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One-Child Policy Opposition Doesn't Prove Political Persecution
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled today that opposition to China's one-child policy, absent further evidence of persecution, does not justify an...
New Trial: Undisclosed Expert Testimony Sufficiently Prejudicial
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
Terence Tribble was arrested on Mother's Day in 2006 for drinking on a public way. Officers Nicholas Evangelides and Roger Fieser found heroin and crack...
Seventh Circuit Sides with Alltel in Arbitration Case
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
You have a cell phone, and most likely a contract for the service plan that goes with that cell phone. So when you run into problems with your wireless...
Dreadlocked: Prison Haircut Based on Religious Discrimination
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Richard Posner wants you to know that "Jesus was a heretic" and "heretics have religious rights." But that heretical...
Drink Drivers: Court Upholds Indiana Wine Delivery Law
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
Some states prohibit motor carriers, like UPS and FedEx, from delivering wine. There are, of course, ways to get around these wine delivery laws. A shipping...
Blazing Saddles Screening Not Proof of Racial Discrimination
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
The Warrick County Sheriff terminated Kevin Harris’s probationary employment as a deputy sheriff based on violations of standard operating procedures, failure...