Jerome Cole v. Board of Trustees of Northern

Decided September 27, 2016. David Frank Hamilton wrote the opinion for the court.

838 F.3d 888 · Cited 184 times

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• Henry Ortiz v. Werner Enterprises, Incorporat · 834 F.3d 760
• Connie Orton-Bell v. State of Indiana · 759 F.3d 768
• Shaun J. Matz v. Rodney Klotka · 769 F.3d 517
• Jennifer Hitchcock v. Angel Corps Incorporated · 718 F.3d 733
• Carla Boston v. United States Steel Corporati · 816 F.3d 455
• John Woods v. City of Berwyn · 803 F.3d 865
• Erika Langenbach v. Wal-Mart Stores, Incorporated · 761 F.3d 792
• Henderson v. Irving Materials, Inc. · 329 F. Supp. 2d 1002

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