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131 F.3d 610 · Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · Dec 2, 1997
Amendment or the States' sovereign immunity." … regulations ... have the force of law," that the regulations at issue provided specific guidelines to be followed, and that therefore "the benefits Congress intended to confer on tenants are sufficiently specific and definite to qualify
Cited 0 timesPublishedShondra Royal v. Cameron Norris
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · Jun 24, 2019
No. 18‐3039 Page 4 As for qualified immunity, the magistrate judge concluded that Royal’s right to medical treatment was clearly established … Without any such precedent, they argue, they could not have violated clearly established law and are therefore entitled to qualified immunity.
Cited 0 timesUnpublishedUnited States v. Benjamin Harold Brooks and Frederick James Treesh
125 F.3d 484 · Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · Sep 9, 1997
Consequently, we conclude that the district court did not clearly err in finding that Mr. … Brooks offers no showing that Harth’s immunized testimony was incredible as a matter of law.
Cited 146 timesPublishedUnited States v. Eric L. Frazier, Jacoby Walker and Michael Mason
213 F.3d 409 · Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · May 23, 2000
The memorandum alleged perjury, specifically regarding Frazier’s statement that he could get probation or immunity through his cooperation. … Therefore, the obstruction- of justice enhancement was not clearly erroneous.
Cited 89 timesPublishedFulton Market Cold Storage Company v. P. J. Cullerton
582 F.2d 1071 · Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · Aug 7, 1978
Therefore, we hold that a state or county tax official will be liable for damages under § 1983 only if he violated the plaintiff’s clearly established constitutional rights intentionally or with reckless disregard of those … Strickland, supra, a compensatory award will be appropriate only if the tax official has acted with an impermissible motivation or with such intentional or reckless disregard of the plaintiff’s clearly established constitutional
Cited 50 timesPublishedUnited States v. Ronald Wayne Schultz
769 F.2d 431 · Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · Jul 30, 1985
Consistent with this defense, Schultz’s counsel did not seek to establish DeGrave’s greater culpability as the gunman under the government’s version of events, but instead chose to reject the government’s version altogether … A review of the record in this case clearly demonstrates that the omission of an aiding and abetting instruction in this case was not plain error, and in fact was not error at all.
Cited 5 timesPublishedCouncil 31, American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees v. Doherty
169 F.3d 1068 · Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · Mar 5, 1999
These requirements immunize most single decisions from disparate impact challenges. … The district court’s decision to adopt Donohue’s statistical analysis was not clearly erroneous.
Cited 2 timesPublishedDaniel Crowley v. Donald McKinney and Berwyn South School District 100
400 F.3d 965 · Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · Mar 11, 2005
But this is qualified by a later provision that the parties “shall have joint and equal rights of access to records that are maintained by third parties, including ... their education ... records. … As should be apparent from our discussion, the existence of the right that Crowley asserts is not established law, and McKinney is therefore immune from having to pay damages for violating that right.
Cited 29 timesPublished898 F.2d 1247 · Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · Apr 27, 1990
The test is whether the grounds for liability were clearly established at the time of the violations. Harlow v. Fitzgerald, 457 U.S. 800 , 102 S.Ct. 2727 , 73 L.Ed.2d 396 (1982). … This specific constituent, at least, of a fair hearing was well established in 1986, as it has to have been for its denial to elude the immunity defense. Anderson v.
Cited 132 timesPublished924 F.2d 709 · Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · Feb 8, 1991
We held that in order to qualify as a lost volume seller, a plaintiff must establish the following three factors: (1) that it possessed the capacity to make an additional sale, (2) that it would have been profitable for it … Without more evidence, we decline to impose upon Diasonics the burden of proving the exact buyer who purchased this particular system in order to qualify as a lost volume seller.
Cited 15 timesPublished471 F.2d 680 · Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · Dec 1, 1972
II 14 The appellant unions have argued that the Ogilvie Plan, by establishing a ratio of trainees to journeymen for employment on highway construction, has established a quota system for hiring in contravention of Title VII … The Court said at 442 F.2d 173 : "Clearly the Philadelphia Plan is color-conscious.
Cited 26 timesPublished776 F.2d 727 · Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · Nov 4, 1985
On this basis these mailings clearly constitute mail fraud under § 1341. … Accomplices and co-conspirators who have been granted immunity from prosecution are generally competent to testify.
Cited 16 timesPublishedGregory Rahn v. Board of Trustees of Northern
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · Sep 23, 2015
The failure to clearly identify documents in the record, and to provide supporting citations for material propositions of fact, is a recurrent problem in this case. … At a minimum, in seeking copyright protection, the plaintiffs must clearly identify the work at issue. The plaintiffs have failed to do so here.
Cited 0 timesPublishedDurable Manufacturing Co. v. United States Department of Labor
578 F.3d 497 · Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · Aug 18, 2009
When DOL amended § 656.30(b) essentially to establish a 180-day time limit for previously approved labor certifications, the plaintiffs’ right to the certifications’ indefinite validity ended. … Here, however, there is indeed statutory language clearly directing that DOL's sufficient workers determination be linked in time to the filing of a visa application.
Cited 27 timesPublished392 F.2d 906 · Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · Mar 7, 1968
resolution of the board of directors of Beverly authorizing and directing the purchase of the Quinn loan, that the purpose of such purchase was to protect Beverly’s junior lien position in the collateral served to *910 establish … a basis validating the Bank’s participation in the transaction and immunizing it from liability thereon by way of rescission or otherwise.
Cited 5 timesPublished197 F.3d 829 · Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · Nov 19, 1999
. § 201 (c)(2), which prohibits bribery of public officials and witnesses, when it offered immunity to Osborne. … We hold that the Government’s promise to provide immunity to Osborne did not violate § 201(c)(2). I. Sentencing Issues 1.
Cited 111 timesPublishedRichard A. Moore v. Muncie Police and Fire Merit Commission, Mike Szakaly, David Eiler
312 F.3d 322 · Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · Dec 5, 2002
Thus, his application did not qualify for approval under the transition policy. … a person of rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the Constitution or laws of the United States.”
Cited 21 timesPublishedUnited States v. Clifford T. Green, United States of America v. Pay Ming Leu
511 F.2d 1062 · Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · Mar 18, 1975
We do not agree, however, that registrants were to be totally immune from the sanctions imposed by section 841. … Leu does not establish substantial prejudice.
Cited 39 timesPublishedUnited States v. Stott, Larry E., Jr.
15 F. App'x 355 · Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · Jun 22, 2001
In order to establish plain error, Mr. … ‘cocaine base’ need contain sodium bicarbonate to qualify as crack for sentencing purposes.”
Cited 7 timesPublished19 F.3d 1436 · Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · Mar 22, 1994
established statutory, constitutional and Civilly protected rights under the United States Constitution. 14 Defendants moved for summary judgment on this claim raising, inter alia, the defense of qualified immunity. … identified as unlawful.... 18 By defining the limits of qualified immunity essentially in objective terms, we provide no license to lawless conduct.
Cited 1 timesUnpublished
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