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  • Ryerson Inc v. Federal Insurance Company

    Publication Date: 2012-04-20
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    Date Filed: 2012-04-12
    Court: 7th Cir.
    Judge: Posner, Circuit Judge.
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    Case Number: 10-3522

    ARGUED FEBRUARY 16, 2012Before POSNER, RIPPLE, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.This diversity suit, governed by Illinois law because filed in a district court located in that state and neithe

  • Jezierski v. Mukasey

    Publication Date: 2008-09-12
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    Date Filed: 2008-09-10
    Court: 7th Cir.
    Judge: Posner, Circuit Judge
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    Case Number: 07-3569

    ARGUED AUGUST 5, 2008Before POSNER, COFFEY, and MANION, Circuit Judges.The petitioner asked the Board of Immigration Appeals to reopen her removal proceeding on the ground that she had received

  • United States of v. Donald W.

    Publication Date: 2011-09-22
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    Date Filed: 2011-09-21
    Court: 7th Cir.
    Judge: Posner, Circuit Judge.
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    Case Number: 10-3416

    SUBMITTED AUGUST 31, 2011Before POSNER, ROVNER, and WOOD, Circuit Judges.Donald Kubeczko did not inform the government when his mother died, but instead cashed the checks that it continued

  • Henry Feinberg, et al v. Rm Acquisition

    Publication Date: 2011-01-06
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    Date Filed: 2011-01-06
    Court: 7th Cir.
    Judge: Posner, Circuit Judge.
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    Case Number: 10-1890

    ARGUED OCTOBER 26,2010Before POSNER, FLAUM, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.This appeal from the dismissal of a suit under ERISA requires us to consider the rights of participants in a retirement plan

  • United States v. Anderson

    Publication Date: 2008-11-07
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    Date Filed: 2008-11-05
    Court: 7th Cir.
    Judge: Posner, Circuit Judge.
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    Case Number: 07-3654

    ARGUED SEPTEMBER 11, 2008Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and POSNER and EVANS, Circuit Judges.The defendant pleaded guilty to committing a bank robbery in 2007. Before sentencing, he moved unde

  • Orth v. Wisconsin State Employees Union, Council 24

    Publication Date: 2008-10-27
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    Date Filed: 2008-10-22
    Court: 7th Cir.
    Judge: Posner, Circuit Judge.
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    Case Number: 07-2778

    ARGUED MAY 7, 2008Before BAUER, POSNER, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.The plaintiffs in this suit under both ERISA and the Taft-Hartley Act charge the defendants, an employer and a welfare benefi

  • Williams v. City of Champaign

    Publication Date: 2008-05-02
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    Date Filed: 2008-04-29
    Court: 7th Cir.
    Judge: Posner, Circuit Judge.
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    Case Number: 07-1619

    ARGUED JANUARY 7, 2008Before POSNER, ROVNER, and WOOD, Circuit Judges.This is a suit against police officers (and the city, Champaign, Illinois, that employs them, but it need not be discussed),

  • Construction and Design Co. v. United States Citizenship and Immigration Services

    Publication Date: 2009-04-24
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    Date Filed: 2009-04-21
    Court: 7th Cir.
    Judge: Posner, Circuit Judge
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    Case Number: 08-2461

    ARGUED JANUARY 21, 2009Before POSNER, FLAUM, and WOOD, Circuit Judges.The Immigration and Nationality Act allows an alien, upon the petition of an employer, to obtain a visa if the Department of

  • 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

  • Holmes v. Levenhagen

    Publication Date: 2010-04-09
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    Date Filed: 2010-04-02
    Court: 7th Cir.
    Judge: Posner, Circuit Judge.
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    Case Number: Nos. 04-3549 & 06-2905

    ARGUED FEBRUARY 19, 2010Before POSNER, FLAUM, and WOOD, Circuit Judges.This is the latest stage in a protracted federal habeas corpus proceeding in which Eric Holmes (we shall continue to call h