FCRA Violation – Summary Judgment
In 2017, a bankruptcy court discharged Brooke Persinger’s debts.
Sufficiency of Evidence
Chicago Police Officers Xavier Elizondo and David Salgado used their positions to embezzle drugs and cash, some of which they distributed to informants.
Statutory Interpretation – School District Transportation
The State of Wisconsin provides transportation benefits to most of its school-aged children.
Sentencing Guidelines
Defendant John Buncich served as Sheriff of Lake County, Indiana.
Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act Violation – Statute of Limitations
Latrina Cothron works as a manager at an Illinois White Castle hamburger restaurant where she must scan her fingerprint to access the restaurant’s computer system.
ADA and Rehabilitation Act Violation – Equitable Tolling
Plaintiff-appellant Brian Lax brought suit against defendant-appellee Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, alleging that the agency, his employer, had discriminated against him in violation of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. § 701 et. seq. (the “Act”).
Damages – Comparative Negligence
This case is on appeal for the second time, from an action brought in the district court by Kevin Clanton under the Federal Tort Claims Act.
Unlawful-stop Claim – Reasonable Suspicion – Suppress of Evidence
An Illinois state trooper stopped Janhoi Cole for following too closely behind another car.
Sufficiency of Evidence
Law enforcement agents searched Michael Perryman’s home and found drugs, baggies, a digital scale, and a loaded AR-15 rifle.
Jurisdiction – Multidistrict Litigation
These two consolidated appeals raise issues about how the common practice of “direct filing” in multidistrict litigation may affect the choice of law in individual cases within the larger MDL.
USERRA Violation – Seniority-based Benefits
Michael Moss brought this class action against United Airlines (“United”) under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (“USERRA”).
Breach of Forbearance Agreement
This case brings to us a contract dispute over a piece of commercial real property in Arlington Heights, Illinois.
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