• Milwaukee Deputy Sheriff's Association v. Clarke

    Publication Date: 2009-07-27
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    Date Filed: 2009-07-21
    Court: 7th Cir.
    Judge: Kanne, Circuit Judge
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    Case Number: 08-3298

    ARGUED FEBRUARY 13, 2009Before KANNE, ROVNER, and EVANS,Circuit Judges.The dispute in this case is what one's mother might have in mind when she imparts the classic phrase, "Sticks and stones ma

  • Gross v. Knight

    Publication Date: 2009-04-03
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    Date Filed: 2009-03-26
    Court: 7th Cir.
    Judge: Kanne, Circuit Judge.
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    Case Number: 07-3251

    ARGUED DECEMBER 10, 2008Before POSNER, KANNE, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.On August 26, 1998, Jeremy Gross shot and killed Christopher Beers while robbing a convenience store in Indianapolis. Gro

  • United States v. Winbush

    Publication Date: 2009-09-04
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    Date Filed: 2009-09-01
    Court: 7th Cir.
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    Case Number: 08-1602

    ARGUED APRIL 14, 2009Before KANNE, ROVNER, and WOOD, Circuit Judges.James Winbush is a drug dealer, and he was caught red-handed plying his trade. Police watched as Winbush sold crack cocaine to

  • Hansen v. Board of Trustees of Hamilton Southeastern School Corp.

    Publication Date: 2009-01-02
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    Date Filed: 2008-12-23
    Court: 7th Cir.
    Judge: Kanne, Circuit Judge.
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    Case Number: 08-1205

    ARGUED SEPTEMBER 23, 2008Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and KANNE and TINDER, Circuit Judges.Dmitri Alano, a teacher and assistant band director at Hamilton Southeastern High School ("HSE"), e

  • Stephens v. Erickson

    Publication Date: 2009-07-02
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    Date Filed: 2009-06-30
    Court: 7th Cir.
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    Case Number: 08-1416

    ARGUED JANUARY 6, 2009Before KANNE, WOOD, and SYKES,Circuit Judges.Lesley Stephens, an employee of the City of Chicago, interviewed for four separate promotions between August and October 2004.

  • Wrinkles v. Buss

    Publication Date: 2008-08-15
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    Date Filed: 2008-08-12
    Court: 7th Cir.
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    Case Number: 05-2747

    ARGUED SEPTEMBER 15, 2006Before FLAUM, KANNE, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.This case is before the court on collateral review. In 1995, a Vanderburgh, Indiana, Circuit Court jury convicted Matthew