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This appeal is one of two we decide today regarding the market for commercial fire‐alarm services in Chicago’s suburbs.

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Weekly Case Digests – August 5, 2019 – August 9, 2019

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In this case, we return to a topic that we have addressed twice in recent years: the circumstances under which a police officer may administer a warrantless blood alcohol concentration (BAC) test to a motorist who appears to have been driving under the influence of alcohol.

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The Secretary of Commerce decided to reinstate a question about citizenship on the 2020 census questionnaire.

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Voters and other plaintiffs in North Carolina and Maryland filed suits challenging their States’ congressional districting maps as unconstitutional partisan gerrymanders.

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Respondent Andre Haymond was convicted of possessing child pornography, a crime that carries a prison term of zero to 10 years.

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Petitioner James Kisor, a Vietnam War veteran, first sought disability benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in 1982, alleging that he had developed post-traumatic stress disorder from his military service.

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The State of Tennessee imposes demanding durational residency requirements on all individuals and businesses seeking to obtain or renew a license to operate a liquor store.

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In our constitutional order, a vague law is no law at all. Only the people’s elected representatives in Congress have the power to write new federal criminal laws.

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Congress has instructed that the disclosure requirements of the Freedom of Information Act do “not apply” to “confidential” private-sector “commercial or financial information” in the government’s possession.

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Two Terms ago, in Matal v. Tam, 582 U. S. ___ (2017), this Court invalidated the Lanham Act’s bar on the registration of “disparag[ing]” trademarks. 15 U. S. C. §1052(a).

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By granting federal courts jurisdiction over maritime and admiralty cases, the Constitution implicitly directs federal courts sitting in admiralty to proceed “in the manner of a common law court.”

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This case addresses whether a circuit court order denying a request to compel arbitration and stay a pending lawsuit is final for the purposes of appeal.

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Enbridge Energy Company operates an interstate pipeline transporting liquid petroleum.

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This is an original action brought by Kristi Koschkee et al., two licensed teachers and two school board members, against Superintendent of Public Instruction (SPI) Carolyn Stanford Taylor and the Department of Public Instruction (DPI).

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J.M.J. appeals a circuit court order terminating her parental rights to her child, Alexa.

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Sophea Mouth appeals a judgment convicting him of second degree intentional homicide and attempted second degree intentional homicide.

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This case arises from a foreclosure action filed by Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB against Alisha and William Ayres.

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Marwan Mahajni appeals a judgment convicting him of kidnapping and second degree sexual assault following a jury trial, as well as a subsequent order denying a post-conviction motion for a new trial without holding an evidentiary hearing.

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Eric M. Trinrud appeals from a judgment convicting him of operating a motor vehicle with a prohibited alcohol concentration (fourth offense) on his no contest plea.

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John Childress appeals from a judgment convicting him of repeated sexual assault of a child and from the order denying his motion for postconviction relief.

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Poblocki Holdings, LLC, et al. (Poblocki) appeal from an order granting summary judgment to David J. Drury, et al. (Drury).

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The constitution limits the power of the state to take someone’s property.

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Dominique M. Anwar appeals from a judgment of conviction for child neglect.

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Marcus Crumble appeals an order of the circuit court denying him any portion of his son’s estate.

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Brian Wiemeri appeals a divorce judgment that terminated his marriage to Stacy Wiemeri.

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Keystone Insights appeals an order of the circuit court granting summary judgment in favor of Benjamin DeBruin.

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Terry Lynn Pundsack appeals the judgment of conviction, entered on a jury verdict, finding him guilty of substantial battery, with intent to cause bodily harm.

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Woodman’s Food Market appeals an order denying its motions after verdict and entering judgment based on a jury’s verdict finding that it was liable for injuries sustained by Jose Correa when he slipped and fell inside of one of its stores.

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The Pension Board of the Employees’ Retirement System of the County of Milwaukee (Board) appeals the trial court’s order reversing the Board’s decision to uphold the Board’s prior revocation of former County employee Dennis Dietscher’s pension benefits.

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