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This is an appeal from an adversary proceeding in a Chapter 11 bankruptcy and concerns a trade creditor’s right to reclaim goods it sold to the debtor on the eve of bankruptcy.

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From 2011 through 2016, Roy Collins was the executive director of the Kankakee Valley Park District (“the Park District”), which is a municipal entity that serves residents of Aroma Park and Kankakee Townships, Illinois.

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Charles Curry brought this action pro se in the district court, alleging that Revolution Laboratories, LLC (“Revolution”), Rev Labs Management, Inc. (“Management”), and Joshua and Barry Nussbaum (collectively the “defendants”) had infringed and diluted his trademark, violated the Illinois Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Practices Act, violated the Illinois Uniform Deceptive Trade Practices Act, engaged in false advertising and cybersquatting, and filed a fraudulent trademark application.

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After Roberto Guzman-Ramirez pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute cocaine, he was sentenced to 72 months’ imprisonment.

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Weekly Case Digests – March 16, 2020 – March 20, 2020

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We review a stipulation filed pursuant to Supreme Court Rule (SCR) 22.12 by the Office of Lawyer Regulation (OLR) and Attorney Robert W. Horsch.

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This is a review of an unpublished decision of the court of appeals, Marathon County v. D.K., No. 2017AP2217, unpublished slip op. (Wis. Ct. App. Aug. 7, 2018), affirming the Winnebago County circuit court's Wis. Stat. ch. 51 orders for involuntary commitment and involuntary medication and treatment.

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A late 1930s Talbot Lago is considered by some one of the most beautiful and innovative cars in the world.

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Jared Spencer appeals a judgment of conviction and circuit court orders that denied Spencer’s motion for sentence modification or resentencing and his motion for reconsideration.

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Raymond and Donna Weihofen appeal an order of the Dane County Circuit Court granting summary judgment in favor of Economy Premier Assurance Company on the issue of whether Economy had a duty to defend the Weihofens against claims brought by Kevin Trost and Jennifer Gagne.

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Justin Kane appeals an order of the Iowa County Circuit Court denying his motion to suppress the results of blood alcohol testing.

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Todd Gronseth appeals a judgment of conviction and an order denying his motion for postconviction relief.

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Michael Williams appeals a judgment of conviction for first-degree reckless homicide as a party to a crime, by use of a dangerous weapon, and felon in possession of a firearm, following a jury trial.

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These consolidated termination of parental rights (TPR) cases concern mother S.J.A. and her minor children, A.K. and L.K. S.J.A. appeals from the circuit court’s order on partial summary judgment declaring her an unfit parent on the ground of abandonment, pursuant to WIS. STAT. § 48.415(1)(a), and from the subsequent orders involuntarily terminating her parental rights.

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D.G. appeals from a dispositional order adjudicating him to be a delinquent child and requiring that he register as a sex offender and from the order denying his postdisposition motion to stay that portion of the dispositional order requiring him to register as a sex offender.

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Peter Demopoulos appeals from an order dismissing his case against Ripon Truck Repair & Equipment LLC following a bench trial.

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Angel Mercado appeals his judgment of conviction for two counts of first-degree sexual assault of a child for having sexual contact with a child under the age of thirteen, and one count of first-degree sexual assault of a child for having sexual intercourse with a child under the age of twelve.

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Thomas Michael Barrett appeals a judgment of conviction, following a jury trial, of one count of possession of a firearm silencer, contrary to WIS. STAT. § 941.298(2) (2017-18).

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Sharon Lambrecht, pro se, appeals a judgment that dismissed her lawsuit against Bruce Remington and his daughter, Teresa Hestekin (collectively “Remington”), discharged a lis pendens recorded by Lambrecht, and awarded $10,000 in attorney fees to Remington pursuant to WIS. STAT. § 100.18 (2017-18).

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Continental Indemnity Company appeals an order denying its motion for summary judgment that sought to dismiss Francis Graef’s personal injury lawsuit.

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William Roberts appeals a postdivorce order granting a motion filed by his former spouse, Andrea Perone, to lift a stay of a sanction the circuit court had previously imposed after finding Roberts in contempt for failing to comply with the terms of the parties’ divorce judgment.

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Ricardo Glover, a Wisconsin inmate, sued prison medical staff and Wisconsin Department of Corrections officials for deliberate indifference and for violating his right to equal protection after they denied him medicine prescribed for post‐surgical erectile dysfunction.

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After Marina Kolchinsky and her mother, Lidia Kolchinsky, were severely injured in a car collision with a tractor-trailer in Illinois, they sued the truck driver and the two companies that contracted with him.

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Donnell Jehan appeals the denial of his second motion to reduce his sentence under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) based on the retroactive application of Amendment 782 to the United States Sentencing Guidelines.

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This case is about the scope of a release in a settlement agreement.

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T-Mobile customers with qualifying plans can participate in a promotional service called “T-Mobile Tuesdays” which offers free items and discounts from various well-known stores.

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Hoping to find an effective way to curb frivolous lawsuits by prisoners, Congress enacted the Prison Litigation Reform Act (“PLRA”) in 1996.

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Intending to transform a failing health club into a mixed-use condominium development, Kevin LeBeau and Brian Bodie obtained a $1,925,000 loan from Amcore Bank in 2004.

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Tremayne Dozier was arrested in 2017 for trafficking methamphetamine in Decatur, Illinois.

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Fifteen years ago, an Illinois jury convicted Phillip Hartsfield of first-degree murder and home invasion.

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