Case law

Porter v. Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc.

District Court, C.D. Illinois · Jul 17, 2025

It also clearly makes Sedgwick an intended third-party beneficiary of the Supplier Agreement. … establish” an intended third-party beneficiary.

Cheli v. Taylorville Community School District 3

District Court, C.D. Illinois · Feb 17, 2023

2019, Defendants filed a Motion to Dismiss (d/e 14) and Memorandum of Law in Support (d/e 15), arguing that Plaintiff had no property interest in his employment under Illinois law or by a clearly … Here, Plaintiff points to the Master Agreement as the contract establishing that he had a legitimate expectation of continued employment.

Valencia v. City of Springfield, Illinois

District Court, C.D. Illinois · Mar 3, 2020

Noble did not qualify as a “family” because their residence was a “group home” and, therefore, the 600-foot spacing rule applied to them. The 2328 S. … Fact Concerts, Inc., 453 U.S. 247 (1981), wherein the Supreme Court held that municipalities are immune from punitive damages under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. See id. at 271.

Jamison v. Commissioner of Social Security

District Court, C.D. Illinois · Aug 19, 2024

In order to qualify for disability insurance benefits, an individual must show that his inability to work is medical in nature and that he is totally disabled. … The establishment of disability under the Act is a two-step process.

Beck v. County of Rock Island

District Court, C.D. Illinois · Nov 15, 2023

In Franklin, the court addressed whether a sheriff was entitled to Eleventh Amendment Immunity from suit as an agent of the state, in light of the Seventh Circuit’s previous holding that counties may not be held liable … “Qualifying circumstances under this doctrine are rare; [a] constitutional violation must be a blatantly obvious 32 If Mr. Beck had argued that MCC’s decision not to immediately send Mr.

Van-Packer Co. v. Airgas USA, LLC

District Court, C.D. Illinois · Aug 20, 2025

Airgas disputes Van-Packer’s characterization of the statements from Edge and Kowalski, specifically highlighting Sims’s use of qualified language like “maybe” and “thought” to suggest that neither Edge nor Kowalski made … Id. at 30 (“Hoque’s analysis is clearly based on only the first sample sent by Van-Packer and he testified he does not know what wire was used for product shipped to the [P]rojects.”); see also Sims Dep. 181:5–16 (testifying

Wan v. Debolt

District Court, C.D. Illinois · Aug 10, 2021

Respondent argues Petitioner has failed to establish the reasonableness of her attorneys’ hourly rates. … Respondent’s affidavit reflects he has over $100,000 in nonretirement financial assets and retirement assets of over $600,000 (not including a defined benefit qualified pension plan

Redcrow v. Commissioner of Social Security

District Court, C.D. Illinois · May 31, 2024

Const. art. 3 § 1, is bound by Supreme Court precedent which has clearly established that money damages are not available under the Social Security Act, see Schweiker, 487 U.S. at 424. … The Constitution protects the United States’s right to sovereign immunity, see U.S. Const. amend.

Doe v. Macleod

District Court, C.D. Illinois · May 15, 2019

The misconduct described in this count was objectively unreasonable and was undertaken intentionally, with malice and knowing disregard for plaintiff’s clearly established constitutional … Such information must be protected by a HIPAA qualified protective order.

Brownlee v. Commissioner of Social Security

District Court, C.D. Illinois · Mar 18, 2022

In order to qualify for disability insurance benefits, an individual must show that his inability to work is medical in nature and that he is totally disabled. … See 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1566; 416.966.3 The establishment of disability under the Act is a two-step process.

Schoper v. Board of Trustees of Western Illinois University

District Court, C.D. Illinois · Aug 24, 2023

However, the “dramatic change” in both quantitative and qualitative student evaluations “clearly show[ed] a shift in student satisfaction since returning from medical leave.” Id. … Failure to Accommodate “To establish a claim for failure to accommodate, a plaintiff must show that: (1) she is a qualified individual with a disability; (2) the employer was

Bonk v. United States

District Court, C.D. Illinois · Feb 11, 2022

To qualify as “ice” under the sentencing guidelines, the methamphetamine must be at least 80 percent pure. … Co., 698 F.3d 587, 598 (7th Cir. 2012) (“To prevail on a Rule 59(e) motion to amend judgment, a party must clearly establish (1) that the court committed a manifest error of law or fact, or (2) that newly discovered evidence

Henson v. Espejo

District Court, C.D. Illinois · Sep 2, 2025

Jones, 41 F.4th 916, 922 (7th Cir. 2022) (“It’s well established that judges may take judicial notice of matters of public record when ruling on a motion to dismiss.”). … Signet Builders, Inc., 46 F.4th 636, 640 (7th Cir. 2022) (“Rarely will the face of the complaint so clearly prove the opponent’s affirmative defense that immediate dismissal, prior to the filing of an answer, will be proper

N.T. v. Galesburg Community Unit School District No. 205

District Court, C.D. Illinois · Aug 15, 2025

Contingency fee arrangements provide a viable means of encouraging well qualified attorneys to take on cases that no other attorney would (a fact illustrated in this case). … Plaintiffs’ counsel’s time records span 10 pages, clearly identify the date, clearly identify Wysong or Lederer or Valles, detail tasks succinctly, and further break a given date’s tasks into smaller increments (e.g.,

Mosley v. General Revenue Corporation

District Court, C.D. Illinois · Jul 20, 2020

Co., a pre-Gadelhak decision, this Court found the plaintiff had established a plausible claim that the defendant used an ATDS and the defendant sought “to address evidentiary issues that are premature” with its motion … To claim that GRC might have been used a device that might have the capacity to randomly or sequentially generate numbers is clearly speculation. Plaintiff alleges GRC is a debt collection company. Doc. 1, at 2.

Motton

District Court, C.D. Illinois · Nov 20, 2025

The moving party bears the burden of showing that the evidence sought to be excluded is clearly inadmissible for any purpose. Mason v. City of Chicago, 631 F. Supp. 2d 1052, 1056 (N.D. Ill. 2009). … Federal Rule of Evidence 702 provides: A witness who is qualified as an expert by knowledge, skill, experience, training, or education may testify in the form of an opinion

Gill v. Scholz

District Court, C.D. Illinois · Mar 31, 2022

Moreover, an established-party candidate must obtain at least 5,000 signatures to appear as a delegate to a national nominating convention for a statewide office, or at least 0.5% of the qualified primary electors of his … J. 5, but petition circulators could remedy much of the confusion by using clearly marked maps to ascertain whether an address is in-bounds.

United States v. Dish Network, L.L.C.

75 F. Supp. 3d 942 · District Court, C.D. Illinois · Dec 12, 2014

As you know, some of our promotions require a credit score and valid major credit card and this program will automatically credit qualify the customer in both of those respects. … Given the inconsistencies in these provisions, the Retailer Agreements do not clearly indicate whether the parties intended to establish agency relationships. In practice, Dish exerted some control over Retailers.

Wilson v. Commissioner of Social Security

District Court, C.D. Illinois · Jun 12, 2023

In order to qualify for disability insurance benefits, an individual must show that his inability to work is medical in nature and that he is totally disabled. … The establishment of disability under the Act is a two-step process.

Aldeman v. Commissioner of SSA

District Court, C.D. Illinois · Feb 24, 2022

In order to qualify for disability insurance benefits, an individual must show that his inability to work is medical in nature and that he is totally disabled. … Furthermore, the ALJ’s consideration of the record evidence at Step Four was articulated clearly enough to enable the Court to “assess the validity of the ALJ’s ultimate findings and afford [Antoinette] meaningful