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  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • G.G v. Karen Grindle

    Publication Date: 2011-12-09
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    Date Filed: 2011-11-23
    Court: 7th Cir.
    Judge: Flaum, Circuit Judge.
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    Case Number: 10-3506

    ARGUED OCTOBER 27, 2011Before FLAUM, KANNE, and WOOD, Circuit Judges.A jury found Karen Grindle guilty of claims brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and 20 U.S.C. § 1681

  • Eric Hlavacek v. Ann Boyle, D.D.S., Dean of the Southern Illinois

    Publication Date: 2011-12-27
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    Date Filed: 2011-12-06
    Court: 7th Cir.
    Judge: Wood, Circuit Judge.
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    Case Number: 11-1100

    ARGUED SEPTEMBER 16, 2011Before EASTERBROO K, Chief Judge, and WOOD and TINDER, Circuit Judges.Eric Hlavacek was hoping to become a dentist, but he was not able to maintain a sat- isfactor

  • Lalvani v. Cook County

    Publication Date: 2001-10-19
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    Date Filed: 2001-10-15
    Court: 7th Cir.
    Judge: FLAUM, Chief Judge, WOOD and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges
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    The full case caption appears at the end of this opinion. Diane P. Wood, Circuit Judge.Prem Lalvani worked as a social worker for Cook County Hospital (CCH) from 1966 until

  • Kersting v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2001-06-04
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    Date Filed: 2001-05-18
    Court: 7th Cir.
    Judge: BAUER, MANION, and WOOD, Circuit Judges
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    The full case caption appears at the end of this opinion. Manion, Circuit Judge. James Kerstingsued his current employer, Wal-MartStores, Inc., alleging that Wal-Martvio

  • United States v. Wooden

    Publication Date: 2009-01-02
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    Date Filed: 2008-12-29
    Court: 7th Cir.
    Judge: Easterbrook, Chief Judge.
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    Case Number: 08-1600

    ARGUED OCTOBER 15, 2008Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and COFFEY and WOOD, Circuit Judges.Early one Saturday morning the 911 system in South Bend, Indiana, received this call from a pay phone:

  • Mañez v. Bridgestone Firestone North American Tire, LLC

    Publication Date: 2008-07-17
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    Date Filed: 2008-07-11
    Court: 7th Cir.
    Judge: Wood, Circuit Judge
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    Case Number: 07-1126

    ARGUED SEPTEMBER 11, 2007Before RIPPLE, MANION, and WOOD, Circuit Judges.This appeal arises out of one of the many cases that were filed against Ford Motor Company and Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc