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Tricky Dick Posner is not one of my favorite judges but he sure hit the nail on the head this time. Comment?
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Ex-Lake tax official Powell resentenced to 30 months
Roosevelt Powell could trade his orange Metropolitan Correctional Center jumpsuit for his own street clothes and be home in time for Christmas. Comment?
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Judge: No jail makes Vrdolyak fraud seem 'trivial'
Judge: No jail makes Vrdolyak fraud seem 'trivial' APPELLATE COURT Posner questions why former alderman got no prison time for fraud Comments December 11, 2009 An appellate judge on Thursday ripped the probation sentence given to former Chicago Ald. Comment?
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Appeals judge rips probation term for 'Fast Eddie'
A federal appeals judge lambasted today the probation sentence imposed on former Chicago political leader Edward R. Vrdolyak in a real estate fraud case, saying it makes Vrdolyak's offense seem trivial" Prosecutors want Vrdolyak to get a prison sentence and have taken the case to the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Comment?
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Appeals Judge Blasts Probation For Vrdolyak
A federal appeals judge on Thursday ripped into the probation sentence imposed on former Chicago political leader Edward R. Vrdolyak in a real estate fraud case, saying "it makes the offense just seem trivial." Prosecutors want Vrdolyak to get a prison sentence and have taken the case to the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Comment?
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Seventh Circuit questions probation sentence for political fraud
As detailed in this local report , which is headlined "Appeals judge rips Vrdolyak sentence: Posner says probation a depreciates the significance of the crimea ," it sounds like a panel of the Seventh Circuit might be on the verge for finding a lenient sentence substantively unreasonable. Comment?
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Ind. Courts - 'After Wrinkles, 12 Others Await Execution in Indiana'
... the state courts, then climb the ladder from federal district court to the Chicago-based Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals to the U.S. Supreme Court. Fort Wayne quadruple murderer Joseph Corcoran's case is pending before the Chicago court -- the ... Comment?
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Ind. Courts - 'U.S. District Court for Southern Indiana names new chief justice'
... Indiana. Young assumed the position upon the appointment of Judge David F. Hamilton to the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals. The court's chief justice, who serves for a term of seven years and handles administrative matters related to the operation ... Comment?
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Letter (Web version): Judicial pick no proof of 'appeasement'
... as Smith put it, are disingenuous. Firstly, the selection of Judge David Hamilton for the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals is not the selection of a moderate by any definition of the word moderate (except for Smith), but rather the selection of a ... Comment?
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Supreme Court rules on prerequisite for arbitration
A unanimous Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that written proof of an attempt by workers and their employer to resolve a dispute is not a requirement prior to arbitration under a law governing the railway and airline industries. Comment?
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An Analysis of Judge Easterbrook's Thinking on Copyright
Randal C. Picker, University of Chicago Law School, has published " Easterbrook on Copyright ," in volume 77 University of Chicago Law Review . Comment?
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SCOTT HORTONa "Supreme Court Expresses Unease Over Honest Services Prosecutions
The Supreme Court heard a group of appeals on Monday that included convicted press baron Conrad Black, convicted Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling, and Bruce Weyrauch, an Alaskan legislator facing a corruption charge. Comment?
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Appellate court upholds murder conviction for Gregory McGee
YOUNGSTOWN a ' A three-judge panel of the 7th District Court of Appeals unanimously has upheld the conviction of Gregory McGee for the Aug. Comment?
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Supreme Court upholds right to arbitration hearing on the merits
In a 9-0 decision issued yesterday, the United States Supreme Court affirmed an important right for BLET members and all railroad workers: the right to have their contract disputes heard on the merits by an arbitrator. Comment?
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Supreme Court dismisses challenge to Illinois forfeiture law
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday handed a victory to the Cook County State's Attorney and the Chicago Police Department when the justices unanimously dismissed as moot a challenge to Illinois' controversial forfeiture law. Comment?
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Today's Top Five News Stories: Supreme Court Will Hear Christian Legal Society Case
... positions. That ruling seems somewhat at odds with a 2006 ruling by a panel of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, in which the court told Southern Illinois University it could not revoke official status for a CLS chapter. On Monday, the Supreme ... Comment?
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Sup. Ct. sides with labor in arbitration case
A unanimous Supreme Court ruled Dec. 8 that written proof of an attempt by workers and their employer to resolve a dispute is not a requirement prior to arbitration under the Railway Labor Act, reports workforce.com. The court upheld a lower court decision -- involving the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen and Union Pacific -- that ... Comment?
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Editorial writers lose appeal against Star
Two former editorial writers at Indiana's largest newspaper failed to prove they were the victims of religious discrimination, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday. Comment?
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Supreme Court takes case of student group that bars gay members
The US Supreme Court on Monday agreed to take up a case testing the limits of religious freedom and association when those rights clash with a college's policy of nondiscrimination against gays and lesbians.The Christian Legal Society at the Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco was stripped of its registered student organization status at ... Comment?
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Fed Appeals Court Finds Against Joe Kaye in D'Amato / Kohler Suit
The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ruled Friday, December 4th, 2009, that the action of Joseph A. Kaye , Plaintiff-Appelant v. Michael D'Amato , et al, Defendants-Appellees in 05CV982 be dismissed. Comment?
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