Jury Instructions
In November 2010 Dallas Green was walking through a Citgo parking lot late at night when an unmarked Chicago police vehicle turned into the lot.
Summary Judgment – Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies
Jeremy Lockett, an inmate at the Wisconsin Secure Program Facility (“WSPF”), brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 to recover for alleged violations of his constitutional rights under the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, rights made applicable to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment.
EEOC Claim – Failure to Exhaust Administrative Remedies
The plaintiffs, on behalf of themselves and those similarly situated, allege a racially discriminatory hiring scheme that has resulted in a lack of Hispanic and Latino line workers at Ford Motor Company’s Chicago assembly plant.
Preliminary Injunction – Judicial Bypass Procedure
Consistent with Bellotti v. Baird, 443 U.S. 622 (1979), Indiana statutes have long provided a fast and confidential judicial bypass procedure that is supposed to allow a small fraction of pregnant, unemancipated minors seeking abortions to obtain them without the consent of or notice to their parents, guardians, or custodians.
Preliminary Injunction – Abuse of Discretion
Voting is at once an intensely personal act and a choice to participate in the collective process of representative democracy.
Sentencing Guidelines
On the evening of February 9, 2017, Michael Barber and his friend Anthony Chipps used a crowbar to break into Dutchman Hunting Supplies in Shipshewana, Indiana, and steal 15 handguns.
8th Amendment Violation – Failure to Exhaust Administrative Remedies
Travis Williams appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of several correctional employees.
Summary Judgment – Issue of Material Fact
Driveline Systems, LLC (“Driveline”) filed a breach of contract lawsuit against Arctic Cat, Inc. (“Arctic Cat”) over a supply contract for specially manufactured goods.
Jury Instructions
Federal law imposes tight restrictions on private possession of machineguns and laser gunsights but allows law enforcement agencies to purchase and use both machineguns and laser sights.
Time-barred – CERCLA – Contribution Claim
This is a case about who should bear the costs of cleaning up a contaminated lead smelter site in Beech Grove, Indiana, a suburb of Indianapolis.
Title VII Violation – Retaliation Claim
Laura Rozumalski was sexually harassed by her direct supervisor, Mark Riedel.
Suppression of Evidence – Involuntary Statements
After an infant died in the care of petitioner Jeanette Janusiak, a Wisconsin jury found her guilty of first‐degree intentional homicide.
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