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  • Clifton Sandifer, et al v. United States Steel Corporation

    Publication Date: 2012-05-14
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    Date Filed: 2012-05-08
    Court: 7th Cir.
    Judge: Posner, Circuit Judge.
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    Case Number: 10-1821,, 10-1866

    ARGUED FEBRUARY 15, 2012Before POSNER, FLAUM, and MANION, Circuit Judges.These appeals arise out of a class action (technically a "collective action," as it is brought pursuant to 29 U.S.C

  • United States of America v. Ronald A. Seiver

    Publication Date: 2012-09-10
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    Date Filed: 2012-08-28
    Court: 7th Cir.
    Judge: Posner, Circuit Judge.
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    Case Number: 11-3716

    ARGUED AUGUST 7, 2012Before POSNER, TINDER, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.The defendant pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography and sexual exploita- tion of a child, see 18 U.S.C.

  • In Re: Fort Wayne Telsat, Inc.,

    Publication Date: 2011-12-16
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    Date Filed: 2011-11-23
    Court: 7th Cir.
    Judge: Posner, Circuit Judge.
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    Case Number: 11-2112

    ARGUED OCTOBER 17, 2011Before BAUER, POSNER, and WOOD, Circuit Judges.This appeal requires us to explore the duty of a trustee in bankruptcy to prosecute uncertain claims for the recovery

  • Kevin Sroga v. Timothyweiglen,Et Al

    Publication Date: 2011-08-16
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    Date Filed: 2011-08-18
    Court: 7th Cir.
    Judge: Posner, Circuit Judge.
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    Case Number: 10-2164

    SUBMITTED JULY 20, 2011Before POSNER, KANNE, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.Kevin Sroga has sued Chicago police officers under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, complaining of three arrests that he

  • 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

  • Lewis v. City of Chicago

    Publication Date: 2008-06-16
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    Date Filed: 2008-06-04
    Court: 7th Cir.
    Judge: Posner, Circuit Judge.
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    Case Number: 07-2052

    ARGUED FEBRUARY 22, 2008Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and BAUER and POSNER, Circuit Judges.In 1995, the City of Chicago administered a new written test to 26,000 applicants for jobs as firefi