LATEST SUMMARIES

CIVIL RIGHTS, CRIMINAL LAW & PROCEDURE, GOVERNMENT LAW, INJURY AND TORT LAW
• Holmes v. Village of Hoffman Estates

CIVIL RIGHTS, LABOR & EMPLOYMENT LAW
• Simple v. Walgreen Co.

CRIMINAL LAW & PROCEDURE, EVIDENCE, SENTENCING
• US v. Haskins

LATEST SUMMARIES

CIVIL RIGHTS, CRIMINAL LAW & PROCEDURE, GOVERNMENT LAW, INJURY AND TORT LAW
Holmes v. Village of Hoffman Estates, No. 06-2759
In action for false arrest, excessive force, and malicious prosecution, summary judgment for defendants is reversed in part where disputes of material fact exist as to plaintiff's malicious prosecution and excessive force claims. Read more...

CIVIL RIGHTS, LABOR & EMPLOYMENT LAW
Simple v. Walgreen Co., No. 06-3990
In suit for racial discrimination in employment, summary judgment for defendant employer is reversed where there was enough evidence of discrimination to entitle the plaintiff to a trial. Read more...

CRIMINAL LAW & PROCEDURE, EVIDENCE, SENTENCING
US v. Haskins, No. 06-1438
Conviction for selling a firearm to an individual known or reasonably believed to be a felon is affirmed over defendant's claims that: 1) the government and the district court constructively amended the indictment; 2) he was entitled to a new trial based on the district court's failure to instruct the jury as to the meaning of the phrase "reasonable cause to believe" in 18 U.S.C. section 922(d); 3) there was insufficient evidence that he knew the person had been convicted of a felony; 4) the government failed to offer evidence proving that the gun had moved in interstate commerce; and 5) the district court failed to properly weigh the sentencing factors in 18 U.S.C. section 3553, and instead relied on improper and irrelevant factors when sentencing him. Read more...