelevant to this appeal.

Jul 9, 2018

Breach of Contract

Henry Fiorentini is the owner and president of Panatech, Inc., a small technology company. When cancer treatment left him unable to perform his job, he received total disability benefits under a policy he held with the Paul Revere Life Insurance Company.

Jul 9, 2018

Court Error – Party to Contract

WeConnect, Inc. asks us to reverse the district court for making a factual mistake.

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