Alpha Tech Pet, Inc. v. Lagasse, LLC
The lead plaintiffs in consolidated purported class actions received faxed advertisements that allegedly did not comply with the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), 47 U.S.C. 227 and the Federal...
View ArticleRiffey v. Rauner
The Illinois Department of Human Services pays personal home health care assistants to care for elderly and disabled persons. The assistants are public employees under the Illinois Public Labor...
View ArticleRoundtree v. Caraway
Roundtree was sentenced to life in prison for selling heroin that led to a user’s death, 21 U.S.C. 841(b)(1)(C). Seven years later the Supreme Court held (Burrage) that a judge must tell a jury that...
View ArticleUnited States v. Martin
The Chicago gang called the Imperial Insane Vice Lords controlled drug operations near Thomas Street and Keystone Avenue. In l2010, the government began investigating the gang’s activities, which led...
View ArticleVesuvius USA, Corp. v. American Commercial Lines, LLC
In 2014, Vesuvius and ACBL entered into a shipping contract to transport olivine sand from New Orleans to Vesuvius’s Wurtland, Kentucky facility by river barge. The January 2015 shipment arrived at...
View ArticleNeighbors Rehabilitation Center, LLC v. United States Department of Health...
Neighbors is a skilled nursing facility participating in Medicare and Medicaid. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) determined that Neighbors inadequately addressed sexual...
View ArticleKleen Products LLC v. Georgia-Pacific LLC
Direct purchasers of containerboard charged manufacturers with conspiring to increase prices and reduce output from 2004-2010. The Seventh Circuit affirmed the certification of a nationwide class of...
View ArticleUnited States v. Bishop
During a drug deal, Bishop was pepper sprayed by his customer and shot her. He was convicted of discharging a firearm during a drug transaction, 18 U.S.C. 924(c). He argued that the warrant...
View ArticleO’ Boyle v. Real Time Resolutions, Inc.
O’Boyle claimed a debt-collection letter sent by RTR violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act by “overshadowing” the consumer’s rights under 15 U.S.C. 1692g(b) and failing to communicate the...
View ArticleUnited States v. Balsiger
In 2000 Balsiger took the helm of IOS, a large coupon processing companies. IOS contracted with large retail chains and small, independently owned stores to collect and sort coupons redeemed at their...
View ArticleUnited States v. Bostock
Bostock pleaded guilty to distributing methamphetamine and was sentenced to 125 months’ imprisonment. The Seventh Circuit affirmed. The statute distinguishes by purity in setting minimum and maximum...
View ArticleH. P. v. Naperville Community Unit School District 203
The District operates Naperville Central High School (NCHS), where H.P. attended three years of high school. In 2006, during her junior year, H.P.’s mother committed suicide. H.P. moved from her...
View ArticleUnited States v. Hamdan
Hamdan was arrested after a 2014 traffic stop revealed he was driving on a suspended license. Hamdan consented to a search of his car. Officers found a shoebox containing $67,000 in cash. Police found...
View ArticleUnited States v. Kohl
Kohl was convicted of three federal controlled substance offenses, 21 U.S.C. 841 and 846. The court assigned Kohl criminal history category IV, including one criminal history point for a 2016...
View ArticleHirst v. Skywest, Inc.
Current and former flight attendants challenged a SkyWest Airlines compensation policy of paying for their work in the air but not on the ground, alleging violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act,...
View ArticleCrutchfield v. Dennison
Crutchfield, charged with drug crimes, faced enhanced penalties based on his criminal record. The prosecutor offered a plea deal that would have capped his sentence at 25 years, explaining that...
View ArticleKemper v. Deutsche Bank AG
In 2009, U.S. Army Specialist Schaefer was killed by a roadside bomb while serving a tour of duty in Iraq. Those directly responsible for such attacks are often unidentifiable or beyond the reach of a...
View ArticleUnited States v. Soria-Ocampo
Defendants pleaded guilty for their roles as middlemen in a cocaine deal, 21 U.S.C. 846. The Seventh Circuit affirmed their 69-month sentences, rejecting arguments that the district court erred on the...
View ArticleAdams v. United States
Adams was convicted of possessing, with intent to distribute, 100 kilograms or more of marijuana, money laundering, and escaping from federal custody. A 1997 California conviction elevated his...
View ArticleMartinsville Corral, Inc. v. Society Insurance
MCI held a business owners insurance policy with an “Employment-Related Practices Liability Endorsement” from Society Insurance. When DirecTV sued MCI under 47 U.S.C. 521 for publicly displaying its...
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