Illinois Dram Shop Law

<H2> United States of America v. De’Adre L. Owens

East St. Louis, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with selling meth and witness tampering. Ryan Castleman drove Charlie Anderson, a confidential informant, to Centralia, Illinois, to execute a controlled buy from De’Andre Owens. When they arrived, Detective Dukes searched Anderson, provided him with $275 and a handheld recording device, and instructed that he... More...

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<H2> United States of America v. Andrei Taylor

Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm. Taylor was a member of the Cali Boys, a gang that promoted their ability to kill their “opps” (opponents). Kadaivion Jones was a member of the Gangster Disciples, a rival gang of the Cali Boys. On September 2, Kevon Bonner, a fellow Cali Boy, picked up a stolen white Dodge D... More...

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<h1> United States of America v. Marimar Martinez, Anthony Ian santos Ruiz </h1></h1>

Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Assault, Impede, and Interfere with the Work of Federal Agents. Two individuals have been charged in federal court with using their vehicles to assault, impede, and interfere with the work of federal agents in Chicago. According to a criminal complaint filed today in U.S. District Court in Chicago, M... More...

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<h1> United States of America v. Marimar Martinez, Anthony Ian Santos Ruiz </h1></h1>

Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Using Their Vehicles to Assault, Impede, and Interfere with the Work of Federal Agents in Chicago . Two individuals have been charged in federal court with using their vehicles to assault, impede, and interfere with the work of federal agents in Chicago. According to a criminal complaint filed toda... More...

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<h1> United States of America v. Emmanuel Lance Howard; Evander Allen Jordan </h1>

<h2><center> Peoria, IL criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit armed robbery and multiple robbery and firearms charges </font/color="red"></center><center> Two Quad Cities Men Sentenced for Multiple Armed Robbery and Firearm Charges</h2></center> </h2></center><center><h2><font... More...

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<h1> United States of America v. Emmanuel Lance Howard, Evander Allen Jordan </h1>

<h2><center> Peoria, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with conspiracy to commit armed robbery and multiple robbery and firearms charges </font/color="red"></center><center> Two Quad Cities Men Sentenced for Multiple Armed Robbery and Firearm Charges</h2></center> </h2></center><center><h2><f... More...

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<h1> United States of America v. Emmanuel Lance Howard; Evander Allen Jordan </h1>

<h2><center> Springfield, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with conspiracy to commit armed robbery and multiple robbery and firearms charges. </font/color="red"></center><center> Two Quad Cities Men Sentenced for Multiple Armed Robbery and Firearm Charges </h2></center> </h2></center><b... More...

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<h1> United States of America v. Antonio Salgado; Octavio Alejandre Jr.; Armando Delgado </h1>

<h2><center> Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Violent Kidnapping in Chicago </font/color="red"></center><center> Three Men Sentenced to Federal Prison in Connection With Violent Kidnapping in Chicago </h2></center> </h2></center> In 2015, ANTONIO SALGADO, OCTAVIO A... More...

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<h1> United States of America v. Erika Garner; Dezmond Hardy; Shaleik Ward; Terrence Daniels </h1>

<h2><center> Peoria, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Multiple Attempts to Steal Guns from Federal Firearms Licensees </center><center> Four Peorians Sentenced After Multiple Attempts to Steal Guns from Federal Firearms Licensees</h2></center> </h2></center><br... More...

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United States of America v. Kendall A. Mack, Rasheem McCree and Adrian Lamont Morris

Peoria, Illinois criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants charged with making false statements related to the federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). The PPP provided federal funds to small businesses that were directly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic to pay up to eight weeks of payroll costs, rent, utilities and mortgage interest. The program was implemented by the Small Bus... More...

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Family and Estate of Chatin Pawson v. Q Bar and Savario Simmons

Decatur, Illinois personal injury wrongful death lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendants on dram shop and auto negligence theories claiming that Chastin Pawson, age 25, was killed in a car wreck caused by Simmons, who had a blood alcohol content of .209.... More...

