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Attorney Kathleen Anna Wagner has appealed a report filed by Referee James C. Boll, concluding that Attorney Wagner committed two counts of professional misconduct and recommending that she be privately reprimanded.

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A police officer arrested Jessica M. Randall for operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicant.

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Hanning Regency LLC asserts that the Town of Brookfield Board of Review improperly disregarded the statutory standard for real property valuations when it sustained an assessor’s valuations that were nearly twice the amount of a recent arm’s-length purchase of two properties.

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Karen Rosneck appeals a circuit court order affirming a decision by the Labor and Industry Review Commission (LIRC) which dismissed Rosneck’s employment discrimination complaint in favor of her employer, the University of Wisconsin-Madison General Library System (UW).

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David Gutierrez appeals from his conviction for three counts of first-degree sexual assault of a child under the age of thirteen, three counts of incest with a child by a stepparent, and three counts of child enticement.

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Asmar M. Young entered pleas to four crimes committed over five days.

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Christopher Bunten appeals a judgment convicting him of second-degree sexual assault of an intoxicated person incapable of giving consent.

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Eric Woller appeals from a judgment of conviction for two counts of third-degree sexual assault, and an order denying postconviction relief.

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Anthony Gagliano & Co., Inc. (“Gagliano Co.”) appeals an order of the trial court denying its postverdict motions and entering judgment in favor of Robert Kraft and New Electronic Printing Systems, LLC (“New EPS”).

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John Doe, a native and citizen of Iran, obtained an immigrant visa through an employment based visa program for investors, and, in due course, he successfully applied to adjust his status to that of a conditional permanent resident.

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Francisco Lopez Gamero, a Mexican citizen and lawful permanent resident of the United States, faces removal because of two state drug convictions.

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Izabela Gawron is a citizen of Poland, but she has lived in the United States for the last 17 years.

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In this appeal, Valerie Flores challenges one condition of her supervised release as unconstitutionally vague.

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Accidents unfortunately happen on business premises with some regularity.

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Emmis Communications Corporation bought two insurance policies, each from a different provider.

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Plaintiff‐appellant George Kiebala appeals from the dismissal of his complaint against defendant‐appellee Derek Boris.

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The jury deciding Kent Morgan’s fate had no trouble concluding that he had possessed the 86.5 grams of methamphetamine that he conceded he tossed over the heads of inquisitive law enforcement officers in the Peoria airport on January 7, 2016.

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Weekly Case Digests – July 15, 2019 – July 19, 2019

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In Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U. S. 79 (1986), this Court ruled that a State may not discriminate on the basis of race when exercising peremptory challenges against prospective jurors in a criminal trial.

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This case is about the limits of a State’s power to tax a trust.

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A federal statute, 18 U. S. C. §922(g), provides that “[i]t shall be unlawful” for certain individuals to possess firearms.

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The Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment states that “private property [shall not] be taken for public use, without just compensation.”

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The nondelegation doctrine bars Congress from transferring its legislative power to another branch of Government.

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Petitioner Edward McDonough alleges that respondent Youel Smith fabricated evidence and used it to pursue criminal charges against him.

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Since 1925, the Bladensburg Peace Cross (Cross) has stood as a tribute to 49 area soldiers who gave their lives in the First World War.

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This case concerns two federal statutes, the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (Telephone Act) and the Administrative Orders Review Act (Hobbs Act).

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New York state law requires cable operators to set aside channels on their cable systems for public access.

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Virginia Uranium, Inc., wants to mine raw uranium ore from a site near Coles Hill, Virginia, but Virginia law flatly prohibits uranium mining in the Commonwealth.

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We consider in this case whether to overrule a longstanding interpretation of the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment.

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The Court resolves in this opinion a question of standing to appeal.

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