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Weekly Case Digests – September 9, 2019 – September 13, 2019

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Justin Paull pled guilty to and was convicted of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated, third offense.

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This case involves the breach of a commercial contract.

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Antonio L. Whatley appeals a judgment convicting him of first-degree sexual assault of a child under the age of thirteen and an order denying his motions seeking to withdraw his no contest plea alleging ineffective assistance of counsel and to strike a portion of the postconviction hearing transcript.

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Yunus Turkmen appeals a judgment of conviction, entered upon his guilty plea, to second-offense operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated (OWI).

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Antwon Jones appeals his convictions, entered on a jury’s verdict, of two counts of felony murder and one count of felon in possession of a firearm.

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Thomas Treadway appeals a circuit court order permitting the State to medicate him without his consent.

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Quick Charge Kiosk LLC and Jeremy Hahn (collectively Quick Charge) appeal the trial court’s order granting the Attorney General’s motion for summary judgment declaring that Quick Charge’s “cell phone charging machines” (Machines), also referred to as cell phone charging kiosks, constituted illegal gambling machines.

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Chad Renier, pro se, appeals from a judgment of conviction for two counts of second-degree sexual assault of a child and one count of child enticement.

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When all the dust is cleared away, this case is relatively straightforward: we must review a dismissal for lack of Article III standing and the imposition of sanctions under Rule 11.

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Defendant-appellant Michael Clark was convicted of possessing a mixture containing fentanyl in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1).

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After Jon Giles’s DNA was found at the scene of the robbery of North Community Bank, FBI agents interrogated him at the Pontiac Correctional Center where he was serving a prison term for two other bank robberies.

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Elisa Yochim worked in the legal department of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development for 26 years.

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Patricia O’Donnell filed suit against her former employer, Caine Weiner Company, LLC, alleging unequal pay due to gender discrimination and retaliation.

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Effex Capital, LLC (“Effex”), brought this action alleging that the National Futures Association (the “NFA”) had defamed it in documents related to a settlement between the NFA and one of its members, Forex Capital Markets, LLC (“FXCM”).

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More than two decades ago, Dustin Higgs kidnapped and murdered three women.

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One of Congress’s expressed goals when it passed the Prison Litigation Reform Act (“PLRA”) was to rein in the flood of prisoner litigation—all too often frivolous or vexatious, it thought—clogging the courts.

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Hyung Seok and Eunsook Koh, husband and wife, brought a § 1983 suit arising out of the investigation of and the Kohs’ arrests in connection with their son’s death.

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This case arises out of a sexual assault investigation and disciplinary hearing conducted by Columbia College of Chicago (“Columbia”).

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Following a jury trial, Mauricio Marchan was convicted of one count of possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and 846, and one count of distribution of 500 grams or more of cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1).

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Two companies set up a pension plan for their employees, then withdrew from it.

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The decisive issue in this appeal is whether the district court abused its discretion in granting summary judgment for defendants despite plaintiff’s motion under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 56(d) to postpone a summary judgment decision so that she could complete further discovery.

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In the early hours of September 8, 2015, in South Bend, Indiana, appellants Ivan Brazier, Derek Fields, and Lindani Mzembe kidnapped, shot, and ruthlessly beat Adrian Harris as he left his home.

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Sherard Martin appeals the district court’s grant of partial summary judgment, Fed. R. Civ. P. 56, on his suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the City of Chicago and several of its police officers for false arrest and unlawful search.

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The question in this case is a simple one: who must cover certain costs arising from an automobile accident involving an employee of Deerfield Construction, Inc.: Deerfield, or its excess insurer, Landmark American Insurance Company?

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Water is vital for both health and sanitation. Dehydration affects practically every life function, including temperature regulation, digestion, brain function, toxin elimination, and oxygen distribution.

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Weekly Case Digests – September 3, 2019 – September 6, 2019

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Marilyn Martin appeals an order of the Dane County Circuit Court denying her motion to reopen a default judgment in this small claims case.

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Maurice Holt appeals a judgment convicting him, following a jury trial, of armed robbery, substantial battery, battery, two counts of felony intimidation of a victim, and two counts of false imprisonment, each as a party to the crime.

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Eric Koula, pro se, appeals a circuit court order that denied Koula’s WIS. STAT. § 974.06 (2017-18)1 motion seeking relief from a judgment of conviction for two counts of first degree intentional homicide.

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