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Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals News

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4 hrs ago | Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

7th Circuit says Randa went easy

Attorneys who have appeared before Chief U.S. District Judge Rudolph Randa generally wouldn't call him soft.

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Wed Aug 20, 2008

Reuters

Morgan Stanley wins appeal over telecom merger

A federal appeals court on Tuesday threw out a lawsuit accusing Morgan Stanley of costing the former chairman of 21st Century Telecom Group Inc and other shareholders millions of dollars over a ...

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Quotulatiousness

Restricting consumer choice, judicially

August 20, 2008 Restricting consumer choice, judicially In spite of the 2005 Supreme Court decision which should have opened up the wine trade, there are still lots of barriers between wineries and wine ...

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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Council OKs Milwaukee police help

TUESDAY, Aug. 19, 2008, 6:27 p.m. By John Diedrich Brookfield couple lose slave case appeal A federal judge went too easy on a Brookfield couple when he sentenced them to four years in prison for forcing a ...

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Tue Aug 19, 2008

FindLaw

Can a Woman be Fired for Absenteeism Related to Fertility Treatments? ...

Can a Woman be Fired for Absenteeism Related to Fertility Treatments? A Federal Court of Appeals Says No.

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Bureau County Republican

DePue loses appeal

The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in Chicago has ruled against the village of DePue's attempts to fine Exxon/Mobil Corp.

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Related Topix: US News, Depue, IL, Exxon Mobil, Energy, Oil & Gas

Mon Aug 18, 2008

Legal Times

Spying Employers Raise Legal Hackles

A growing number of employers are hiring private investigators to spy on employees suspected of taking leave dishonestly under the Family Medical Leave Act .

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Sun Aug 17, 2008

Indiana Law Blog

Ind. Decisions - Still more on: 'Love the wine? You must visit the vine'

Ind. Decisions - Still more on: "Love the wine? You must visit the vine" The decision of the 7th Circuit August 7th in the case of Baude v. Heath is the subject of a long story today by Supriya Sinhababu in the ...

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Sat Aug 16, 2008

Tri-County Journal

Horina speaks out on latest ruling

Donald Horina says that he's "rejoicing" over a federal appellate court ruling that upheld an earlier court ruling that a Granite City ordinance regulating the distribution of handbills was unconstitutional.

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Fri Aug 15, 2008

MediLexicon

WSJ Examines Recent Ruling Strengthening Legal Job Protections For Women Seeking Fertility Treatment

The on Wednesday examined a recent ruling by a three-judge panel of the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that could strengthen legal job protections for women undergoing fertility treatments.

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Thu Aug 14, 2008

United States Department of Justice

Amerigroup Settles Federal & State Medicaid Fraud Claims for $225 Million

WASHINGTON Amerigroup Corporation has agreed to pay $225 million to resolve claims that it defrauded the Illinois Medicaid program, the Justice Department and the Attorney General of Illinois announced today.

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Wed Aug 13, 2008

WHAS-TV Louisville

Court rejects condemned Evansville man's appeal

A federal appeals court has rejected the appeal of an Indiana man sentenced to death for the 1994 murder of his estranged wife and two of her relatives.

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Indiana Law Blog

Ind. Decisions - 7th Circuit rules in Indiana case where defendent wore stun-belt throughout trial

In Wrinkles v. Buss , a 53-page, 2-1 opinion, Judge Kanne writes: This case is before the court on collateral review.

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Tue Aug 12, 2008

Bench Memos

Posners Loose Defense of Judicial Modesty

In the New Republic , Seventh Circuit judge Richard A. Posner has a long essay that criticizes Justice Scalia's majority opinion in District of Columbia v. Heller and argues that the Supreme Court should ...

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Indiana Law Blog

Ind. Decisions - 7th Circuit posts two Indiana decisions late today

One is the wine shipping case, Baude v. Heath . For background, see this ILB entry from Feb.

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Sun Aug 10, 2008

Concurring Opinions

Sarah Waldeck Joins Concurring Opinions

I'm delighted to announce that Professor Sarah Waldeck will be joining Concurring Opinions as a permablogger.

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Fri Aug 08, 2008

Indianapolis Star

Love the wine? You must visit the vine

Judges toss out ruling that let you simply order online; Hoosiers must appear in person for an ID check first Hoosiers who want to order wine by phone or over the Internet once again will have to make ...

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Related Topix: US Travel, Travel, Indianapolis, IN, US News, Indiana, Plainfield, IN

Thu Aug 07, 2008

MilwaukeeWorld

Fbi Files Show Possible Ivins - Wisconsin Link

Included in a 25-page affidavit [ pdf] that was among the papers released Wednesday, August 6th, 2008, was a possible explanation for the use of "4th Grade, Greendale School" as a partial return address on the ...

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Wed Aug 06, 2008

Green Bay Press-Gazette

Religion allowed in VA care, court rules

Taxpayers cannot sue the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs for incorporating religion into its health care programs for the nation's veterans, an appeals court has ruled.

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Legal Times

Under the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Georgia v. Randolph,...

Under the U.S. Supreme Court 's ruling in Georgia v. Randolph , when a wife consents to a police search of the marital home but the husband objects, can the police validly rely on the wife's consent to search ...

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