The theme of this constitutional
suit under 42 U.S.C. §1983 is that the Sheriff of Cook
County, Illinois, did not do enough to prevent guards and
other public employees from stealing or losing the belongings
of inmates at the Cook County Jail. New arrivals must
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surrender their possessions. There is no doubt that theft of
these belongings is a crime and a t... More...    $0 (08-27-2018 - IL)

The federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
(ERISA) requires administrators
of employee benefit plans to comply with the documents
that control the plans. 29 U.S.C. § 1104(a)(1)(D). In the
case of life insurance policies, that means death benefits are
paid to the beneficiary designated in the policy, notwithstanding
equitable arguments or claims that others... More...    $0 (07-11-2018 - IL)

Toll Processing Services, LLC (“Toll Processing”) appeals from the district court’s order granting summary judgment in favor of Kastalon, Inc. and Kastalon
* The Honorable Pamela Pepper, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, sitting by designation.
2 No. 15-3187
Polyurethane Products (collectively, “Kastalon”) on Toll Processing’s conversion and negligence... More...    $0 (01-25-2018 - IL)

¶ 1 Defendant, Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. (Mitsubishi), appeals the judgment of
the trial court in favor of plaintiffs, Sara J. Foster, surviving widow of John C. Foster, and
Jacob C. Foster, Nicholas C. Foster, Cody J. Foster, Chad L. Foster, and Ian A. Foster by Sara
J. Foster, their mother and guardian (collectively hereinafter Sara), to enforce an arbitration
award o... More...    $0 (08-02-2017 - IL)

Chicago, IL - Naperville Man Charged with Possessing Child Pornography

A federal grand jury in Chicago has indicted a Naperville man on charges of possessing child pornography, obstruction of justice and conversion of government property.

FLOYD O’HARA, 62, is charged with one count of possessing child pornography, one count of conversion of government property, and two counts of ... More...    $0 (11-04-2016 - IL)

Chicago, IL - Former Religious Services Worker at Federal Jail Pleads Guilty to Passing Unauthorized Information and Benefits to Inmates

A former religious services assistant at the downtown Metropolitan Correctional Center pleaded guilty today to providing sensitive information to inmates about fellow prisoners in the federal corrections system.

TOMMY HAIRE, 34, performed unaut... More...    $0 (11-12-2015 - IL)

On April 20, 2010, plaintiff, Ballard RN Center, Inc., filed a three-count class action complaint in the circuit court of Cook County, alleging that on March 3, 2010, defendant, Kohll’s Pharmacy & Homecare, Inc., sent plaintiff an unsolicited fax advertisement. The complaint alleged that defendant’s conduct: (1) violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (Protection Act) (47 U.S.C. § 2... More...    $0 (10-22-2015 - IL)

On July 9, 2009, Mary Jane Muraida (Mary) and Standard entered into a consumer credit transaction for an adjustable rate home equity conversion mortgage, also known as a reverse mortgage, along with an adjustable rate note with Marquette National Bank.2 The note was secured by a condominium located at 10420 South Circle Drive, Unit 21B, Oak Lawn, Illinois, which was the property held in Trust No. ... More...    $0 (10-03-2015 - IL)

On August 31, 2010, investors in Central Sleep filed suit in Cook County Circuit Court against the company; Kenneth Dachman, its promoter; Dachman’s wife, Katherine Lynn Dachman; and several others. The suit asserted claims for fraud, RICO violations, conversion, fraudulent conveyance, civil conspiracy, and securities fraud. Dachman was also criminally charged and convicted for his fraudulent cond... More...    $0 (09-13-2015 - IL)

Daniel Avila alleges that CitiMortgage,
Inc., violated a fiduciary duty and breached its mortgage
agreement with him by using the payout from his
homeowner’s insurance policy to pay down his loan rather
than repair his damaged house. The district court dismissed
Avila’s suit—a proposed class action—for failure to state a
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claim, reasoning that (1) his alle... More...    $0 (09-04-2015 - IL)

William Beavers, a former Chicago alderman and Cook County Commissioner, was convicted of multiple counts of tax fraud. He appeals his conviction on several grounds. Beavers challenges many of the district court’s evidentiary rulings and jury instructions, and he also contends that his right to a jury composed of a fair cross-section of the community was violated. We affirm.

2 No. 13-3198... More...    $0 (06-30-2014 - IL)

Home-mortgage lenders often require the borrower to maintain hazard insurance on the mortgaged

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property to protect the lender’s interest in the collateral. If the borrower fails to keep the property insured, the lender has the option to secure the insurance itself and pass the cost on to the borrower.

