Selective Use of Ambiguous Body‑Camera Evidence in Deadly Force Cases: Commentary on Juan Mendez v. City of Chicago (7th Cir. 2025) I. Introduction The Seventh Circuit’s decision in Juan Mendez v....
CCP Golden/7470 LLC v. Breslin: Joint-and-Several Guarantors, Diversity Jurisdiction, and Limits on Rent Acceleration and Liquidated Damages Introduction CCP Golden/7470 LLC v. Breslin (7th Cir. Dec....
Vicarious Firearm Possession and Murder Cross‑References Under U.S.S.G. § 2K2.1(c): A Comprehensive Commentary on United States v. Taylor (7th Cir. 2025) I. Introduction United States v. Taylor, No....
Neutral COVID‑19 Reporting Duties After Religious Exemptions: A Comprehensive Commentary on Kondilis v. City of Chicago Case: Adrianna Kondilis, et al. v. City of Chicago Court: United States Court...
Reaffirming Mt. Healthy at the Preliminary Injunction Stage: First Amendment Retaliation and Local Permitting in Minocqua Brewing Company LLC v. Hess I. Introduction The Seventh Circuit’s decision in...
The Saving Clause as a Jurisdictional Bar: Seventh Circuit Realigns with National Consensus in Shannon Wayne Agofsky v. Baysore I. Introduction This commentary examines the Seventh Circuit’s decision...
Belated Civil-Rights Removal Theories Cannot Salvage Nonappealable Remand Orders: Commentary on Jane F. Girard v. Marissa Girard I. Introduction The Seventh Circuit’s decision in Jane F. Girard v....
United States v. Felton: Confidential Informant Credibility Omissions, Probable Cause, and the Right to a Franks Hearing I. Introduction In United States v. Donald R. Felton, No. 23‑1352 (7th Cir....
United States v. Cohen: False Statements About Another’s Sex‑Offender Registration “Relate To” Sex Offenses for Sentencing Purposes I. Introduction In United States v. James A. Cohen, No. 25‑1746...
Professional Judgment, Unknown Risks, and Prison Medical Care: A Commentary on Sawyer v. Kottemann (7th Cir. 2025) Note: This commentary is for informational and educational purposes only and does...
Schoeps v. Sompo Holdings: No Federal Common-Law Cause of Action Under the HEAR Act and Narrow Limits on Specific Personal Jurisdiction in Nazi-Looted Art Litigation I. Introduction This Seventh...
Bostic v. Murray: Clarifying Supervisory Liability and Deliberate Indifference for Subordinate Sexual Misconduct in the Seventh Circuit I. Introduction In Lorena E. Bostic v. Clarence D. Murray & Jan...
Gang Recruitment as Generalized Crime: The Nexus Requirement Reaffirmed in Serpas‑Villalobos v. Bondi (7th Cir. 2025) I. Introduction This commentary analyzes the Seventh Circuit’s nonprecedential...
Reaffirming the Enforceability of Non‑Negotiable Appellate Waivers and the Deference Owed to Below‑Guidelines Sentences: Commentary on United States v. Briana White I. Introduction This commentary...
United States v. Cornelius: Erlinger’s Jury-Fact-Finding Rule Does Not Apply to Advisory Sentencing Guidelines Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Case: United States v....
No Implied Private Right of Action Under LMRDA § 481(g): Commentary on Chicago Teachers Union, Local No. 1 v. Educators for Excellence, Inc. I. Introduction This Seventh Circuit decision addresses a...
Flowers v. Bondi: Enforcing Jurisdictional Limits on Review of Discretionary Immigration Relief I. Introduction The Seventh Circuit’s nonprecedential order in Jeannette Loretta Flowers v. Pamela J....
Jurisdictional Limits on Reviewing Discretionary Denials of Cancellation of Removal After Patel and Wilkinson: Commentary on Flowers v. Bondi I. Introduction The Seventh Circuit’s nonprecedential...
Reaffirming that Social Security ALJs Need Not Expressly Recite the “Preponderance of the Evidence” Standard: Commentary on Bigger v. Bisignano (7th Cir. 2025) I. Introduction The Seventh Circuit’s...
Miscalculated Prison Law Library Deadlines Do Not Constitute “Cause” for Habeas Procedural Default: A Detailed Commentary on Terence L. Jannke v. Michael Gierach, No. 23‑2485 (7th Cir. Nov. 17, 2025)...