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United States federal judge Richard Posner has announced his retirement after three decades of service on the bench of the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. Appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1981, Justice Posner has written more than 3,300 opinions from the bench.
2017-09-1

The full 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago rules (8-3) that the 1964 Civil Rights Act protects LGBT employees from workplace discrimination.
2017-04-4

The 7th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals holds in favor of Google in a lawsuit based on Wisconsin privacy laws in a decision that will tend to protect the vendors of search engines from those who object to the unwholesome responses they get when entering a vanity search.
2013-03-6

The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit overturns an Illinois law banning the carrying of concealed weapons.
2012-12-11

Former media mogul Conrad Black is released from prison in Miami after being locked up for just over three years for defrauding investors.
2012-05-4

Canadian business man Conrad Black is sentenced to another 13 months in jail in the United States for fraud.
2011-06-24

A U.S. Court of Appeals upholds the conviction of Conrad Black for one fraud count and one obstruction-of-justice charge, while reversing two other fraud counts on the basis of a Supreme Court decision last year.
2010-10-29

Newspaper publisher Conrad Black is released from prison but restricted to the continental United States; he is to appear in a Chicago court on 23 July.
2010-07-21