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Federal judge rules health care unconstitutional
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A federal judge rejected a key provision of the Obama administration’s health care law as unconstitutional Monday, ruling the government cannot require people to buy insurance, in a dispute that both sides agree will ultimately be decided by the U.S. Supreme Court. U.S. District Judge Henry E. Hudson is the first […]
Ohio prospective juror cites Dahmer, is excused
CLEVELAND (AP) — An Ohio man was excused from jury service after mentioning he was friends growing up with serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer.
Supreme Court justices ousted in Iowa
New York - Gay-rights activists celebrated a few bright spots on Election Day, but they also suffered some major setbacks - including losses by key supporters in Congress and the ouster of three Iowa Supreme Court judges who had ruled in favor of same-sex marriage.
US judges agree to pilot study of cameras in court
Washington - The nation's federal judges agreed Tuesday to a pilot project that could televise some civil trials -- 16 years after the judges ended a similar experiment.
09-4080 Kingstad v. State Bar of Wisconsin
Constitutional Law Freedom of speech; mandatory bar associations The Wisconsin State Bar’s Public Image Campaign did not violate the free speech rights of its members. “The Ninth Circuit’s generous approach to germaneness in Gardner is consistent with the portion of Thiel that remains binding, where we found that all of the particular activities at issue […]
10-1347 U.S. v. Szymuszkiewicz
Wiretap Act Sufficiency of the evidence Where an employee directed all of his supervisor’s email messages to be forwarded to him, the evidence was sufficient to convict him under the Wiretap Act for intentionally intercepting an electronic communication. “Szymuszkiewicz’s argument is based on the belief that Infusino’s computer did the forwarding after each email arrived [&[...]
Who’s Doing What
Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c. announces the addition of David G. Peterson, an experienced litigator, to the firm’s expanding Waukesha office. Peterson joins the firm as a shareholder in the Litigation Practice. He has close to 20 years of experience in commercial litigation matters. Peterson was recently elected to the Board of Directors of the […]
Slavin on apostrophes; Scheuerman on legal education
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09-3017 Mozdzen v. Holder
United States Court of Appeals CIVIL OPINIONS Immigration Removal Even if aliens did not engage in fraud in obtaining I-551 passport stamps, they are removable where they did not obtain them leally. “The Mozdzens argue that they were lawfully admitted in 1999, but the definition of admission for an alien and someone with LPR status […]
09-2652 & 09-3011 U.S. v. Rea
Sentencing Firearms Where a defendant convicted of drug offenses possessed an AK-47, his sentence was properly enhanced for possessing a firearm in connection with a drug crime. “We conclude that the government carried its initial burden by proving by a preponderance of the evidence that Rea possessed the firearms and that there was a sufficient […]
09-1733 Socha v. Pollard
Habeas Corpus AEDPA; equitable tolling Where a state prisoner thought he would be represented by the Innocence Project for almost a year, and was in segregation with access to the law library only a few hours per month, it was error to deny him an extension to file for habeas corpus. “[T]he district court erred […]
09-2560 Stock v. Rednour
Habeas Corpus Confrontation Clause Where reasonable minds could differ whether to admit impeachment evidence in a state court trial, the district court properly denied the prisoner’s petition for habeas corpus. “The trial court in Stock’s case was aware of the fine lines that it was asked to draw. The court endeavored to balance Stock’s ability […]
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- Lawyer with ties to Brookfield, Wis. sentenced to four Years in Federal Prison
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