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Jul 30, 2018

Admissibility of Evidence

A jury convicted Ronald Norweathers of two counts of transporting child pornography and one count of possessing child pornography.

Jul 30, 2018

Bankruptcy – Bulk Sales Provisions

The bankrupt businesses in both of these consolidated appeals had debts that far exceeded the value of their assets.

Jul 30, 2018

8th Amendment Violation – Imminent Danger

Plaintiff Maurice Wallace was convicted of murder and sentenced to life without parole in 2006.

Jul 30, 2018

Statutory Interpretation – Indemnification

Scott Robinett and the City of Indianapolis were co-defendants in a civil-rights action.

Jul 30, 2018

Supplemental Security Income and Disability Insurance Benefits

In 2000, Anthony Kaminski fell down a flight of stairs, suffering a head wound that caused a traumatic brain injury and a seizure disorder.

Jul 27, 2018

Weekly Case Digests — July 23-July 27, 2018

Weekly Case Digests — July 23-July 27, 2018

Jul 25, 2018

Breach of Contract

Marquette University suspended a tenured faculty member because of a blog post criticizing an encounter between an instructor and a student.

Jul 25, 2018

Motion to Suppress Evidence

This is a review of the Bayfield County circuit court's order granting Christopher John Kerr's ("Kerr") motion to suppress evidence discovered during a search incident to arrest on the basis that "'judicial integrity' is vital enough to justify exclusion of evidence when the issuing court's arrest warrant was invalid ab initio."

Jul 25, 2018

ERISA – Pensions

When the Employee Retirement System (ERS) was created for the City of Milwaukee (the City) in 1937, the State granted each employee-member of the ERS the right to vote for the election of three employees to serve on the ERS Annuity and Pension Board (the Board) comprised of seven members.

Jul 25, 2018

Plea Withdrawal – Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

The petitioner, Patrick Dalton, seeks review of an unpublished court of appeals decision affirming his judgment of conviction and sentence and upholding the circuit court's order denying his postconviction motion.

Jul 25, 2018

OWI – 4th Amendment Violation

Gerald Mitchell was convicted of operating while intoxicated and with a prohibited alcohol concentration, based on the test of blood drawn without a warrant while he was unconscious, pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 343.305(3)(b) (2013–14).

Jul 25, 2018

Termination of Parental Rights

A.D. raises two arguments challenging the circuit court’s order terminating her parental rights to D.D., both directed at the court’s grant of partial summary judgment on the ground of “[c]ontinuing denial of periods of physical placement or visitation,” establishing parental unfitness.

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