Court Error – Admittance of Evidence
Darrius Washington was charged with unlawfully possessing a firearm as a felon after police officers saw him toss a gun into a residential yard.
Attorney Fees
David Knott, an employee of Wisconsin wellness retail store Timothy B. O’Brien, LLC (“Apple Wellness”), left the company and started a similar, competing wellness shop.
Personal Injury – Negligence Claim
Bradley LeDure, a conductor for Union Pacific Railroad Company, slipped and fell while preparing a locomotive for departure.
Unlawful-stop Claim – Reasonable Suspicion
Does an air freshener hanging from a rearview mirror obstruct the driver’s clear view?
Prisoner – Exhaustion of Administration Remedies
Elijah Reid, an inmate in the Illinois prison system, brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against a correctional officer.
Immigration – Removal Order
Franco Damian Ferreyra, a citizen of Argentina, seeks review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals mandating his removal from the United States.
1st Amendment Violation
Two churches contend, in this suit under 42 U.S.C. §1983, that an executive order limiting the size of public assemblies (including religious services) to ten persons violates their rights under the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment, applied to the states by the Fourteenth Amendment.
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure Violation – Rule 43
David L. Shanks, Jr. did not attend his trial for drug-distribution offenses, for which a jury found him guilty and the district court entered a judgment of conviction.
Abuse of Discretion – Post-judgment Motion Denied
Aishef Shaffer, while an Illinois state inmate, sued prison officials for alleged violations of his constitutional rights.
Attorney Disciplinary Hearing
We review Referee John B. Murphy's recommendation that Attorney Stanley Whitmore Davis be declared in default and his license to practice law in Wisconsin suspended for one year for professional misconduct.
Statutory Interpretation – Gambling Machine
Quick Charge Kiosk LLC is the commercial owner of kiosks that enable customers to pay for an opportunity to win (or lose) money through a video game based on chance.
Court Error – Postconviction Relief
The petitioner, Milton Eugene Warren, seeks review of an unpublished order of the court of appeals denying his petition for habeas corpus.
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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