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Ruling in Civil Rights Suit Against Park Officer
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In Whitlock v. Brown, No. 08-2800, the Seventh Circuit faced a challenge to the district court's grant of a motion for qualified immunity to an officer with...
Rulings in Criminal Cases
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In US v. Hines, No. 08-3255, the Seventh Circuit faced a challenge to the district court's imposition of a 168 months' imprisonment on a defendant convicted of...
Ruling Against Maker of Paxil in Suicide Case
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In Mason v. Smithkline Beecham Corp., No. 08-2265, the Seventh Circuit faced a suit against the maker of the popular antidepressant Paxil brought by the...
Ruling in Bankruptcy Case Interprets Amendments to Indiana's Recording Statute
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In Miller v. LaSalle Bank Nat'l Ass'n, No. 09-3013, the Seventh Circuit was required to interpret the legislative intent of a provision in the 2007...
Decisions on Fees Awards Under Equal Access to Justice Act
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In a consolidated appeal, US v. Thouvenot, Wade & Moerschen, Inc., No. 09-2421, the Seventh Circuit addressed the Equal Access to Justice Act which...
Ruling Against Defendant Claiming Procedural Error in His Sentencing
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In U.S. v. Pulley, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit addressed a criminal defendant's challenge to his sentence for wire fraud conviction...
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