Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals News

The Senate on Monday voted 72-16 to confirm U.S. District Judge Andre Davis of Baltimore to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, giving Democratic-nominated judges a 6-5 majority on a court that has previously taken conservative positions on abortion rights and other contentious issues, the AP/Washington Post reports.

RE: Judge David Hamilton's nomination to the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals. The Senate may consider this controversial nomination in the near future.

Otis McDonald, lead plaintiff in the case challenging the constitutionality of the City of Chicago's handgun ban, has taken on challenges his entire life.

Friday, November 06, 2009 Ind. Decisions - 7th Circuit decides one Indiana case, and an interesting voter registration / privacy case from Illinois In USA v. James Owens , an 8-page opinion, Judge Kanne writes: James Owens pled guilty to transportation of child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2252 and and possession of child pornography in ...

Make the 17 phone calls listed below, today, to these key "undecided" Senators. The Washington Times just reported "a move seems to be afoot" in the Senate to allow a debate and full Senate vote on whether President Obama's Anti-Jesus Judge David Hamilton should be confirmed to the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals.

The state of Wisconsin does not have to pay $225,000 to a blind businesswoman in a dispute over an Army dining contract, a federal judge ruled this week.

The order was sought by the the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois [advocacy website] in support of a suit brought by a local medical doctor and a women's clinic on behalf of themselves and their minor patients.

The White House has characterized David Hamilton as a moderate judge whose judicial record would avoid a political confirmation war, but some Republicans say he's a liberal jurist with a political agenda.

Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and Justice Antonin Scalia questioned yesterday whether courts should be evaluating mutual fund fees when investors can make their own assessment.

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Reporting from Washington - The U.S. Supreme Court debated today whether the fees charged by mutual funds are too high, and if so, whether investors should be allowed to sue the boards that approved them.

Jacob Sullum points out other drug sentencing absurdities: Back in 1993, I wrote a piece for Reason in which I highlighted the ridiculously unjustresults ofincluding the "carrier medium" for LSD in calculating the drug's weight for sentencing purposes: Under federal sentencing guidelines, selling 100 doses of LSD in pure form triggers a minimum ...

While the United States and Iran heatedly battle over nuclear disarmament on the world stage, they joined forces last week before the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

Americans are outraged over bloated executive pay - and rightly so. When a Richard Fuld , Stanley O'Neal or Chuck Prince rakes in millions of dollars from a firm spiraling downward, employees, shareholders and lawmakers have every reason to question how public corporations are governed.

NEW YORK Richard Posner is an influential United States Judge on the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals with a specialty in antitrust and intellectual property.

LOUISVILLE, KY Tuesday, Clarksville's case against Theatair X finally made it to court.

This ILB entry from Dec. 31, 2008 summarizes a 2-1, 7th Circuit opinion in Joseph E. Corcoran v. Buss affirming the DC finding that Corcoran was competent to waive his post-conviction proceedings, and reversing the decision of the district court to grant Joseph Corcoran habeas relief, remanding "with instructions to deny the writ, and the State of ...

Focus is on Indiana law, and on interesting developments in law, government, and more .

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Dart v. Craigslist, Inc. , 09 C 1385 Yesterday, Judge John F. Grady of the Northern District of Illinois federal court dismissed Cook County Sheriff Dart's lawsuit against Craigslist for user-posted advertisements in Craigslist's erotic services/adult services category on 47 USC 230 grounds.