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Rulings in Criminal Cases Involving Fourth Amendment, Asset Forfeiture, and Sentencing Issues
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The Fourth District decided three criminal case matters today involving a Fourth Amendment claim, a defendant's claim that a magistrate judge erred in granting...
Rulings in Criminal, Medicare Fraud, and Disability Benefits Cases
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The Seventh Circuit decided two criminal matters and one case involving denial of disability benefits. In US v. Phillips, No. 09-1262, the court faced a...
Judge's Law Review Article Does Not Warrant Recusal In Products Liability Case
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In In re: Sherwin-Williams, Co., No. 10-1639, the Seventh Circuit dealt with a defendant's petition for a writ of mandamus requesting that a district...
Arbitration Award In Favor of Construction Firm Against the Union Affirmed
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Prate Installations, Inc. v. Chicago Reg'l Council of Carpenters, No. 09-2453 concerned a challenge to the district court's judgment in an enforcement...
Denial of Albanian Nationals' Application for Asylum Affirmed
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Rama v. Holder, No. 09-2156, concerned a petition for review of BIA's affirmance of an IJ's denial of Albanian family's application for asylum and an...
Decisions in Environmental and Title VII Cases, Plus Junk Fax Case
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Habitat Educ. Ctr. v. U.S. Forest Serv., No. 09-278, concerned a nonprofit environmental organization's suit against the U.S. forest service to obtain...