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Plaintiffs-appellants purchased land near a former General Electric Company manufacturing plant that had operated for sixty years; the plant leached toxic chemicals that seeped into the groundwater.

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Weekly Case Digests – April 1, 2019 – April 5, 2019

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Edward Branson appeals a judgment convicting him of possession with intent to deliver methamphetamine.

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The Eighth Amendment, this Court has held, prohibits the execution of a prisoner whose mental illness prevents him from “rational[ly] understanding” why the State seeks to impose that punishment.

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In Roe v. Flores-Ortega, 528 U. S. 470 (2000), this Court held that when an attorney’s deficient performance costs a defendant an appeal that the defendant would have otherwise pursued, prejudice to the defendant should be presumed “with no further showing from the defendant of the merits of his underlying claims.”

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The International Organizations Immunities Act of 1945 grants international organizations such as the World Bank and the World Health Organization the “same immunity from suit . . . as is enjoyed by foreign governments.”

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To take an immediate appeal from a federal district court’s order granting or denying class certification, a party must first seek permission from the relevant court of appeals “within 14 days after the order is entered.”

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The petition in this case presents the following question: May a federal court count the vote of a judge who dies before the decision is issued?

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In this duty to defend case, West Bend Mutual Insurance Company asks us to reverse the court of appeals' decision holding that the allegations in Abbott Laboratories' complaint against Ixthus Medical Supply, Inc. alleged a potentially covered advertising injury, and as a result, triggered West Bend's duty to defend under the commercial general liability policy West Bend issued to Ixthus.

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We review the report of the referee, Attorney John Nicholas Schweitzer, recommending that the court suspend the Wisconsin law license of Attorney Melinda Alfredson for 90 days and order her to pay the full costs of this disciplinary proceeding.

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We review a report filed by Referee Dennis J. Flynn recommending that the court reinstate the license of Robert T. Malloy to practice law in Wisconsin with certain conditions.

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B.P. and T.F. appeal partial summary judgment orders finding that grounds exist to terminate their parental rights.

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Christopher P. Bray appeals from a judgment of conviction for operating while intoxicated (OWI), first offense, contrary to WIS. STAT. § 346.63(1)(a).

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This small claims case involves a dispute over a service dog formerly owned by Capable Canines of Wisconsin and fostered by Aubrey Greene. Greene, who ultimately kept the dog, appeals a judgment of the circuit court awarding Capable Canines its request for $5,000 in damages.

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Lepke Holdings and Bill Lepke Trucking LLC (collectively, Lepke) appeal an order of the circuit court granting summary judgment in favor of Greg Bakkestuen, David Winchell, and Brian Jensen (collectively, the drivers).

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Charles Rayford received housing assistance benefits through a federal program administered by the Community Development Authority of the City of Madison (CDA).

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R.T.H. appeals from an order for involuntary commitment pursuant to WIS. STAT. ch. 51.

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J.P. Michaels, LLC, appeals from the circuit court’s order denying its motion for reconsideration.

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On August 25, 2009, James M. Pulkkila committed to keeping a $250,000 life insurance policy in full force naming his children as “sole and irrevocable primary beneficiaries” until the children reached adulthood as part of a marital settlement agreement (MSA).

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Tamara Vallier appeals an order of the circuit court, affirming a decision of the Labor and Industry Review Commission (LIRC), finding that Vallier is not entitled to worker’s compensation benefits.

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Deshawn J. Driver appeals a judgment of conviction for armed robbery and an order denying his postconviction motion.

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Calvin Lee Brown appeals a judgment of conviction, entered upon guilty pleas, to one count of possession of heroin with intent to deliver and one count of human trafficking.

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Unquail T. Kennedy appeals a judgment of conviction entered after a jury found him guilty of one count of first-degree reckless homicide while using a dangerous weapon as a party to a crime and one count of possessing a firearm as a person previously adjudicated delinquent for a felonious act.

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Donna Daniels appeals a judgment of conviction, entered following her no-contest plea, for theft by an employee in a business setting.

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Mao Xiong appeals from an order denying his motion to vacate a restitution order entered five years after his judgment of conviction.

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C.M.L. appeals an order for his involuntary WIS. STAT. ch. 51 commitment.

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Arthur Woller appeals an order granting a domestic abuse injunction prohibiting him from, among other things, contacting his wife, Deanna, and from possessing a firearm until the injunction’s expiration on September 6, 2021.

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Hermann Göring, head of the Luftwaffe in World War II, remarked: “When I saw those Mustangs over Berlin, I knew that the war was lost.”

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Blake Lee Harrison was cited for operating a motor vehicle with a detectable amount of a restricted controlled substance in his blood, contrary to WIS. STAT. § 346.63(1)(am).

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This is another in a series of pro se postconviction motions filed by Ronnel Fitzgerald.

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