In this proposed class action, Martha Schilke alleges that W... More...    $0 (11-05-2013 - IL)

¶ 1 The instant consolidated appeals concern a two-story four-unit building purchased by plaintiffs, Siegel Development, LLC, Gary Siegel, and Ross Siegel, for the purpose of converting the building into condominium units. Plaintiffs allege that they purchased the property in reliance on a promise from several of the defendants that defendant Peak Construction LLC would perform the renovations ne... More...    $0 (08-28-2013 - IL)

Lisa Williamson was arrested along with her husband Lance on a charge that they had stolen someone else’s horse. After being acquitted on the charge, Williamson filed suit against two Lake County, Illinois sheriff’s deputies pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that they arrested her without probable cause in violation of the Fourth Amendment and de2

No. 09-3985

prived her of ... More...    $0 (04-04-2013 - IL)

After investigating a report that Kendall Tucker was in possession of a stolen backhoe, Karl Williams, a state law enforcement investigator, seized the backhoe without a warrant. Tucker brought a civil rights action in district court, claiming that his rights under the Fourth Amendment and Due Process Clause were violated. The district court disagreed and dismissed Tucker’s claims on summary jud... More...    $0 (06-05-2012 - IL)

¶ 1 This appeal involves a challenge to the constitutionality of the Blair Holt Assault Weapons Ban (Cook County Ordinance No. 06-O- 50 (approved Nov. 14, 2006)) (Ordinance). Plaintiffs, Matthew D. Wilson, Troy Edhlund, and Joseph Messineo, sought a declaration, inter alia, that the Ordinance violates the due process and equal protection clauses of the United States Constitution and violates the ... More...    $0 (04-05-2012 - IL)

This case involves a spat over attorneys’ fees—in particular, the fees that the firm of Kanoski & Associates allegedly owes to its former associate, Lawrence Hess. After some five years at the firm, Hess was abruptly dismissed. Afterwards, the firm settled several of the cases on which Hess had been working and refused to pay Hess bonuses or fees based on those settlements. Hess believes that ... More...    $0 (02-02-2012 - IL)

¶ 1 The defendant, a Chicago residential condominium association, appeals from a
summary judgment order in favor of the plaintiffs, the owners of two corner condominium units
at the end of a common element hallway, based on the circuit court’s finding that the plaintiffs
were statutorily entitled to incorporate about eight feet of the hallway into their units as a private
foyer ... More...    $0 (10-28-2011 - IL)

¶ 1 Plaintiff, Donna Carollo, entered into a settlement agreement with her former business
partner, defendant Lawrence Irwin, and the partnership, defendant DL Realty Partnership
(DL Realty), in settlement of claims she asserted against defendants for sexual harassment.
That settlement agreement provided for an additional payment of $30,000 if a certain
property owned by DL Realty... More...    $0 (11-30--0001 - IL)

Thomas Brown, a sergeant in the Cook County Sheriff’s Office, was passed over for promotion to lieutenant. His suit, filed under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 primarily against the then-Sheriff, Democrat Michael F. Sheahan (the only defendant whom we need to discuss), charges that he was passed over because he’s a Republican, didn’t contribute to Sheahan’s campaign fund in 1998, and voted for Sheahanâ... More...    $0 (10-25-2011 - IL)

The appeal before us arises from events held in connection with the seventh annual Gay Games (the “Gamesâ€�), a series of athletic and cultural gatherings with the stated mission “to foster and augment the self-respect of gay men and women throughout the world and to engender respect and understanding from the non-gay world.â€� The events took place in Chicago, Illinois during July 2006. The p... More...    $0 (10-04-2011 - IL)

Seng-Tiong Ho and Yingyan Huang brought this action against Allen Taflove and Shi- Hui Chang in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. They alleged that the defendants, members of another research team at the same university, violated the Copyright Act by publishing equations, figures and text copied from the plaintiffs’ work. The plaintiffs also raised several s... More...    $0 (06-07-2011 - IL)

This consolidated case comes to us on appeals from the district court’s grant of summary judgments in favor of the plaintiff-appellee, John W. Costello, Litigation Trustee under the Comdisco Litigation Trust, and against defendants-appellants in an action to enforce certain promissory notes. For the reasons that follow, we affirm in part and vacate in part the grants of summary judgment in favor... More...    $0 (10-18-2010 - IL)

Persons who are arrested by Chicago police officers often are carrying small amounts of cash which the officers seize1 and inventory at the time of arrest. The plaintiffs here were arrestees from whom police officers confiscated small amounts of cash.

