Court Error – Sufficiency of Evidence
Ryan Hobbick appeals a judgment, entered upon a jury’s verdict, convicting him of one count of burglary, as a party to the crime.
Revocable Trust – Testamentary Capacity
Emil L. Wiesman (“Bud”) appeals a judgment, entered following a bench trial, voiding amendments made by his parents, Emil O. and Irma Wiesman, to their individual revocable living trusts.
Court Error – Abuse of Discretion
Hector Rafael Rodriguez appeals a judgment convicting him of one count of second-degree sexual assault of a child under the age of sixteen.
Title VII Claim
Vicki Barbera claims she did not get the same chance to resign with severance pay that three men got.
1st and 8th Amendment Violations
Kenneth James Daugherty, an Illinois state prisoner, claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 that prison officials Richard Harrington and Kevin Page conspired to and did violate his First and Eighth Amendment rights while he was incarcerated at the Menard Correctional Center.
Collective Bargaining Agreement – Arbitrator’s Award
Brian Knox got into a heated argument with his supervisor at work.
1st Amendment Violation
St. Augustine School, along with Joseph and Amy Forro, sued Wisconsin’s Superintendent of Public Instruction and Friess Lake School District for refusing to provide school transportation (or equivalent cash benefits) to the Forros’ children.
Statutory Interpretation – ADEA
Traditionally, Oakton Community College employed retired state employees as part‐time and adjunct faculty.
14th Amendment Violation – Commercial and Industrial Property Tax
Robbie J. Perry and James Rex Dukeman, on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated, sued Coles County, Illinois for placing a disproportionate tax on commercial and industrial properties in Mattoon Township in violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Employment Contract – Wrongful Termination
Plaintiff-appellant Nicholas Webb sued defendant-appellee Michael Frawley for tortiously interfering with his employment contract and for knowingly misrepresenting company policy, both of which resulted in Webb’s termination.
Legal News
- Wisconsin attorney loses law license, ordered to pay $16K fine
- Former Wisconsin police officer charged with 5 bestiality felony counts
- Judge reject’s Trump’s bid for a new trial in $83.3 million E. Jean Carroll defamation case
- Dozens of deaths reveal risks of injecting sedatives into people restrained by police
- The Latest: Supreme Court arguments conclude in Trump immunity case
- Net neutrality restored as FCC votes to regulate internet providers
- Wisconsin Attorney General asks Congress to expand reproductive health services
- Attorney General Kaul releases update at three-year anniversary of clergy and faith leader abuse initiative
- State Bar leaders remain deeply divided over special purpose trust
- Former Wisconsin college chancellor fired over porn career is fighting to keep his faculty post
- Pecker says he pledged to be Trump campaign’s ‘eyes and ears’ during 2016 race
- A conservative quest to limit diversity programs gains momentum in states
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