Weber v.Universities Research Ass’n, Inc., 08-1957, concerned a challenge to the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the defendant, in plaintiff’s suit against her former employer for sex discrimination and retaliation in violation of Title VII. In affirming, the court held that plaintiff has waived her discrimination and retaliation arguments under the [...]
US v. Lupton, 09-2710, concerned a challenge to a conviction of defendant for corrupt solicitation, wire fraud, and making false statements to government officials for seeking kickbacks in connection with a sale and leaseback of a government owned building. In affirming, the court held that the district court did not abuse its discretion in excluding [...]
Wolfe v. Schaefer, 10-1016, involved an attorney’s 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit against the State Attorney and others, arising from his failed 2008 bid for State’s Attorney of Cumberland County, Illinois, claiming that defendants violated the Fourth Amendment and the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment by publicly disclosing that plaintiff was under investigation [...]
US v. Howard, 09-3840, concerned a challenge to a conviction of defendant for access device fraud, wire fraud, mail fraud, and aggravated identity theft, for forging her grandmother’s signature to obtain a student loan and to apply for credit card accounts.
In affirming the convictions, the court held that, even if an indictment names particular victims, [...]
Xodus v. Wackenhut Corp., 09-3082, involved a plaintiff’s suit against a security firm, claiming that it violated Title VII when it did not hire him as a security guard because plaintiff would not cut his dreadlocks. In affirming the district court’s judgment that defendant did not engage in religious discrimination when it refused to hire plaintiff [...]
Stephenson v. Wilson, 09-2924, concerned a challenge to the district court’s grant of defendant’s request for habeas relief in ruling that defendant had been denied effective assistance of counsel during both the guilt and penalty phases of the trial, because his counsel had failed to object to the state’s making him wear a stun belt [...]
Berry v. Chicago Transit Auth., 07-2288, concerned a challenge to the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the defendant-employer, in plaintiff’s suit against her employer, Chicago Transit Authority, claiming sex discrimination and hostile work environment. In reversing in part, the court held that district court’s grant of summary judgment on plaintiff’s claim of [...]
US v. Martin, 07-2272, concerned a challenge to convictions of defendants for violating various provisions of 21 U.S.C. sections 841, 843 and 846, for their respective roles in a narcotics conspiracy.
The court affirmed for the most part with a limited remand for resentencing for certain defendants where: 1) the government provided a satisfactory explanation in this [...]
US v. Quintero, 09-2715, concerned a challenge to a conviction of defendant and his getaway driver and girlfriend for bank robbery, and their sentences. In affirming both the conviction and the sentence, the court held that the defendant knowingly and voluntarily waived his right to appeal. The court also held that the co-defendant’s participation in [...]
US v. Quintero, 09-2715, concerned a challenge to a conviction of defendant and his getaway driver and girlfriend for bank robbery, and their sentences. In affirming both the conviction and the sentence, the court held that the defendant knowingly and voluntarily waived his right to appeal. The court also held that the co-defendant’s participation in [...]