Circuit Court of Appeals Cases from Last Week

7th Circuit Court of Appeals, February 19, 2010
Miller v. LaSalle Bank Nat'l Ass'n, --- F.3d ---, 2010 WL --------- (7th Cir 2010)(technical error in recorded mortgage not sufficient to avoid lien under Indiana law)

8th Circuit Court of Appeals, February 16, 2010
American Prairie Constr. Co. v. Hoich, --- F.3d ---, 2010 WL --------- (8th Cir 2010)(request to recuse judge denied, order approving settlement agreement reversed where the parties did not come to a meeting of the minds with respect to an essential term)

9th Circuit Court of Appeals, February 16, 2010
US v. Edwards, --- F.3d ---, 2010 WL --------- (9th Cir 2010)(Defendant's sentence and restitution order for bankruptcy fraud affirmed where: 1) collateral estoppel did not preclude the restitution order because, although compensation to defendant's victims was the general issue in a bankruptcy settlement, the issue was not identical to the issue in the criminal proceedings; and 2) the sentence was not substantively unreasonable because the district court did not abuse its discretion when it considered defendant's history and circumstances)

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