The arrestees unsuccessfully sought the return of their money and challenged the City’s policies governing the return of seized funds. Th... More...    $0 (09-27-2010 - IL)

Jo and Jesse Whitlock were camping at the Indiana Dunes State Park and found several bags and other items of property that looked as if they had been left behind at another campsite. They put the items in their truck, intending to turn them in to the park office. They then left the campground to run errands and forgot the bags were in their truck. By the time they returned a few hours later, the o... More...    $0 (02-24-2010 - IL)

These consolidated appeals bring before us for the second time challenges to the constitutionality of an ordinance of Calumet City, Illinois, that forbids the sale of a house without an inspection to determine whether it is in compliance with the City’s building code. Calumet City Code § 14-1. The previous appeal was from a judgment in favor of real estate brokers who had challenged the ordinan... More...    $0 (12-07-2009 - IL)

In this appeal, we consider whether a contract for the sale of a disabled person’s home was properly set aside by the circuit court based upon equitable considerations. In the proceedings below, Damon D. Perry’s contract to purchase a house from the disabled person’s estate was initially approved by the probate court, but was later unilaterally voided by the guardian ad litem of the estate i... More...    $0 (11-13-2009 - IL)

Plaintiff Vartika Dubey filed suit against Public Storage, Inc., Metropublic Storage Fund, and PS Illinois Trust (collectively “Metropublicâ€� or “defendantâ€�) to recover damages she incurred arising out of the loss of her personal property from a storage unit. Dubey claimed that such loss was the result of an alleged breach of contract, a conversion, and a violation of the Illinois Consumer ... More...    $0 (10-31-2009 - IL)

In this defamation action, plaintiff David N. Missner appeals from an order in which the circuit court converted defendant Robert A. Clifford’s motion to dismiss under section 2- 619(a)(9) of the Code of Civil Procedure (Code) (735 ILCS 5/2-619(a)(9) (West 2006)) into a motion for summary judgment under section 2-1005 of the Code (735 ILCS 5/2-1005 (West 2006)), and subsequently granted summary ... More...    $0 (08-12-2009 - IL)

This interlocutory appeal, brought pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 308 (155 Ill. 2d R. 308), involves two certified questions that are based on Guillen v. Potomac Insurance Co. of Illinois, 203 Ill. 2d 141 (2003). First, is a liability insurer that has breached its duty to defend an underlying lawsuit and is estopped from raising any coverage defense also collaterally estopped from challenging the ... More...    $0 (07-13-2009 - IL)

In this defamation action, plaintiff David N. Missner appeals from an order in which the circuit court converted defendant Robert A. Clifford’s motion to dismiss under section 2- 619(a)(9) of the Code of Civil Procedure (Code) (735 ILCS 5/2-619(a)(9) (West 2006)) into a motion for summary judgment under section 2-1005 of the Code (735 ILCS 5/2-1005 (West 2006)), and subsequently granted summary ... More...    $0 (05-20-2009 - IL)

Plaintiff Joe Cotton Ford, Inc. (Cotton), appeals an order of the circuit court of Cook County granting summary judgment to defendant Illinois Emcasco Insurance Company (EIC) in a declaratory judgment action. For the following reasons, we affirm.

BACKGROUND

The record on appeal shows that Cotton owns and operates an automobile dealership in Carol Stream, Illinois. On September 1, 200... More...    $0 (04-30-2009 - IL)

Plaintiff Insurance Corporation of Hanover, n/k/a Praetorian Insurance Company (ICH), filed this declaratory judgment action seeking a determination that it owed no duty to defend its insured, defendant Shelborne Associates (Shelborne), in an underlying lawsuit brought by defendant Travel 100 Group, Inc. (Travel 100), based on its receipt of Shelborne’s alleged unsolicited fax advertisement. Aft... More...    $0 (03-31-2009 - IL)

This is an interlocutory appeal, pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 304(a) (210 Ill. 2d R. 304(a)), from a July 6, 2006 order of the circuit court of Cook County. That order granted partial summary judgment for the defendant-appellee, City of Chicago (the City), on one portion of the complaint by plaintiffs-appellants (certain Chicago police officers, as set out below). That part of the complaint alle... More...    $0 (03-24-2009 - IL)

Scott I. Canel and Scott I. Canel and Associates (collectively Canel Associates), as insureds, appeal from the circuit court of Cook County’s May 7, 2008 order staying a complaint for declaratory judgment filed by TIG Insurance Company (TIG) against Canel Associates and WW Westwood Center, LLC (WWWC), pending the resolution of WWWC’s underlying legal malpractice lawsuit against Canel Associate... More...    $0 (03-24-2009 - IL)