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Federal Courts Milanouic v. Holder, No. 08-3710

Milanouic v. Holder, No. 08-3710

By FindLaw Staff | Last updated on March 21, 2019

Board of Immigration Appeal's denial of an ethnic Serb's request for withholding of removal is affirmed as, there is adequate evidence to support the IJ's...

Federal Courts Ruling in Civil Rights Suit Against Park Officer

Ruling in Civil Rights Suit Against Park Officer

By FindLaw Staff | Last updated on March 21, 2019

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...

Federal Courts Rulings in Criminal Cases

Rulings in Criminal Cases

By FindLaw Staff | Last updated on March 21, 2019

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...

Federal Courts Ruling Against Maker of Paxil in Suicide Case

Ruling Against Maker of Paxil in Suicide Case

By FindLaw Staff | Last updated on March 21, 2019

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...

Federal Courts Ruling in Bankruptcy Case Interprets Amendments to Indiana's Recording Statute

Ruling in Bankruptcy Case Interprets Amendments to Indiana's Recording Statute

By FindLaw Staff | Last updated on March 21, 2019

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...

Federal Courts Decisions on Fees Awards Under Equal Access to Justice Act

Decisions on Fees Awards Under Equal Access to Justice Act

By FindLaw Staff | Last updated on March 21, 2019

In a consolidated appeal, US v. Thouvenot, Wade & Moerschen, Inc., No. 09-2421, the Seventh Circuit addressed the Equal Access to Justice Act which...

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