$2400000 (05-25-2022 - IL)

United States of America v. Joseph M. Graham

Peoria, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with for soliciting an obscene visual depiction of a minor. The government presented evidence that Joseph M. Graham, age 27 used an online application to request sexually explicit images of an individual whom he believed to be eight years old. In December 2019, Graham initiated messages with an individual on a mobile ... More...

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United States of America v. Gabriel Bush

<center><h2><center> Chicago, IL - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act charges. </h2></center> This case offers a window into the viâ€ olent and ruthless world of the Hobos street gang, which opâ€ erated in Chicago from 2004 to 2013. With the credo, "The 2 Nos. 1... More...

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United States of America v. William Ford

<center><h2><center> Chicago, IL - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act charges. </h2></center> This case offers a window into the viâ€ olent and ruthless world of the Hobos street gang, which opâ€ erated in Chicago from 2004 to 2013. With the credo, "The 2 Nos. ... More...

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United States of America v. Byron Brown

<center><h2><center> Chicago, IL - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act charges. </h2></center> This case offers a window into the viâ€ olent and ruthless world of the Hobos street gang, which opâ€ erated in Chicago from 2004 to 2013. With the credo, "The 2 ... More...

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United States of America v. Ronald Feder

<center> <img width="200" src="https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/styles/slideshow/public/slideshows/slides/red_thing.jpg?itok=hejB-_CT"> </center> Chicago, IL - North Suburban Man Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison on Child Pornography Charges A north suburban man has been sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for distributing thousands of sexually explicit images and... More...

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Theresa Riffey v. Bruce V. Rauner

<center> <img width="300" src="http://www.lb7.uscourts.gov/Images/ESLbuilding.jpg"> </center> When this case was last before our court, we upheld the district court’s decision declining to certify a class of home health care assistants (“the Assistants”) who were seeking a refund of the fair-share fees they had paid to a union for collective-bargaining representat... More...

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Curtis K. Hall v. Commissioner of Social Security

<center> <img width="200" src="https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/styles/slideshow/public/slideshows/slides/red_thing.jpg?itok=hejB-_CT"> </center> While loading chemicals onto a truck, Curtis Hall felt a sharp pain in his back. This back pain formed the basis of his application for disability insurance benefits. An administrative law judge denied his application, ... More...

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Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Costco Wholesale Corporation

Dawn Suppo, an employee of Costco Wholesale Corporation, was stalked by Thad Thomp-son, a customer of Costco, for over a year. Things got so bad * Of the Eastern District of Wisconsin, sitting by designation. 2 Nos. 17-2432 & 17-2454 at the end that Suppo secured a plenary no-contact order from an Illinois state court. Traumatized by the experience, she also took an unpaid medical leav... More...

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Robert Smith v. Rosebud Farm, Inc., d/b/a Rosebud Farmstand

Robert Smith worked behind the meat counter at Rosebud Farm, a local grocery store. After several years of ongoing sexual and racial harassment from his male coworkers and supervisor, Smith sued Rosebud. He claimed various violations of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 1981, and the Illinois Gender Violence Act. 2 No. 17‐2626 The jury return... More...

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Tiffany Milburn v. Supervalue, Inc. and Shop 'N Save Warehouse Foods, Inc. <a href="http://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28536&z=74103&s=OK" target="_new">Morelaw Internet Marketing for Legal Professionals</a> MoreLaw Can Make Your Phone Ring 888-354-4529

East St. Louis, IL - Tiffany Milburn sued Supervalue, Inc. and Shop 'N Save Warehouse Foods, Inc. on negligence theories.... More...

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United States of America v. Adrian Bailey

Adrian Bailey offered to sell marijuana to an informant who had already brokered the purchase of a firearm from him; the informant accepted the offer and purchased $40 worth of marijuana from Bailey contemporaneously with the firearm purchase. On that basis, Bailey was convicted after a bench trial of possessing a firearm in further2 No. 17-1031 ance of a drug trafficki... More...

