Statutory Interpretation – Ordinance Changes
The National Labor Relations Act and its amendments establish a national system of industrial-labor relations.
Request for Judicial Notice
Appellant has submitted a document styled “Request for Judicial Notice.”
Collective Bargaining Agreement
Union Pacific Railroad Company hired Richard Griff in the mid-1980s.
ALJ Error – Disability
John Barrett applied for disability insurance benefits and supplemental security income based on limitations from bipolar disorder and alcohol addiction.
Statutory Interpretation – Equine Immunity
Judy Dilley and Abigail Brown were injured while horseback riding in Wisconsin.
Sentencing
Ruby Mohsin and Mohammad Khan pleaded guilty to conspiring to sell drugs misbranded as incense or potpourri.
Setting Off – Liquidation
The Department of Health and Human Services owed millions of dollars to the now‐defunct Land of Lincoln Mutual Health Insurance Company.
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
An Illinois jury convicted Kevin Czech of first-degree murder and aggravated discharge of a firearm for his role in a drive-by shooting that resulted in the death of a fourteen-year-old bystander.
Motion to Suppress Evidence Denied
A jury convicted David Bradford of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and related drug and firearms offenses.
Statutory Interpretation – Prisoner – Sentencing Guidelines
In Johnson v. United States, the Supreme Court held that the so‐called residual clause of the Armed Career Criminal Act is unconstitutional. 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015).
Plea & Sentencing – Plea Agreement
Raul Perez‐Gonzalez pleaded guilty to first degree murder for his role in a gang‐related killing.
Postconviction Statute of Limitations – Equitable Tolling
In 2008, Charles Mayberry was convicted in Wisconsin state court of multiple counts of second-degree sexual assault and one count of false imprisonment.
Legal News
- 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
- Wisconsin prison inmate pleads not guilty to killing cellmate
- Waukesha man sentenced to 30 years for Sex Trafficking
- 12-year-old shot in Milwaukee Wednesday with ‘serious injuries’
- Milwaukee man convicted of laundering proceeds of business email compromise fraud schemes
- Giuliani, Meadows among 18 indicted in Arizona fake electors case
- Some State Bar diversity participants walk away from program
- Wisconsin court issues arrest warrant ‘in error’ for Minocqua Brewing owner
- Iranian nationals charged cyber campaign targeting U.S. Companies
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