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  • Lewis D. Del Marcelle v. Brown County Corp., et al

    Publication Date: 2012-05-29
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    Date Filed: 2012-05-17
    Court: 7th Cir.
    Judge: Per curiam.
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    Case Number: 10-3426

    SUBMITTED MARCH 8, 2011ARGUEDENBANCSEPTEMBER23, 2011Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and POSNER, FLAUM, KANNE, ROVNER, WOOD, WILLIAMS, SYKES, TINDER, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.Five j

  • George Mcreynolds, et al., On Behalf of Themselves and All Others v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc

    Publication Date: 2012-03-02
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    Date Filed: 2012-02-24
    Court: 7th Cir.
    Judge: Posner, Circuit Judge.
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    Case Number: 11-3639

    ARGUED JANUARY 13, 2012Before POSNER, WOOD, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.The plaintiffs have filed a classaction suit that charges Merrill Lynch with racial dis-crimination in employ

  • Roughneck Concrete Drilling v. Plumbers' Pension Fund, Local130, Ua

    Publication Date: 2011-04-07
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    Date Filed: 2011-04-07
    Court: 7th Cir.
    Judge: Posner, Circuit Judge.
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    Case Number: 09-3670, 09-3685

    ARGUED FEBRUARY 11, 2011Before BAUER, POSNER, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.A case can be complex without being difficult and difficult without being complex-and it can also be both complex and d

  • David J. Spiva v. Michael J. Astrue

    Publication Date: 2011-02-03
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    Date Filed: 2010-12-06
    Court: 7th Cir.
    Judge: Posner, Circuit Judge.
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    Case Number: 10-2083

    ARGUED NOVEMBER 9, 2010Before POSNER, TINDER, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.In Parker v. Astrue, 597 F.3d 920 (7th Cir. 2010), we criticized the handling of social security disability claims in t

  • United States v. Black

    Publication Date: 2008-07-03
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    Date Filed: 2008-06-25
    Court: 7th Cir.
    Judge: Posner, Circuit Judge.
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    Case Number: Nos. 07-4080, 08-1030, 08-1072, 08-1106

    ARGUED JUNE 5, 2008Before POSNER, KANNE, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.At the end of a four-month trial, the jury convicted the defendants of mail and wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 134

  • Flying J, Inc. v. Vanhollen

    Publication Date: 2009-09-04
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    Date Filed: 2009-08-20
    Court: 7th Cir.
    Judge: Posner, Circuit Judge
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    Case Number: 09-1883

    ARGUED JUNE 2, 2009Before POSNER, RIPPLE, and KANNE, Circuit Judges.The Wisconsin Uniform Sales Act, Wis. Stat. § 100.30, forbids retail sellers of gasoline to sell their product below cost

  • Barnes v. Black

    Publication Date: 2008-09-19
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    Date Filed: 2008-09-12
    Court: 7th Cir.
    Judge: Posner, Circuit Judge
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    Case Number: 08-1703

    SUBMITTED AUGUST 21, 2008Before POSNER, ROVNER, and WOOD, Circuit Judges.The plaintiff, injured in an auto-mobile accident, filed a diversity suit in a federal district court in Illinois against

  • Muhammad v. Oliver

    Publication Date: 2008-11-14
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    Date Filed: 2008-11-10
    Court: 7th Cir.
    Judge: Posner, Circuit Judge
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    Case Number: 07-3336

    ARGUED MAY 5, 2008Before CUDAHY, POSNER, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.The plaintiffs have appealed from the dismissal of their suit for failure to state a claim. Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6). The suit

  • United States v. Edwards

    Publication Date: 2009-09-16
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    Date Filed: 2009-09-14
    Court: 7th Cir.
    Judge: Posner, Circuit Judge
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    Case Number: 08-1124

    ARGUED MAY 6, 2009Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and POSNER and WOOD, Circuit Judges.The defendant was convicted by a jury of distributing 5 grams or more of crack and was sentenced to 108 mon

  • Carr v. Tillery

    Publication Date: 2010-01-19
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    Date Filed: 2010-01-12
    Court: 7th Cir.
    Judge: Posner, Circuit Judge.
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    Case Number: Nos. 09-1124 & 09-1168

    ARGUED DECEMBER 4, 2009Before POSNER, RIPPLE, and WOOD, Circuit Judges.Rex Carr, a successful class action lawyer in southern Illinois, is locked in mortal combat with his former law partners, t