• United States of America v. Walter D. Hill

    Publication Date: 2011-07-06
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    Date Filed: 2011-07-05
    Court: 7th Cir.
    Judge: Tinder, Circuit Judge.
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    Case Number: 10-3766

    ARGUED MAY 2, 2011Before POSNER, KANNE, and TINDER, Circuit Judges.Walter Hill, in his capacity as deputy liquor commissioner for East St. Louis, Illinois, exerted his position and authori

  • United States v. Zahursky

    Publication Date: 2009-09-04
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    Date Filed: 2009-09-01
    Court: 7th Cir.
    Judge: Tinder, Circuit Judge.
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    Case Number: 08-1151

    ARGUED MAY 8, 2009Before CUDAHY, MANION, and TINDER, Circuit Judges.A jury convicted Erik D. Zahursky of attempting to coerce or entice a minor under the age of eighteen to engage in sexual acti

  • United States v. Knox

    Publication Date: 2008-09-05
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    Date Filed: 2008-09-02
    Court: 7th Cir.
    Judge: Tinder, Circuit Judge.
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    Case Number: 07-2552

    ARGUED MAY 9, 2008Before FLAUM, KANNE, and TINDER, Circuit Judges.Appellant Prince Solomon Knox entered the United States as part of a refugee resettlement program. He was later indicted and con

  • Stroitelstvo Bulgaria Limited v. Bulgarian-American Enterprise Fund

    Publication Date: 2009-12-21
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    Date Filed: 2009-12-14
    Court: 7th Cir.
    Judge: Tinder, Circuit Judge.
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    Case Number: 09-1753

    ARGUED SEPTEMBER 10, 2009Before MANION, SYKES, and TINDER, Circuit Judges.Stroitelstvo Bulgaria Ltd. ("Stroitelstvo"), a Bulgarian construction company, entered into a loan contract with the Bul

  • Suarez v. Town of Ogden Dunes, Indiana

    Publication Date: 2009-09-16
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    Date Filed: 2009-09-11
    Court: 7th Cir.
    Judge: Tinder, Circuit Judge.
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    Case Number: 08-2544

    ARGUED FEBRUARY 25, 2009Before FLAUM, WILLIAMS, and TINDER, Circuit Judges.A nasty confrontation between various law enforcement officials and Barbara Suarez and her son William resulted in the

  • Williams v. Buss

    Publication Date: 2008-08-22
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    Date Filed: 2008-08-14
    Court: 7th Cir.
    Judge: Wood, Circuit Judge.
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    Case Number: 07-1092

    ARGUED JANUARY 9, 2008Before WOOD, SYKES, and TINDER, Circuit Judges.Carlos K. Williams was sentenced to 55 years in prison for the murder of Amondo Nelson. Williams filed a petition for a writ

  • John W. Costello

    Publication Date: 2011-07-06
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    Date Filed: 2011-06-28
    Court: 7th Cir.
    Judge: Tinder, Circuit Judge.
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    Case Number: Nos. 08-3961, 08-3966, 08-3967, 08-3981, 08-3988,, 08-3989, 08-3990, 10-1043, 10-1045, 10-1046,, 10-1049, 10-1056, 10-1058, 10-1059

    ARGUED APRIL 6, 2010Before KANNE, ROVNER, and TINDER, Circuit Judges.This consolidated case comes to us on appeals from the district court's grants of summary judgment in favor of the plai

  • Brooks-Ngwenya v. Indianapolis Public Schools

    Publication Date: 2009-04-20
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    Date Filed: 2009-04-15
    Court: 7th Cir.
    Judge: Per curiam.
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    Case Number: 08-1973

    SUBMITTED FEBRUARY 11, 2009Before POSNER, WILLIAMS, and TINDER, Circuit Judges.Angela Brooks-Ngwenya claims that the Indianapolis Public Schools infringed a copyrighted educational program that

  • United States v. Risner

    Publication Date: 2010-02-05
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    Date Filed: 2010-02-03
    Court: 7th Cir.
    Judge: Kanne, Circuit Judge
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    Case Number: 09-2627

    ARGUED DECEMBER 2, 2009Before BAUER, KANNE, and TINDER, Circuit Judges.After Kevin Risner choked and threatened to kill his girlfriend, she called 911. After an officer arrived she told him that

  • United States of America v. Buruji Kashamu

    Publication Date: 2011-09-03
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    Date Filed: 2011-09-01
    Court: 7th Cir.
    Judge: Posner, Circuit Judge.
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    Case Number: 10-2782

    ARGUED MAY 2, 2011Before POSNER, KANNE, and TINDER, Circuit Judges.This appeal requires us to consider the collateral estoppel effect, if any, of findings made by foreign courts in extradi