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In Re: Jimmy John's Overtime Litigation

Plaintiffs‐appellants brought this collective and class action lawsuit against Jimmy John’s1 on behalf of all assistant store managers nationwide for violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). Although the vast majority of plaintiffs work in stores owned by franchisees, 2 they claim that Jimmy John’s is their joint employer. 1 The Jimmy John’s corp... More...

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United States of America v. Byron J. Holton

Byron Holton pleaded guilty to robbing a grocery store in southern Illinois while carrying and using a firearm, and a jury found him guilty of conspiring to commit Hobbs Act robbery (a robbery affecting interstate commerce). In sentencing Holton on the conspiracy count, the district judge imposed a prison term roughly four years above the recom2 No. 17-1406 mended Guide... More...

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Park Pet Shop, Inc. v. City of Chicago

This case challenges Chicago’s “puppy mill” ordinance, which limits the sources from which pet stores may obtain dogs, cats, and rabbits for resale. The ordinance provides that pet retailers in the city “may offer for sale only those dogs, cats, or rabbits” ob-tained from an animal control or care center, pound, or kennel operated by local, state, or federal government or “a 2 No. ... More...

$0 (09-27-2017 - IL)

Sylla Bangaly v. Alfred B. Baggiani

¶ 1 The instant appeal concerns a criminal contempt finding arising out of wrongful death litigation in which the contemnor, Bangaly Sylla,1 was involved as the administrator of the 1We note that, due to inconsistencies in the record on appeal, Sylla was referred to as “Sylla Bangaly” in our earlier opinion concerning that litigation but is actually named “Bangaly Sylla.” ... More...

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United States of America v. Blake Fisher-Bruner

CHICAGO — Chicago Man Sentenced to Eleven Years in Federal Prison for Robbing Six Stores and Two Banks on North Side A federal judge sentenced a Chicago man to eleven years in prison for robbing six stores and two banks on the city’s North Side. BLAKE FISHER-BRUNER, 32, robbed the same bank twice, bringing his total number of robberies to nine. Four of the heists occurred in... More...

$0 (08-15-2016 - IL)

United States of America v. Jonathan Michael Malone

East Saint Louis, IL - Glen Carbon Man Sentenced for Armed Robbery Jonathan Michael Malone, 53, of Glen Carbon, Illinois, was sentenced in the United States District Court in East Saint Louis, Illinois for armed robbery. Malone was charged with Interference of Commerce by Robbery, with Brandishing a Firearm During and In Relation to a Crime of Violence, and with Unlawful Possession of a F... More...

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United States of America v. LaMarcus D. Jackson

Belleville, IL - Cahokia Man Sentenced To Over 44 Years In Prison For Armed Robberies Cases Were Brought as part of the United States Attorney’s Office Anti-Robbery Initiative LaMarcus D. Jackson, 29, of Cahokia, Illinois was sentenced to 44 ½ years in prison on a six-count indictment charging him with two counts of Conspiracy to Interfere with Commerce by Robbery and Interfer... More...

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Smith v. Illinois Central R.R. Co

Because of the voluminous nature of the record in this case, we address only the facts necessary to decide this appeal. On July 21, 2005, plaintiff filed his complaint against Pneumo Abex Corporation; Pneumo Abex LLC; Metropolitan Life Insurance Company; Owens-Illinois, Inc.; Honeywell International, Inc.; Railroad Friction Products Corporation; and Illinois Central. As of October 2013, the only d... More...

$0 (03-27-2016 - IL)

Bowman v. Dr. Michael D. Ottney

In June 2009, Bowman filed a complaint for medical malpractice against defendants, Dr. Michael D. Ottney and Core Physician Resources, P.C., seeking recovery for the allegedly negligent medical treatment of decedent, Char L. Bowman. Bowman’s complaint, which was filed in Jefferson County, was docketed as “09 L 28” and was assigned to be heard by Judge David Overstreet. In the ensuing four ye... More...

