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Civil Digest

May 11, 2020

ADA Violation

Bradley King, a 29-year-old resident of Hendricks County, Indiana, who suffered from paranoid schizophrenia, was killed by a police officer on November 29, 2016, during an encounter at his home.

May 6, 2020

Sentencing Guidelines and Plain Error

In July 2016, police officers in Dallas, Texas, received a tip about a suspicious car parked outside of a house in the Dallas area.

May 6, 2020

Title VII Violation

Entertainment Studios Network (ESN), an African-American-owned television-network operator, sought to have cable television conglomerate Comcast Corporation carry its channels.

May 6, 2020

Due Process Violation

This case is about Kansas’s treatment of a criminal defendant’s insanity claim.

May 6, 2020

Copyright Infringement – Sovereign Immunity

In 1996, a marine salvage company named Intersal, Inc., discovered the shipwreck of the Queen Anne’s Revenge off the North Carolina coast.

May 6, 2020

Statutory Interpretation – Immigration and Nationality Act – Limited Review Provision

The Immigration and Nationality Act provides for judicial review of a final Government order directing the removal of an alien from this country.

May 6, 2020

Termination of Parental Rights

“John” appeals from an order involuntarily terminating his parental rights to “Adam” and from an order denying his postdispositional claim of ineffective assistance of counsel.

May 5, 2020

TCPA Violation

After a bench trial that lasted five weeks and produced 475 typed pages of findings, a district judge concluded that DISH Network and its agents committed more than 65 million violations of telemarketing statutes and regulations. 256 F. Supp. 3d 810 (C.D. Ill. 2017) (183 printed pages).

May 5, 2020

Sentencing Guidelines – Resentencing

John Worman reacted to losing his job and a business opportunity by mailing a pipe bomb to his former supervisor.

May 5, 2020

Claim Splitting Ban

This case is the second to arise out of an ill-fated relationship between Rexing Quality Eggs and Rembrandt Enterprises, Inc.

May 5, 2020

8th Amendment & 14th Amendment Violation

Darryl Turner suffered a broken nose during an altercation with another inmate while in pre-trial detention at the Cook County Jail.

May 5, 2020

FDCPA Violation

When Nichole Richards defaulted on her car loan, her lender hired PAR, Inc., to repossess the vehicle. PAR subcontracted with Lawrence Towing to carry out the repossession.

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