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  • American Bottom Conservancy v. U.S. Armycorps of Engineers, et al

    Publication Date: 2011-06-15
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    Date Filed: 2011-06-14
    Court: 7th Cir.
    Judge: " Posner, Circuit Judge.
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    Case Number: 10-3488

    ARGUED APRIL 15, 2011Before POSNER and MANION, Circuit Judges, and LEFKOW, District Judge.The "American Bottom" is a 175-square-mile floodplain of the Mississippi River in southwestern Ill

  • 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

  • Thorogood v. Sears, Roebuck and Co.

    Publication Date: 2008-10-31
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    Date Filed: 2008-10-28
    Court: 7th Cir.
    Judge: Posner, Circuit Judge.
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    Case Number: 08-1590

    ARGUED SEPTEMBER 15, 2008Before POSNER, KANNE, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.The plaintiff, a Tennessean, bought a Kenmore-brand clothes dryer from Sears Roebuck (Kenmore is a Sears brand name). The

  • Thorogood v. Sears, Roebuck and Co.

    Publication Date: 2010-11-04
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    Date Filed: 2010-11-02
    Court: 7th Cir.
    Judge: Posner, Circuit Judge.
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    Case Number: 10-2407

    SUBMITTED OCTOBER 12, 2010Before POSNER, KANNE, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.In this third appeal arising out of a near-frivolous class action suit by Steven Thorogood, Sears Roebuck, the defendant