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People protest outside the Supreme Court in Washington on Friday. The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday will take up the Trump administration’s plan to end legal protections that shield nearly 700,000 immigrants from deportation, in a case with strong political overtones amid the 2020 presidential election campaign. – AP Photo/Susan Walsh

With DACA before SCOTUS, all eyes on Roberts

The U.S. Supreme Court is taking up the Trump administration’s plan to end legal protections that shield 660,000 immigrants from deportation, a case with strong political overtones amid the 2020 presidential election campaign.
By Mark Sherman
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Judge grants USWNT class status in discrimination lawsuit

The U.S. women’s national team has been granted class status in its lawsuit against U.S. Soccer that alleges gender discrimination in compensation and working conditions.
By Anne M. Peterson
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Karmeier reflects on the ‘privilege’ he has serving on high court

Lloyd A. Karmeier is the third Illinois Supreme Court justice from Nashville, Ill., home to about 3,200 people two hours south of Springfield.
By Rebecca Anzel

Illinois high court will examine Jardines’ extent in dog sniff case

SPRINGFIELD — This week, the state’s high court will review the question of whether a police dog’s sniff from outside a motel room amounts to an unconstitutional search when drugs are found inside the room.
By Sarah Mansur

Jury gives $10M for cardiac incident

A Cook County jury awarded $10 million in a wrongful-death case involving a 39-year-old man who died after going into cardiac arrest.
By Andrew Maloney

Construction fall nets $2.1 million

The family of a carpenter who suffered a traumatic brain injury in a work-related fall has settled their lawsuit for $2.1 million.
By Jordyn Reiland

Romanian receives another chance to pursue visa

Immigration officials failed to show that a Romanian man’s hasty and brief marriage to an American citizen was a sham, a federal judge held.
By Patricia Manson

$1.8M for cyclist hit by ComEd van

A Will County cyclist who sustained a brain injury when a power-utility van hit him has settled his lawsuit for $1.8 million.
By Jordyn Reiland
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People protest outside the Supreme Court in Washington on Friday. The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday will take up the Trump administration’s plan to end legal protections that shield nearly 700,000 immigrants from deportation, in a case with strong political overtones amid the 2020 presidential election campaign.
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With DACA before SCOTUS, all eyes on Roberts
U.S. forward Carli Lloyd (center) celebrates her goal against Costa Rica with Emily Sonnett (left) and Christen Press during an international friendly soccer match Sunday in Jacksonville, Fla. A federal judge in Los Angeles on Friday ruled to expand the equal-pay case beyond the initial 28 plaintiff players to include all players called up to camp or who played in a game over a multiyear period.
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Judge grants USWNT class status in discrimination lawsuit
Illinois Supreme Court Justices Lloyd Karmeier and Rita Garman talk Oct. 2 in Chicago during an event to unveil the Judicial Conference’s strategic agenda for the state’s courts. Karmeier announced he will resign from the bench effective Dec. 6, 2020.
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Karmeier reflects on the ‘privilege’ he has serving on high court
Former Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard partner Michael P. Schostok fishes with his son, Michael J. Schostok, in a family photo. The elder Schostok died in 2012 after a battle with brain cancer. On Thursday, the son was admitted as an Illinois attorney and joined Salvi Law as its newest associate. 
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Seven years after father’s death, son joins dad’s namesake firm
Gerald Sallis, 5, is the plaintiff in a record-setting $101 million birth-injury verdict reached Tuesday at the Daley Center.
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$101M birth injury award sets state record