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Decisions in Denial of Benefits Claim and Public Employee's 1983 Suit
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In McClesky v. Astrue, No. 09-2723, the Seventh Circuit faced a challenge to the district court's affirmance of the Social Security Administration's denial of...
Decisions in Case Involving Deadly Passenger Plane Crash, Plus Immigration and Criminal Matters
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Gatimi v. Holder, No. 08-3197, concerned a plaintiffs' suit for attorneys' fees and costs under the Equal Access to Justice Act, arising from a...
Decisions in Criminal Cases, Including Challenge to a Life Sentence
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In Johnson v. US, No. 08-1777, the Seventh Circuit faced a challenge to the district court's denial of defendant's motion to vacate his life sentence for his...
Case Involving Unauthorized Use of DirecTV's System, Plus a Defendant's Sentence Upheld
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DirecTV, Inc. v. Barczewski, No. 06-2219, concerned a DirecTV's suit against two defendants for intercepting encrypted signals from DirecTV's satellite system...
Summary Judgment For Employer in FMLA Case Reversed
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In Goelzer v. Sheboygan County, No. 09-2283, the Seventh Circuit faced a challenge to the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of...
Dismissal Under Wilton/Brillhart Abstention Doctrine Upheld
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Envision Healthcare, Inc. v. PreferredOne Ins. Co., No. 09-2019, concerned an insurance company's third-party suit for indemnification against a wholesale...
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