Principle-Based Historical Analogues Permit Targeted Bans on Particularly Dangerous Weapons (AR-15s and 30-Round Magazines) Under Bruen I. Introduction These consolidated appeals arise from...
Rule 8 “Fair Notice” for First Amendment Belief-Retaliation Claims in Public Employment (Spengler v. CESA 7) I. Introduction Becky Spengler v. Cooperative Educational Service Agency 7 (CESA 7) arose...
Pole-Camera Surveillance of Commercial Property Is Not a “Search” When It Uses Common Technology From a Lawful Public Vantage and Captures Activity Observable to Passersby 1. Introduction In United...
Seventh Circuit: Child-Welfare Investigations Rarely Trigger State-Created Danger Liability Absent Plausible Causation and Conscience-Shocking Conduct I. Introduction Joshua Wright v. Department of...
Qualified Immunity for Non-Lethal Impact Rounds in an Armed-Threat Standoff Absent Clearly Established Analogous Precedent I. Introduction Mace Davis v. City of Elgin, Illinois (7th Cir. July 9,...
Principles-Driven Bruen Review: Targeted Bans on Particularly Dangerous Arms (AR-15s and 30-Round Magazines) Are Constitutional 1. Introduction Federal Firearms Licensees of Illinois v. Jay Robert...
Targeted Bans on AR-15s and 30-Round Magazines Survive Bruen: “Particularly Dangerous Weapons” Tradition and the Limits of Facial Second Amendment Challenges I. Introduction The Seventh Circuit’s...
Prior Work Exclusions Are Enforceable Under Illinois Law When They Do Not Eliminate All Completed-Operations Coverage 1. Introduction Nautilus Insurance Company v. Bee Quality Inc. (7th Cir. July 9,...
Barnett v. Raoul: Assault-Weapon and Large-Capacity Magazine Bans Upheld Under Bruen’s “Principles of Regulatory Tradition” and Salerno Facial-Challenge Limits 1. Introduction Caleb Barnett v. Kwame...
Ambiguous Delay-Notice Subcontract Clauses Require a Jury; Prior Damages Verdict Stands When Separable from Retrial of Liability 1. Introduction Boldt Company v. Black & Veatch Construction, Inc....
Ambiguous Delay-Notice Clauses Require a Jury, and a Prior Damages Verdict May Stand on Remand if Separable Case: The Boldt Company v. Black & Veatch Construction, Inc. Court: United States Court of...
Seventh Circuit: Pretextual Commercial-Truck “Administrative Inspections” Violate the Fourth Amendment; No Good-Faith Safe Harbor for Tip-Driven K9 Stops Case: United States v. Ausencio Martinez, No....
Harmless-Error Affirmance of Supervised-Release Revocation Despite Missing Rule 32.1 Interest-of-Justice Balancing, and No FRE 901 Authentication Requirement 1. Introduction In United States v....
Denial-of-Access-to-Courts Claims Require Standing to Pursue (and Benefit From) the Underlying Wrongful-Death Action I. Introduction Case: Vicki Stewart v. Jason Derbort, No. 25-2651 (7th Cir. July...
Equitable Tolling for § 1252(b)(1) After Riley When Petitioners Relied on Binding Circuit Precedent; Reinstatement Orders Remain Reviewable Final Orders Commentary on E.E.V. and M.C.C.-G. v. Todd W....
Speculation and Missing Logbook Entries Do Not Create a Trial-Worthy Dispute in Prison Medical-Care Cases Introduction In Quentin Taylor v. Dennis Reagle (7th Cir. July 6, 2026), Indiana prisoner...
Equitable Tolling for § 1252(b)(1) After Riley and Continued Reviewability of Reinstatement Orders I. Introduction In M. C. C.-G. v. Todd W. Blanche (consolidated with a companion petition by...
Jurisdictional Bar to Reweighing Evidence in I-751 Good-Faith Marriage Waiver Denials; Statutory “Reasonable Opportunity” Requires Prejudice I. Introduction In Thanh Thao Le Nguyen v. Todd W. Blanche...
Routine Manual Border Searches of Cell Phones Require No Warrant or Individualized Suspicion Introduction In United States v. Daniel Eta (7th Cir. July 6, 2026), the Seventh Circuit addressed whether...
Harmless Error for Misapplied § 404.1520c Medical-Opinion Factors When Only One Potential “Marked” Mental Limitation Would Not Change Disability Outcome Introduction Dimitrios Liapis v. Frank...