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Pension Plan – Successor in Interest
For a second time in this case, we consider whether defendant‐appellee ManWeb Services, Inc. is a successor in interest to a defunct employer that owes withdrawal charges to a multiemployer pension plan.
Sentencing Guidelines
Jaimie Pankow pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute methamphetamine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 846, 841(a)(1).
Jurisdiction and Attorney’s Fees
In this classic case of chutzpah, Aaron Rosenberg, a former employee of Redflex Traffic Systems, Inc. (RTSI), seeks a share of the proceeds his former employer paid the City of Chicago to settle the case against it arising out of the fraud Rosenberg helped perpetrate.
Standing
The National Organic Standards Board, an advisory committee, has 15 members, all appointed by the Secretary of Agriculture.
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
A Wisconsin jury convicted Rodney Washington of multiple counts of first-degree sexual assault with the use of a dangerous weapon and other crimes.
Learned Intermediary Doctrine
Theodore Joas underwent a total knee replacement at a Wisconsin hospital and received a Zimmer NexGen Flex knee implant.
Sufficiency of Evidence
A grand jury charged Euripides Caguana with four counts of using a facility of interstate commerce with the intent that the murder-for-hire of two individuals be committed, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1958(a).
Sentencing Guidelines and Statutory Interpretation
This case involves the coordination of sentencing between federal and state courts.
Sentencing Guidelines
Prior convictions for crimes of violence subject a defendant to a higher base offense level under the federal Sentencing Guidelines.
Motion to Suppress Denied
Stephen Leonard pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm as a convicted felon, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1).
Title VII Claim – Sufficiency of Evidence
Plaintiff‐appellant Mark Skiba alleges his former employer, defendant‐appellee Illinois Central Railroad (“IC”), unlawfully discriminated against him on the basis of age and national origin, as well as retaliated against him for complaining about a superior, in violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (“ADEA”), 29 U.S.C. §§ 621–34, and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act[...]
4th Amendment Violation – Qualified Immunity
Indianapolis police officer James Gray fatally shot an agitated Keith Koster when Koster threatened to fire a “warning shot” and then pointed his gun at police officers gathered in the doorway of his apartment.
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