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  • Outsource International, Inc. v. Barton and Barton's Staffing Solutions, Inc.

    Publication Date: 1999-09-17
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    Date Filed: 1999-09-17
    Court: The United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit
    Judge: Posner, Chief Judge, and Bauer, and Kanne, Circuit Judges
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    Case Number: No. 98-2808

    The full case caption appears at the end of this opinion. Bauer, Circuit Judge. In May 1998, Outsource International, Inc. ("Outsource," "OSI," or the "EMPLO

  • Faas v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.

    Publication Date: 2008-07-17
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    Date Filed: 2008-07-10
    Court: 7th Cir.
    Judge: Kanne, Circuit Judge
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    Case Number: 07-2656

    ARGUED MAY 9, 2008Before FLAUM, KANNE, and TINDER, Circuit Judges.Lynn Faas worked as a store general manager for Sears, Roebuck & Co. ("Sears") until she was fired in September 2004. One ye

  • Lewis v. CITGO Petroleum Corp.

    Publication Date: 2009-04-10
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    Date Filed: 2009-04-06
    Court: 7th Cir.
    Judge: Kanne, Circuit Judge.
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    Case Number: 08-1483

    ARGUED DECEMBER 5, 2008Before RIPPLE, KANNE, and TINDER,Circuit Judges.Plaintiffs-appellants Michael Lewis and Tammy Livingston claim to have been injured when they were exposed to hydrogen sulf

  • Wrinkles v. Buss

    Publication Date: 2008-08-15
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    Date Filed: 2008-08-12
    Court: 7th Cir.
    Judge: Kanne, Circuit Judge
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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

  • Johnson v. Thurmer

    Publication Date: 2010-10-22
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    Date Filed: 2010-10-18
    Court: 7th Cir.
    Judge: Kanne, Circuit Judge
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    Case Number: 07-2628

    ARGUED JANUARY 14, 2009Before CUDAHY, KANNE, and TINDER, Circuit Judges.Herbert Johnson was charged with five counts of armed robbery in Wisconsin state court, convicted by a jury, and sentenced

  • Cook v. City of Chicago

    Publication Date: 1999-09-20
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    Date Filed: 1999-09-20
    Court: The United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit
    Judge: Posner, Chief Judge, and Coffey and Kanne, Circuit Judges
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    Case Number: No. 98-3268

    The full case caption appears at the end of this opinion. Posner, Chief Judge. In 1983, a consent decree was entered in a class action that had been brought

  • United States of America v. Donella Locke

    Publication Date: 2011-06-22
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    Date Filed: 2011-06-21
    Court: 7th Cir.
    Judge: Kanne, Circuit Judge.
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    Case Number: 10-1351

    ARGUED JANUARY 19, 2011Before POSNER, KANNE, and ROVNER,Circuit Judges.Donella Locke became a real estate agent in an ill-fated attempt to rebuild her credit and get out of debt. In 2008,

  • United States v. Garcia

    Publication Date: 2009-09-04
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    Date Filed: 2009-09-01
    Court: 7th Cir.
    Judge: Kanne, Circuit Judge.
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    Case Number: Nos. 07-3964, 07-4060 & 08-1141

    ARGUED FEBRUARY 26, 2009Before BAUER, KANNE, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.Paula Alvarez, Dustin Decker, and Saul Garcia were part of a widespread drug conspiracy that stretched from Chicago to Indi

  • Malone v. Reliastar Life Insurance Co.

    Publication Date: 2009-03-20
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    Date Filed: 2009-03-12
    Court: 7th Cir.
    Judge: Kanne, Circuit Judge.
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    Case Number: Nos. 08-1734 and 08-2377

    ARGUED OCTOBER 27, 2008Before KANNE, WILLIAMS, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.This is a case about death. To be entitled to the death benefit payable under a life insur- ance policy, a beneficiary mu

  • United States v. Conner

    Publication Date: 2009-10-26
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    Date Filed: 2009-10-22
    Court: 7th Cir.
    Judge: Kanne, Circuit Judge.
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    Case Number: 07-3527

    ARGUED SEPTEMBER 15, 2008Before KANNE, EVANS, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.On March 8, 2007, a grand jury indicted Defendant Arthur T. Conner for distributing more than five grams of cocaine bas