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The State appeals an order of the trial court granting K.L.G.’s motion to suppress the identification made by Milwaukee Police Officer Kim Lastrilla.

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Nathaniel Mattson appeals a judgment of conviction, entered upon his guilty pleas, to one count of domestic battery and one count of disorderly conduct, and an order denying his postconviction motion for plea withdrawal.

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Lanarius T. Hodges, pro se, appeals an order of the trial court granting Michael L. Chernin’s motion for summary judgment dismissing Hodges’ action against Chernin.

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Liane Wong appeals an order that denied her motion for summary judgment, granted summary judgment in favor of Theodore and Janean Maneage (“the Maneages”), and dismissed Wong’s action with prejudice.

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This is an insurance-coverage dispute between a bank and its insurer.

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In 1998, a federal jury convicted Jerry Jones of two car jackings, an armed bank robbery, and using firearms during those crimes of violence.

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In 2009 Ricardo and Debora Gomez stopped paying their debt on a credit card issued by Bank of America.

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Alfred L. Cross pled guilty to five counts of bank fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1344(1).

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In August 2015 David Gill launched his fifth congressional campaign.

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Kevin Schaul pleaded guilty to five counts of health care fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1347.

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J&A Series I, LLC, Series C (“J&A Series”), J&A Investment Group, LLC (“J&A Investment”), and Adam Ackerman (collectively “J&A Parties”) appeal from the district court’s dismissal of the petition they filed under 735 ILCS 5/2-1401.

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Fred Cartwright sued his former employer asserting claims of discrimination based on his race, sex, and age.

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Former residents of the West Calumet Housing Complex sued nine industrial manufacturing companies in Indiana state court.

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Arron Murphy, a former Illinois prisoner, appeals the district court’s entry of summary judgment in favor of the defendants in his suit asserting their deliberate indifference to his dental infection.

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Darrius Washington was charged with unlawfully possessing a firearm as a felon after police officers saw him toss a gun into a residential yard.

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David Knott, an employee of Wisconsin wellness retail store Timothy B. O’Brien, LLC (“Apple Wellness”), left the company and started a similar, competing wellness shop.

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Bradley LeDure, a conductor for Union Pacific Railroad Company, slipped and fell while preparing a locomotive for departure.

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Does an air freshener hanging from a rearview mirror obstruct the driver’s clear view?

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Elijah Reid, an inmate in the Illinois prison system, brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against a correctional officer.

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Franco Damian Ferreyra, a citizen of Argentina, seeks review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals mandating his removal from the United States.

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Two churches contend, in this suit under 42 U.S.C. §1983, that an executive order limiting the size of public assemblies (including religious services) to ten persons violates their rights under the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment, applied to the states by the Fourteenth Amendment.

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David L. Shanks, Jr. did not attend his trial for drug-distribution offenses, for which a jury found him guilty and the district court entered a judgment of conviction.

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Aishef Shaffer, while an Illinois state inmate, sued prison officials for alleged violations of his constitutional rights.

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Weekly Case Digests – August 3, 2020 – August 7, 2020

To help staunch a “flood of nonmeritorious” prisoner litigation, the Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PLRA) established what has become known as the three-strikes rule.

We review Referee John B. Murphy's recommendation that Attorney Stanley Whitmore Davis be declared in default and his license to practice law in Wisconsin suspended for one year for professional misconduct.

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Quick Charge Kiosk LLC is the commercial owner of kiosks that enable customers to pay for an opportunity to win (or lose) money through a video game based on chance.

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The petitioner, Milton Eugene Warren, seeks review of an unpublished order of the court of appeals denying his petition for habeas corpus.

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Michael Statler appeals judgments of conviction of the Rock County Circuit Court for eight counts of armed robbery as a party to a crime.

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Jerry Anderson, pro se, appeals a circuit court order denying his motions for postconviction relief.

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