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Respond to Summary Judgment Motions, Even the Crappy Ones
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
We get it. Sometimes someone insults you, and the best response is a haughty “I’m not going to dignify that with a response.” The rules, however, are slightly...
Are Edgar County Jail Conditions Cruel and Unusual?
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
No one ever said that a jail cell should be comfortable, but Richard Budd claims in a civil rights lawsuit that pretrial detention conditions in the Edgar...
Cook County Sheriff Gets Qualified Immunity in Jailbreak Appeal
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
If you're the guard on duty during a prison break, you should probably assume that you will be investigated. The Seventh Circuit ruled this week that such...
Generalizations Aren't Enough: Asylum Applicants Need Specifics
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
Xing Zheng, a native of Fuzhou City in the Fujian Province of China, arrived in the U.S. in 1991 and filed an asylum application in 1992. The application was...
Cuckolded Defendant Can't Get New Trial for 'Outrageous Conduct'
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
Guy Westmoreland may be one of "the bad guys," but he got a pretty rough deal from the government. First he moved for a new murder trial after learning that...
I'll See Your $11,000 Demand, and Raise You a $2.2 Billion Claim
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
Seventh Circuit Judge Richard Posner’s civil procedure opinions often read like the textbook you wish you had in law school. Judge Posner has a knack for...
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