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  • 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