| Description | Date | Docket # |
|---|---|---|
Paz v. Portfolio Recovery Associates LLCUnited States Seventh Circuit
Attorney's Fees, Debt Collection
Upheld a significantly reduced fee award in a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act case where the plaintiff had rejected meaningful settlement offers...
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05/15/2019 | 17-3259 |
US v. CollinsUnited States Seventh Circuit
Sentencing, Criminal Law & Procedure
Affirmed a 10-year mandatory minimum prison sentence for a drug-trafficking offense. The defendant argued, unsuccessfully, that he qualified for the...
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05/14/2019 | 18‐2149 |
Gant v. HartmanUnited States Seventh Circuit
Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
Held that a man who pleaded guilty to armed robbery may proceed with an excessive-force lawsuit against a police officer who shot him without...
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05/14/2019 | 18-1287 |
US v. RichmondUnited States Seventh Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure
Held that police officers conducted a lawful Terry search when they seized a handgun from the threshold of a home's front door during an encounter...
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05/13/2019 | 18-1559 |
US v. ShethUnited States Seventh Circuit
Health Law, Sentencing, Criminal Law & Procedure
Held that the federal government miscalculated the value of certain bank account funds forfeited by a physician who was convicted of healthcare fraud....
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05/13/2019 | 17-2741 |
Sparre v. LABRUnited States Seventh Circuit
Labor & Employment Law, Administrative Law
Plaintiff, a locomotive engineer, challenged the final orders and judgments in his lawsuit where he asserted violations of the Federal Railroad Safety...
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05/10/2019 | 18‐1105 |
Villa-Serrano v. BarrUnited States Seventh Circuit
Immigration Law
Dismissed an alien's petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals' ruling that he had illegally reentered the United States. The Mexico...
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05/09/2019 | 18-2886 |
Lopez-Aguilar v. State of IndianaUnited States Seventh Circuit
Civil Rights, Immigration Law
Addressed the availability of prospective injunctive relief in a case where a man alleged that a sheriff's office unlawfully detained him for transfer...
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05/09/2019 | 18-1050 |
Lowinger v. OberhelmanUnited States Seventh Circuit
Securities Law
Affirmed the dismissal of a shareholder derivative lawsuit. Held that the shareholders failed to adequately allege that the company's board of...
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05/09/2019 | 18‐1863 |
US v Spectrum BrandsUnited States Seventh Circuit
Civil Procedure, Consumer Protection Law
Seventh Circuit affirmed the judgment of the district court when it found defendant violated the Consumer Product Safety Act and entered a permanent...
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05/09/2019 | 18-1785 |