A holding-cell beatdown; an epic zoning battle in Chicago; and whether judges should ever criticize prosecutors.
Holding-cell beatdown: http://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/d5100874-f164-4d40-89c2-a75e0befec9e/2/doc/14-2472_opn.pdf#xml=http://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/d5100874-f164-4d40-89c2-a75e0befec9e/2/hilite/
Zoning battle: http://media.ca7.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/rssExec.pl?Submit=Display&Path=Y2015/D06-01/C:13-3669:J:Cudahy:con:T:fnOp:N:1561456:S:0
Judges and prosecutors: http://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/Opinions/Published/134360R1.P.pdf
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