tag:blogs.findlaw.com,2009-03-31:/seventh_circuit/22 2013-05-20T20:19:06Z News and information from the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, brought to you by FindLaw.com. Movable Type Enterprise 4.38 http://images.findlaw.com/logo/logo_lp_rss.gif tag:blogs.findlaw.com,2013:/seventh_circuit//22.39949 2013-05-20T20:19:57Z 2013-05-20T20:19:06Z William Peacock, Esq. http://www.linkedin.com/in/williampeacockesq This case in four words: loose lips claim clips. John Bloch III was prohibited by law from owning firearms for two very good reasons: he was a felon, and he was previously convicted of felony domestic violence (that's § 922(g)(1)...<br/> <br/> Keep reading at FindLaw's U.S. Seventh Circuit blog...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/USSeventhCircuit/~4/pIdEa6I9I04" height="1" width="1"/> http://blogs.findlaw.com/seventh_circuit/2013/05/blochs-glock-liquor-loosened-lips-easy-to-convict.html tag:blogs.findlaw.com,2013:/seventh_circuit//22.39889 2013-05-15T17:15:55Z 2013-05-17T17:16:05Z William Peacock, Esq. http://www.linkedin.com/in/williampeacockesq "Otto Cuban Jew muther f***er bastard get our message your family is not safe we will get you good Jew is a dead Jew say hi to your hore wife death to the jews heil hitler [swastika]." Let's be clear...<br/> <br/> Keep reading at FindLaw's U.S. Seventh Circuit blog...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/USSeventhCircuit/~4/waztuQ4AxJ8" height="1" width="1"/> http://blogs.findlaw.com/seventh_circuit/2013/05/chryslers-half-measure-response-to-anti-semitic-harassment-costly.html tag:blogs.findlaw.com,2013:/seventh_circuit//22.39783 2013-05-08T20:35:33Z 2013-05-08T20:38:52Z William Peacock, Esq. http://www.linkedin.com/in/williampeacockesq Terri Basden worked as a dispatcher for a company that transported workers from one train to another train. It doesn't sound terribly exciting, but heck, it's a paycheck. In January 2008, she fell after having a dizzy spell at home....<br/> <br/> Keep reading at FindLaw's U.S. Seventh Circuit blog...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/USSeventhCircuit/~4/zJ4wdQ3vP8s" height="1" width="1"/> http://blogs.findlaw.com/seventh_circuit/2013/05/you-cant-perform-essential-job-duties-if-you-arent-there.html tag:blogs.findlaw.com,2013:/seventh_circuit//22.39686 2013-05-01T20:23:16Z 2013-05-01T20:24:09Z Robyn Hagan Cain Columbia College Chicago informed Suriya Smiley, a part-time instructor, that it would not ask her to teach further classes after a student complained that Smiley had singled him out in class because he is Jewish. Smiley, who is of Palestinian...<br/> <br/> Keep reading at FindLaw's U.S. Seventh Circuit blog...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/USSeventhCircuit/~4/Z7mT_tTK4m4" height="1" width="1"/> http://blogs.findlaw.com/seventh_circuit/2013/05/its-not-a-pretext-if-the-employer-believes-its-true.html tag:blogs.findlaw.com,2013:/seventh_circuit//22.39637 2013-04-29T20:16:00Z 2013-04-29T20:16:13Z Robyn Hagan Cain Ji Cheng Ni has been in the U.S. since 2001, despite the fact that an Immigration Judge ordered him removed in 2003. Ni has two children, and argues that he should get a second shot at removal proceedings based on...<br/> <br/> Keep reading at FindLaw's U.S. Seventh Circuit blog...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/USSeventhCircuit/~4/e8Vgl22ZpAY" height="1" width="1"/> http://blogs.findlaw.com/seventh_circuit/2013/04/7th-cir-reopens-one-child-appeal-based-on-changed-conditions.html tag:blogs.findlaw.com,2013:/seventh_circuit//22.39574 2013-04-24T20:19:37Z 2013-04-24T20:20:14Z Robyn Hagan Cain People typically associate the American Red Cross with collecting donations and offering disaster relief. It's a do-gooder group. On the flip side, there's Seventh Circuit Judge Richard Cudahy's description of the Red Cross as "a company charged with unilaterally changing...<br/> <br/> Keep reading at FindLaw's U.S. Seventh Circuit blog...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/USSeventhCircuit/~4/OBRB1gwxgjY" height="1" width="1"/> http://blogs.findlaw.com/seventh_circuit/2013/04/american-red-cross-loses-anti-union-appeal.html tag:blogs.findlaw.com,2013:/seventh_circuit//22.39477 2013-04-17T20:48:02Z 2013-04-17T20:50:52Z Robyn Hagan Cain In a far away land, an American corporation harms people. It could be a physical attack. Maybe it's just property destruction. The victims, cognizant of the rampant corruption within their own judicial and political systems, turn to the U.S. for...<br/> <br/> Keep reading at FindLaw's U.S. Seventh Circuit blog...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/USSeventhCircuit/~4/07qw2iaNGtA" height="1" width="1"/> http://blogs.findlaw.com/seventh_circuit/2013/04/no-sir-you-are-incorrect-scotus-affirms-kiobel.html tag:blogs.findlaw.com,2013:/seventh_circuit//22.39437 2013-04-15T19:58:28Z 2013-04-15T17:43:15Z Robyn Hagan Cain The City of Momence, Illinois fired Steven Cromwell, a former police lieutenant, after an incident of alleged alcohol-related misconduct. He sued, arguing that his termination was procedurally inadequate under the Fourteenth Amendment Due Process Clause, because that’s what all the...