Recent Articles from dmc-admin
Breach of Contract
Consolidated Grain and Barge Company (Consolidated) entered into agreements with the Indiana Port Commission (Commission) to construct new rail tracks at the Southwind Maritime Centre.
Probable Cause-Unlawful Detainment-Malicious Prosecution
Esco alleged unlawful detention and malicious prosecution by City of Chicago police officers.
Suppression of Evidence-Speedy Trial Act-Stop and Frisk
Refugio Avila was discovered with a loaded handgun during a traffic stop, in which Chicago police officers, engaged in proactive policing, pulled over the vehicle he was in with his girlfriend.
Insurance
William Werner, the plaintiff, owned a home in Springfield, Illinois, which caught fire in 2017 while it was in foreclosure.
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
In 1996, Anthony D. Lee, Sr. was convicted of aggravated kidnapping and aggravated sexual assault, receiving a 100-year prison sentence.
RICO Act-Jury Challenges
The Bomb Squad was a street gang that used violence against anyone who threatened its reputation, turf, or drug sales.
Law enforcement from Tulsa to Maryland and North Carolina volunteer to assist during RNC
Prior to Saturday’s failed assignation attempt against former President Donald Trump, federal agents from multiple agencies, state police, county sheriff’s deputies and local law enforcement from Tulsa and suburban Baltimore to Charlotte, North Carolina, have arrived in Milwaukee to assist in keeping the area safe during the RNC. According to Republican National Committee chair Michael[...]
Republicans are gathering in Milwaukee to nominate Donald Trump again. Here’s what to expect
Protest groups won’t be permitted inside the security zone established around the convention arena by the Secret Service.
Wisconsin election officials tell clerks best ways to operate absentee ballot drop boxes
The use of drop boxes became a partisan issue after Donald Trump lost to President Joe Biden in Wisconsin by just under 21,000 votes in 2020.
Family vows during funeral to push for charges after Black man pinned to ground outside Milwaukee hotel
Mitchell, 43, was held down on his stomach June 30 outside the hotel.
Melania Trump will attend the Republican convention in a rare political appearance, AP sources say
Melania Trump has largely refrained from public appearances.
Wisconsin officials react to President Trump’s attempted assassination
Leaders from both political parties are calling for Americans to unite as officials from across the nation and around the globe condemned the attack.
Legal News
- Outside the RNC, small Milwaukee businesses and their regulars tried to salvage a sluggish week
- Biden called to resign immediately after the president announces he won’t seek reelection
- Biden drops out of 2024 presidential race, endorses Harris
- Local PA cops allegedly thought Trump’s would-be assassin was Secret Service
- Biden-Lead Secret Service admits agency denied past requests by Trump’s campaign for tighter security
- Class action filed against Walgreens
- Former Waukesha County Sheriff’s Office lieutenant pleads guilty to smuggling contraband
- Two dead, one injured after Ozaukee County water rescue
- RNC Final Day: Trump accepts GOP Nomination
- Wisconsin officials intervene in Planned Parenthood action
- 7th Circuit adopts modifications to Rules 31, 34, 40, 47 and 60
- MPD issues statement on outside agency officer assignments
Case Digests
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel; Double Jeopardy; Sentencing
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel; Sexual Assault-Prosecutorial Misconduct
- Contract-Negligence
- Criminal Law; Juvenile Law; Discovery
- Family Law; Child Support; Property Division First paragraph(s)
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel- Exclusion of Evidence of Witness Bias
- Postconviction Relief-Sentencing-Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
- 14th Amendment – Due Process
- Criminal-Sentencing Guidelines – Enhancement
- Bankruptcy-Tax
- Civil Rights – 14th Amendment-Jury Instructions
- Contract; Foreclosure and Property