Admissibility of Evidence
A jury convicted Ronald Norweathers of two counts of transporting child pornography and one count of possessing child pornography.
Bankruptcy – Bulk Sales Provisions
The bankrupt businesses in both of these consolidated appeals had debts that far exceeded the value of their assets.
8th Amendment Violation – Imminent Danger
Plaintiff Maurice Wallace was convicted of murder and sentenced to life without parole in 2006.
Statutory Interpretation – Indemnification
Scott Robinett and the City of Indianapolis were co-defendants in a civil-rights action.
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.
Weekly Case Digests — July 23-July 27, 2018
Weekly Case Digests — July 23-July 27, 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.
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."
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.
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The petitioner, Patrick Dalton, seeks review of an unpublished court of appeals decision affirming his judgment of conviction and sentence and upholding the circuit court's order denying his postconviction motion.
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).
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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