Courts & Cases

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Gregory Ticsay, right, speaks to Judge Victoria A. Rossetti as Robert E. Crimo III and Anton Trizna listen during a case management conference at the Lake County Courthouse Monday. Crimo asked to continue without the aid of his assistant public defenders and invoked his right to a speedy trial. – AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, Pool

Crimo plans to represent himself in July 4 shootings trial

The man accused of killing seven people at a July Fourth parade in Highland Park last year fired his public defenders Monday and said he plans to represent himself at trial, slated to start in February.
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Parade suspect’s father pleads guilty to charges in gun license

The father of a man charged in a deadly Fourth of July parade shooting in Highland Park pleaded guilty to seven misdemeanors Monday in a case that centered on how his son obtained a gun license.
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Proceeds from sale of Sue the T-rex at center of inheritance dispute

For years, the massive mostly-intact dinosaur skeleton that came to be known as Sue the T-rex and displayed at Chicago’s Field Museum was at the center of a legal battle. The latest dispute involves who inherits what’s left of the money created by the sale of Sue.

Trial Notebook

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Court considers jurisdiction for Texas two-step bankruptcy

Georgia-Pacific used a Texas two-step bankruptcy — dumping all of its asbestos liability into a new company, Bestwall LLC, that promptly filed for bankruptcy protection under Chapter 11 — but a committee of asbestos claimants contends the court lacks subject matter jurisdiction under the constitution’s bankruptcy clause because Bestwall isn’t suffering any financial distress.

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