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Exasperated Judge Posner Kills Easement Dreams for Landowner
By Jonathan R. Tung, Esq. | Last updated on
Judge Posner, clearly exasperated by the procedural muck that was made out of a relatively routine easement case, killed the landowner's dreams of establishing...
A Lifetime of GPS Monitoring for Sex Offenders Is Constitutional
By Casey C. Sullivan, Esq. | Last updated on
A Wisconsin law requires convicted sex offenders who have been released from civil commitment to wear a GPS ankle bracelet all day, every day, for the rest of...
7th Cir. Rejects 'Light' Sentence for Violent Sheriff's Deputy
By Casey C. Sullivan, Esq. | Last updated on
A Putnam County, Indiana, sheriff's deputy who was convicted for excessive force won't get off with just a 14-month sentence, the Seventh Circuit ruled last...
Ramadan Meals Case Revived by 7th Cir.
By Jonathan R. Tung, Esq. | Last updated on
The Seventh Circuit revived a free exercise of religion case in which a Muslim inmate sued his jailers for interfering with his observance of Ramadan by...
Posner Shoots Down 'Bounty Hunter' Who Exposed Fraud for Money
By Jonathan R. Tung, Esq. | Last updated on
This week, Judge Richard Posner authored a rather pithy and readable opinion in which his court affirmed a lower district court's dismissal of a relator's...
Spirit of AC21 Act Should Be Followed, Rules 2nd Cir.
By Jonathan R. Tung, Esq. | Last updated on
In an immigration employment decision that could have far reaching impacts, the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled that the legislative attempts to...
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