Seventh Circuit Endorses “Search-for-Truth” Reasonable-Doubt Language Under AEDPA Deference: Commentary on Michael Williams v. Michael Meisner (7th Cir. 2025) 1. Introduction On 16 June 2025, the...
“Requiring a Straight Line” – Ratfield v. United States Drug Testing Laboratories, Inc. A Seventh Circuit Clarification of Proximate Cause and Direct Injury under Civil RICO Introduction Andrea...
“No-Piggyback Appeals”: Seventh Circuit Bars Intervenor Standing When the Enjoined Party Declines to Appeal Introduction Cellco Partnership, doing business as Verizon Wireless (“Verizon”), sought...
When Rooker-Feldman Stops and Younger Begins: Seventh Circuit Clarifies Federal-State Jurisdictional Boundaries in Durga Property Holdings, Inc. v. City of Effingham Introduction The United States...
Clarifying the Boundary Between Professional Judgment and Deliberate Indifference & the Standard for Appointing Counsel to Pro Se Prisoners: Commentary on Joshua Scolman v. Daniel LaVoie, 7th Cir....
Reaffirming the “Actual-Knowledge” and Personal-Involvement Requirements in §1983 Failure-to-Protect Litigation – A Commentary on Gibson v. Donaldson (7th Cir. 2025) 1. Introduction The Seventh...
United States v. Zanders – Clarifying the Limited Reach of Drug-Quantity Stipulations and the Continued Strength of Appeal Waivers 1. Introduction United States v. Vorheese D. Zanders, No. 24-2087,...
“Enforce” vs. “Defend” & the Survival of Post-Termination Duties: Seventh Circuit Clarifies Contractual Fee-Shifting and Reclamation Deadlines in Price v. Scharf Trucking 1. Introduction The Seventh...
“Enforcement, Not Defence”: Seventh Circuit Restricts Fee-Shifting and Treats Post-Termination Reclamation as a Continuing Obligation ― Commentary on William Price v. Carri Scharf Trucking, Inc....
“Successful Enforcement” and Continuing Post-Termination Duties: The Seventh Circuit’s Dual Clarifications in William Price v. Carri Scharf Trucking, Inc. 1. Introduction The Seventh Circuit’s 2025...
When Continuing Obligations Outlive the Contract and Fee-Shifting Requires Affirmative Enforcement Comprehensive Commentary on William Price v. Carri Scharf Trucking, Inc., 7th Cir., 13 June 2025 1....
Grunt Style LLC v. TWD, LLC: Treating Omitted Counter-claims as a Rule 60(a) Clerical Error – A Streamlined Remand Procedure Without a New Notice of Appeal Introduction In Grunt Style LLC v. TWD,...
Restoring Clarity to Final Judgments: Seventh Circuit Defines Procedure for Correcting Rule 58 Omissions and Handling Duplicative Appeals Introduction Grunt Style LLC v. TWD, LLC, Nos. 25-1305 &...
“No-Hearing Where No-Fact-Dispute” Doctrine & Continued Protection for Transgender Students Commentary on Jane Doe (D.P.) v. Mukwonago Area School District, Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit...
Oye v. Hartford Life: Seventh Circuit Clarifies District Courts’ Obligations in De Novo ERISA Reviews under Rule 52(a) Introduction In Olayinka Oye v. Hartford Life and Accident Insurance Company,...
Feazell v. Wexford Health Sources, Inc. Seventh Circuit solidifies standards for: (1) proving a private contractor’s Monell liability, (2) showing a physician’s subjective knowledge in...
Feazell v. Wexford: Seventh Circuit Tightens the Evidentiary Screws — Expert Testimony Required and Monell Causation Re-emphasised 1. Introduction On 11 June 2025, the United States Court of Appeals...
Clarifying the Vagueness Doctrine in Third-Party Notification Conditions of Supervised Release Comprehensive Commentary on United States v. Falandis Russell, 7th Cir., June 11 2025 1. Introduction...
Oral Colloquy Cannot Implicitly Amend a Binding Rule 11(c)(1)(C) Plea Agreement: Commentary on United States v. Sherman Threets (7th Cir. 2025) Introduction The Seventh Circuit’s decision in United...
United States v. Russell & Williams: The Seventh Circuit Demands Precision in “Third-Party-Risk” Supervised-Release Conditions and Clarifies Competency-to-Stand-Trial Assessments Introduction On...