| Description | Date | Docket # |
|---|---|---|
BLOEDORN v. FRANCISCO FOODS, INC.United States Seventh Circuit
Labor & Employment Law
The NLRB must show it has a better than negligible likelihood of prevailing on the merits of its charge that by conducting a discriminatory hiring...
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12/28/2001 | 00-1860 |
BENNINGTON v. CATERPILLAR, INC.United States Seventh Circuit
Labor & Employment Law
For a defendant to overcome a motion for summary judgement in a claim of age discrimination under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (AEDA), he...
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12/28/2001 | 01-1361 |
BOYD v. WEXLERUnited States Seventh Circuit
Debt Collection
Under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. sec. 1692 et seq., there is a triable issue of fact as to whether a lawyer, who claims to...
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12/28/2001 | 01-1809 |
US v. LOPEZ-FLORESUnited States Seventh Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law
A defendant, charged under 8 U.S.C. sec. 1326(a), violates the statute upon the date of re-entry to the U.S., not upon the date discovered by the INS.
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12/28/2001 | 01-1834 |
US v. JONESUnited States Seventh Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure
On appeal, a defendant must establish that he suffered prejudice from an alleged variance between the indictment and the proof at trial.
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12/28/2001 | 01-2041 |
CARTER v. LITSCHERUnited States Seventh Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure
A properly filed collateral attack that is pending in state court does toll the statute of limitations for a federal collateral attack, under 28...
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12/28/2001 | 01-2628 |
US v. FELIX-FELIXUnited States Seventh Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
A violation of the Vienna Convention is not sufficient to supress evidence if the defendant is not prejudiced by the violation of the Convention.
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12/27/2001 | 00-2828, 00-2865 |
US v. CRAVENSUnited States Seventh Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
A defendant with an extensive criminal history, and who admitted guilt during a plea, is not eligible for a downward departure, under Section...
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12/27/2001 | 01-2409 |
WORTH v. TYERUnited States Seventh Circuit
Labor & Employment Law
Direct physical contact with an intimate body part constitutes one of the most severe forms of sexual harassment.
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12/27/2001 | 00-2414 |
IN RE: NAVIGANT CONSULTING, INC.United States Seventh Circuit
Civil Procedure, Class Actions
In a class action suit, an objector's request to intervene and receive party status, in order to appeal a judgement, should not be granted when the...
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12/26/2001 | 01-2311 |