<br/> <br/> Keep reading at FindLaw's U.S. Seventh Circuit blog...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/USSeventhCircuit/~4/buT-8t8fjzo" height="1" width="1"/> http://blogs.findlaw.com/seventh_circuit/2013/04/do-employees-have-a-property-interest-in-a-government-gig.html tag:blogs.findlaw.com,2013:/seventh_circuit//22.39386 2013-04-10T20:15:42Z 2013-04-10T20:15:48Z Robyn Hagan Cain Federal courts get the opportunity to resolve the great debates of our time. In 2001, the Nine were asked to answer the question, “What is golf?” This week, Judge Richard Posner and the Seventh Circuit — not ones to be...<br/> <br/> Keep reading at FindLaw's U.S. Seventh Circuit blog...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/USSeventhCircuit/~4/FgDwFUk-lH0" height="1" width="1"/> http://blogs.findlaw.com/seventh_circuit/2013/04/nun-sequiturs-jury-cant-decide-religious-question.html tag:blogs.findlaw.com,2013:/seventh_circuit//22.39341 2013-04-08T20:04:49Z 2013-04-08T20:04:51Z Robyn Hagan Cain We get it. Sometimes someone insults you, and the best response is a haughty “I’m not going to dignify that with a response.” The rules, however, are slightly different when someone insults your complaint in a lawsuit. When a defendant...<br/> <br/> Keep reading at FindLaw's U.S. Seventh Circuit blog...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/USSeventhCircuit/~4/MOMuPKGv2SI" height="1" width="1"/> http://blogs.findlaw.com/seventh_circuit/2013/04/respond-to-summary-judgment-motions-even-the-crappy-ones.html tag:blogs.findlaw.com,2013:/seventh_circuit//22.39269 2013-04-03T20:01:33Z 2013-04-03T19:52:39Z Robyn Hagan Cain No one ever said that a jail cell should be comfortable, but Richard Budd claims in a civil rights lawsuit that pretrial detention conditions in the Edgar County, Illinois Jail were downright unlivable. Budd alleges that he was subject to...<br/> <br/> Keep reading at FindLaw's U.S. Seventh Circuit blog...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/USSeventhCircuit/~4/-UOHPSPoPYI" height="1" width="1"/> http://blogs.findlaw.com/seventh_circuit/2013/04/are-edgar-county-jail-conditions-cruel-and-unusual.html tag:blogs.findlaw.com,2013:/seventh_circuit//22.39231 2013-04-01T20:16:25Z 2013-04-01T20:17:10Z Robyn Hagan Cain If you're the guard on duty during a prison break, you should probably assume that you will be investigated. The Seventh Circuit ruled this week that such investigations are objectively reasonable....<br/> <br/> Keep reading at FindLaw's U.S. Seventh Circuit blog...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/USSeventhCircuit/~4/va4nbsuHmNk" height="1" width="1"/> http://blogs.findlaw.com/seventh_circuit/2013/04/cook-county-sheriff-gets-qualified-immunity-in-jailbreak-appeal.html tag:blogs.findlaw.com,2013:/seventh_circuit//22.39178 2013-03-27T21:04:20Z 2013-03-27T21:05:08Z Robyn Hagan Cain Xing Zheng, a native of Fuzhou City in the Fujian Province of China, arrived in the U.S. in 1991 and filed an asylum application in 1992. The application was denied. In 1998, the Immigration and Naturalization Service charged him with...<br/> <br/> Keep reading at FindLaw's U.S. Seventh Circuit blog...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/USSeventhCircuit/~4/Ps0IUUy4tVw" height="1" width="1"/> http://blogs.findlaw.com/seventh_circuit/2013/03/generalizations-arent-enough-asylum-applicants-need-specifics.html tag:blogs.findlaw.com,2013:/seventh_circuit//22.39132 2013-03-25T20:10:42Z 2013-03-25T20:10:28Z Robyn Hagan Cain Guy Westmoreland may be one of "the bad guys," but he got a pretty rough deal from the government. First he moved for a new murder trial after learning that an Illinois State Police agent had an affair with his...<br/> <br/> Keep reading at FindLaw's U.S. Seventh Circuit blog...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/USSeventhCircuit/~4/hI8R1bw1vTg" height="1" width="1"/> http://blogs.findlaw.com/seventh_circuit/2013/03/cuckolded-defendant-cant-get-new-trial-for-outrageous-conduct.html tag:blogs.findlaw.com,2013:/seventh_circuit//22.39066 2013-03-20T20:05:53Z 2013-03-20T20:05:17Z Robyn Hagan Cain Seventh Circuit Judge Richard Posner’s civil procedure opinions often read like the textbook you wish you had in law school. Judge Posner has a knack for explaining procedure in a step-by-step process, noting why the court disposes of particular arguments....<br/> <br/> Keep reading at FindLaw's U.S. Seventh Circuit blog...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/USSeventhCircuit/~4/0693feQHH0o" height="1" width="1"/> http://blogs.findlaw.com/seventh_circuit/2013/03/ill-see-your-11000-demand-and-raise-you-22-billion-claim.html