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Court:	7th Circuit Court of Appeals
Topic:	Consumer Protection Law, Debt Collection
Title:	McKinney v. Cadleway Props., Inc.
Date:	2008-11-13
Case Number:	07-1075
Summary:	In a suit alleging that defendant violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) in its efforts to collect upon a debt, summary judgment for plaintiff is reversed where: 1) defendant was a "debt collector" subject to the FDCPA; but 2) the "validation of debt" notice defendant sent to plaintiff was clear on its face, and provided the statutorily-required information.

Court:	7th Circuit Court of Appeals
Topic:	Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Title:	US v. Perkins
Date:	2008-11-13
Case Number:	07-3383
Summary:	Convictions for drug and firearms crimes are affirmed over defendant's objection that evidence regarding his prior convictions for similar offenses, and testimony regarding a prior arrest, were improperly admitted.

Court:	7th Circuit Court of Appeals
Topic:	Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Contracts, Government Contracts
Title:	Muhammad v. Oliver
Date:	2008-11-10
Case Number:	07-3336
Summary:	In a contract suit between companies who had jointly bid to install air conditioners in buildings owned by the Chicago Housing Authority, alleging that defendant violated 42 U.S.C. section 1981 by treating plaintiff as a "minority front" company to win the contract, dismissal for failure to state a claim is affirmed where: 1) plaintiff could not defeat the application of res judicata by arguing that the judge in a prior suit arising from the same facts, by allowing the plaintiff to dismiss it voluntarily and without prejudice, "expressly reserved the plaintiff?s right to maintain the second action"; 2) defendant could offer its res judicata defense in a Rule 12(b)(6) motion rather than by answering the complaint, since the complaint itself raised the issue; and 3) the complaint did not allege interference on racial grounds with the contract between the parties.

Court:	7th Circuit Court of Appeals
Topic:	Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law
Title:	Atkins v. City of Chicago
Date:	2008-11-10
Case Number:	07-2757
Summary:	In an action alleging constitutional violations when plaintiff was improperly detained by state authorities, in which action plaintiff's widow sought to replace him as plaintiff after his death, dismissal is reversed and plaintiff-widow reinstated where a Fed. R. Civ. P. 25(a) motion to substitute had not been properly served on plaintiff-widow, and a 90-day time limit for appointing an executor or administrator to substitute for plaintiff had therefore not run.

Court:	7th Circuit Court of Appeals
Topic:	Commercial Law, Contracts, Cyberspace Law, Government Contracts
Title:	Bus. Sys. Eng'g, Inc. v. Int'l Bus. Machs. Corp.
Date:	2008-11-10
Case Number:	08-1081
Summary:	In a diversity suit alleging a breach of contract when defendant allegedly failed to utilize and pay for the full value of work agreed upon with plaintiff, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where only individual statements of work and their corresponding purchase orders constituted contractual agreements between the parties, and no other enforceable agreements existed.

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A company that supplied asbestos-containing products to the U.S. Navy must face a lawsuit over the death of naval shipyard worker's wife who was exposed to asbestos on his clothes, a Washington state appeals court has ruled.

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