19 Cited authorities

Thompson v. City of Chicago
472 F.3d 444 (7th Cir. 2006) Cited 360 times
Holding that Chicago Police Department's General Order pertaining to the use of force "shed[] no light on what may or may not be considered 'objectively reasonable' under the Fourth Amendment"
Ervin v. Johnson
492 F.3d 901 (7th Cir. 2007) Cited 274 times 2 Legal Analyses
Holding that a physician's opinion, without the support of epidemiological data or any physiological explanation was unreliable
Good Shepherd Manor Found. v. City of Momence
323 F.3d 557 (7th Cir. 2003) Cited 244 times
Holding that "reasonable accommodation is a theory of liability separate from intentional discrimination"
Palmquist v. Selvik
111 F.3d 1332 (7th Cir. 1997) Cited 141 times
Holding municipality was not deliberately indifferent for failure to train because the lack of training was not sufficiently obvious and any inadequacy was not sufficiently likely to result in a constitutional violation
Sherrod v. Berry
856 F.2d 802 (7th Cir. 1988) Cited 179 times
Holding that under circumstances of case, fact that suspect was unarmed was irrelevant to excessive force claim where officer reasonably believed he was armed
United States v. Irvin
87 F.3d 860 (7th Cir. 1996) Cited 81 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding extensive gang evidence and prosecutor's closing argument based on gang membership harmless when defendant himself testified to gang membership and evidence was overwhelming
Joseph v. Brierton
739 F.2d 1244 (7th Cir. 1984) Cited 53 times
Granting a new trial when the district judge's instructions were not enough to counter the serious misconduct
Van Bumble v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
407 F.3d 823 (7th Cir. 2005) Cited 21 times
Finding that "it was appropriate for the jury to receive" evidence that put a witness' "credibility to the test"
Charles v. Cotter
867 F. Supp. 648 (N.D. Ill. 1994) Cited 32 times
Concluding that the witness's felony convictions were probative evidence of his credibility and that any prejudicial effect was reduced by limiting the cross-examination "to the crime charged, the date, and the disposition (i.e., guilty or not guilty-not length of sentence) with respect to felony convictions during the past ten years"
United States v. Doe
149 F.3d 634 (7th Cir. 1998) Cited 26 times
Holding that questioning a handcuffed defendant in the back of a police car in a remote location for more than an hour was not sufficient to render a waiver involuntary
Rule 37 - Failure to Make Disclosures or to Cooperate in Discovery; Sanctions
Fed. R. Civ. P. 37 Cited 45,747 times 319 Legal Analyses
Holding that a party may be barred from using a witness if it fails to disclose the witness
Rule 702 - Testimony by Expert Witnesses
Fed. R. Evid. 702 Cited 26,595 times 252 Legal Analyses
Adopting the Daubert standard
Rule 403 - Excluding Relevant Evidence for Prejudice, Confusion, Waste of Time, or Other Reasons
Fed. R. Evid. 403 Cited 22,463 times 81 Legal Analyses
Adopting a similar standard, but requiring the probative value to be "substantially outweighed" by these risks
Rule 404 - Character Evidence; Other Crimes, Wrongs, or Acts.
Fed. R. Evid. 404 Cited 16,636 times 65 Legal Analyses
Recognizing that even uncharged similar acts can be probative of a defendant's intent and knowledge concerning charged offenses
Rule 401 - Test for Relevant Evidence
Fed. R. Evid. 401 Cited 13,356 times 34 Legal Analyses
Providing that evidence is relevant if " it has any tendency to make a fact more or less probable than it would be without the evidence; and (b) the fact is of consequence in determining the action"
Rule 402 - General Admissibility of Relevant Evidence
Fed. R. Evid. 402 Cited 6,633 times 10 Legal Analyses
Providing relevant evidence is admissible unless prohibited by the United States Constitution, a federal statute, the Federal Rules of Evidence, or other rules prescribed by the Supreme Court

Morris et al v. City of Chicago, et al

19 Cited authorities

Holding that Chicago Police Department's General Order pertaining to the use of force "shed[] no light on what may or may not be considered 'objectively reasonable' under the Fourth Amendment"

Holding that a physician's opinion, without the support of epidemiological data or any physiological explanation was unreliable

Holding that "reasonable accommodation is a theory of liability separate from intentional discrimination"

Holding municipality was not deliberately indifferent for failure to train because the lack of training was not sufficiently obvious and any inadequacy was not sufficiently likely to result in a constitutional violation

Holding that under circumstances of case, fact that suspect was unarmed was irrelevant to excessive force claim where officer reasonably believed he was armed

Holding extensive gang evidence and prosecutor's closing argument based on gang membership harmless when defendant himself testified to gang membership and evidence was overwhelming

Granting a new trial when the district judge's instructions were not enough to counter the serious misconduct

Finding that "it was appropriate for the jury to receive" evidence that put a witness' "credibility to the test"

Holding that questioning a handcuffed defendant in the back of a police car in a remote location for more than an hour was not sufficient to render a waiver involuntary

Holding that a party may be barred from using a witness if it fails to disclose the witness

Adopting the Daubert standard

Adopting a similar standard, but requiring the probative value to be "substantially outweighed" by these risks

Recognizing that even uncharged similar acts can be probative of a defendant's intent and knowledge concerning charged offenses

Providing that evidence is relevant if " it has any tendency to make a fact more or less probable than it would be without the evidence; and (b) the fact is of consequence in determining the action"

Providing relevant evidence is admissible unless prohibited by the United States Constitution, a federal statute, the Federal Rules of Evidence, or other rules prescribed by the Supreme Court