Neighbors Rehabilitation Center is a skilled nursing facility participating in Medicare and Medicaid.

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Lorenzo Roundtree was sentenced to life in prison for selling heroin that led to a user’s death.

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Nathaniel Hoskins, Julian Martin, and Torrie King were members of the Imperial Insane Vice Lords, a gang in Chicago.

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This breach of contract action comes to us in admiralty jurisdiction.

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When this case was last before our court, we upheld the district court’s decision declining to certify a class of home health care assistants (“the Assistants”) who were seeking a refund of the fair-share fees they had paid to a union for collective-bargaining representation.

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We consider whether the district court erred at summary judgment in denying qualified immunity to a police officer who, in the context of an argument and fist fight over parking tickets, shot a semi-truck driver.

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These appeals, which we have consolidated for purposes of disposition, both concern the Federal Communication Commission’s “Solicited Fax Rule.”

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Robert Taylor pleaded guilty to one count of possession of child pornography, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2252(a)(4)(B).

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On January 17, 2017, plaintiff-appellant NewSpin Sports, LLC (“NewSpin”) filed a complaint against defendant-appellee Arrow Electronics, Inc. (“Arrow”).

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Vickie Sanders pleaded guilty to a federal drug offense.

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Three former college football players contend that online fantasy-sports games violate their statutory right of publicity under Indiana law.

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Patrick McCann died from a doctor’s over-prescription of methadone while detained and awaiting trial at the Ogle County Correctional Center.

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We review a district court’s decision to hold a corporation in contempt of a consent judgment when its outside counsel failed to respond to a motion alleging a violation of the judgment and to appear at a hearing on the motion.

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W.A. Griffin, M.D., is the assignee of her patient’s health plan, TeamCare, which the Board of Trustees of Central States, Southeast and Southwest Areas Health and Welfare Fund (collectively Central States) administers and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001–1461, governs.

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Ricky Hatch pleaded guilty to trafficking firearms from Indiana into Chicago.

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Jerry Lewis is an employee of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (the “Agency”).

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The Twenty-first Amendment to the U.S. Constitution brought Prohibition to an end with a compromise: section 1 repeals the Eighteenth Amendment, but section 2 hands some power back to the states insofar as it forbids the “transportation or importation” of liquor into a state in violation of that state’s law.

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In 1988, Robert W. Huber, Jr., pleaded guilty to making fraudulent credit card charges in the amount of $800.

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Gwendolyn Jackson was convicted in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois on charges arising out of a scheme to defraud mortgage lenders.

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Nicole Bogart, a Democrat, worked as the Financial Resources Director of Vermilion County, Illinois, but her tenure ended when Michael Marron, a Republican, assumed control of the County Board and fired her.

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This case takes us deep into the internal workings of the Illinois State Senate.

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W.A. Griffin, M.D., is the assignee of her patient’s health plan, TeamCare, which the Board of Trustees of Central States, Southeast and Southwest Areas Health and Welfare Fund (collectively Central States) administers and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001–1461, governs. Dr. Griffin sued Central States for underpayment and for statutory penalties based on its failure to furnish plan documents upon request.

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Angela Riley worked for the Kokomo Housing Authority for eight years before she was terminated in May 2014.

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The appellant, Doug Taylor, claims that the Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of Lawrenceburg (“the Board”) terminated his employment with the City because of his disagreements with the Mayor and exposure of purported wrongdoing by City officials.

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A grand jury returned a third superseding indictment charging defendant Juan Zamudio with participating in a drug‐trafficking conspiracy after law enforcement executed a search warrant at his home seizing approximately 11 kilograms of methamphetamine, a loaded gun, and a cell phone used to make intercepted calls, among other items.

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A married couple’s choice to file a joint federal income tax return results in both individuals assuming full liability for any owed tax.

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When Waushara County set out to improve a rural highway, a dispute erupted about who owned a tract of land on which Ronald DeCoster had erected a fence.

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Michael Thomas, an Illinois prisoner formerly confined at Hill Correctional Center, alleged that prison guards attacked him with excessive force and that the beating and subsequent disciplinary proceedings were in retaliation for lawsuits and grievances he filed.

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Darick Hudson pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1).

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Richard Bell brought a copyright infringement lawsuit against Vacuforce, LLC, accusing it of publishing his photograph of the Indianapolis skyline on its website without a license.

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