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US v. Treacy

Asset Forfeiture, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Remedies, Securities Law
Conviction and sentencing of defendant for securities-related crimes are affirmed in part and vacated in part where district court: 1) committed...

US v. Pescatore

Asset Forfeiture, Criminal Law & Procedure, Remedies, Sanctions, White Collar Crime
In a criminal action involving the conviction of defendant for operating chop shops in violation of 18 USC sections 2322, and of extortion offenses in...

Ungar v. Arafat

Asset Forfeiture, Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, International Law
In an action brought by a putative intervenor, concerning an injunction issued in a bitter dispute between victims of terrorist violence and...

Mathis v. County of Lyon

Asset Forfeiture, Constitutional Law, Government Law
Denial of qualified immunity to a deputy who entered the residence of a recently deceased man and carried away personal property, some of which he...

US v. Contents of Accounts

Asset Forfeiture, Civil Procedure, Government Law
In civil forfeiture proceedings to seize numerous bank accounts and other assets belonging to defendants, arising from the government's allegations,...

People v. Polk

Asset Forfeiture, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Conviction of defendant for second degree murder of her husband is affirmed in part, vacated in part and remanded where: 1) because defendant did not...

Sec. & Exch. Comm'n v. Wealth Mgmt. LLC

Asset Forfeiture, Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Government Law, Judgement Enforcement, Securities Law
In the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) enforcement action against a Wisconsin-based investment firm and its principals alleging a host of...

US v. Kalish

Asset Forfeiture, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In defendant's appeal from a final order of asset forfeiture in a mail and wire fraud prosecution, the order is affirmed where: 1) a money judgment...

US v. Monea Family Trust I

Asset Forfeiture, Criminal Law & Procedure, Probate, Trusts & Estates
In a petition filed by a family trust and several other parties, seeking to amend a district court's order of forfeiture regarding several items of...

Gates v. City of Chicago

Asset Forfeiture, Civil Rights, Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In plaintiffs' suit challenging a city's policies governing the return of seized funds to those arrested by police officers, summary judgment for the...