$0 (12-19-2015 - IL)

People Of Illinois v. Wuckert

Defendant, Karl Wuckert, was charged with driving under the influence of intoxicating compounds (DUI) (625 ILCS 5/11-501(a)(6) (West 2012)). He moved to suppress evidence that was allegedly the product of an illegal arrest. The trial court granted the motion but, on reconsideration, allowed the results of a urine test that hospital personnel administered to defendant shortly ... More...

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People Of Illinois v. Cacini

This cause arose from defendant’s arrest during the early morning hours of April 20, 2010, after Officers Rigan and O’Shaughnessy confronted defendant while he was in his car, a struggle ensued, and he sped away. At the February 2012 trial, Officers Rigan and O’Shaughnessy testified that they were working the midnight shift on the date of the incident. They were in an unmark... More...

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United States of America v. Terrance Daniels and Dahveed Dean

A jury convicted Dahveed Dean and Terrance Daniels of armed bank robbery and related gun offenses. On appeal, Dean and Daniels challenge the district court’s decision to try them jointly, as well as various evidentiary rulings. Additionally, Daniels argues that his constitutional rights were violated when the district court barred him 2 Nos. 13-2078 & 13-2982 from the... More...

$0 (09-30-2015 - IL)

United States of America v. Devante J. Hodges

East St. Louis, IL - Devante J. Hodges, 22, of Cahokia, IL, plead guilty in the United States District Court to a three-count indictment charging him with Conspiracy to Interfere with Commerce by Robbery, Interference with Commerce by Robbery, and Use of a Firearm During a Crime of Violence. The Armed Robbery counts arise from the federal Hobbs Act, which makes it a crime to obstruct, delay or aff... More...

$0 (07-10-2015 - IL)

Terry A. Pierce v. Carolyn W. Colvin

Terry Pierce, a former waitress with back problems, seeks judicial review of the denial of her application for disability insurance benefits and supplemental security income. Because the ALJ's assessment of Pierce's credibility was flawed in several respects, we reverse and remand for further proceedings. 2 No. 13-1525 Pierce claims that she injured her lower back at her waitress... More...

$0 (01-13-2014 - IL)

Diego Gaines v. K-Five Construction Corporation

In the final days of his employment at K-Five Construction, Diego Gaines questioned the roadworthiness of two different trucks that he was assigned to drive. Management took steps to address Gaines's concerns, * Of the Central District of Illinois, sitting by designation. 2 No. 12-2249 but the trucks never reached the level of safety sought by Gaines. On his last Friday, he in... More...

$0 (01-03-2014 - IL)

Kraft Foods Group Brands, LLC v. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.

This is a trademark infringement suit (see Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. Â§Â§ 1051 et seq.) brought by Kraft against Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (we can disregard the other parties). The district judge granted Kraft a preliminary injunction against the sale by Cracker Barrel Old 2 No. 13â€2559 Country Store of food products to grocery stores under the name Cracker Barrel, which... More...

$0 (11-14-2013 - IL)

Hocraffer v. Trotter General Contracting, Inc.

¶ 1 Plaintiff, Josiah Hocraffer, filed suit against defendant, Trotter General Contracting, Inc., for failing to pay him the prevailing wage for work he performed while under defendant's employ. The trial court dismissed the claim on the ground that Hocraffer's services were not performed "on the job site.â€ We affirm. ¶ 2 In May of 2011, Hocraffer filed a complaint against Trotter... More...

$0 (07-18-2013 - IL)

Suriya H. Smiley v. Columbia College Chicago

After receiving a complaint from a student concerning one of its part-time instructors, Columbia College Chicago faculty members and administrators interviewed the student on several oc2 No. 10-3747 casions and also interviewed the faculty member. The school ultimately informed the faculty member, Suriya Smiley, that it would not ask her to teach further classes. Smiley contends the ... More...

$0 (04-30-2013 - IL)