Court Error – Ordinance Compliance
Teresa Anderson, pro se, appeals an order compelling her compliance with Shawano County’s Health, Junk and Environmental Hazard Ordinance No. 7-09.
Claim Preclusion – Fair Value and Corporate Misappropriation Claim
This appeal is the latest installment in a longstanding intrafamilial dispute between Jay Link; Jay’s brother, Troy Link; and their father, John (Jack) Link.
Estate – Attorney Fees
Faith Ann Lowell, pro se, appeals the judgment closing the probate estate of her mother, Faith Miriam Lowell.
Jury Instructions – Other-acts Evidence
Jeffrey D. Lee appeals a judgment of conviction, following a jury trial, for first-degree sexual assault of a child under the age of twelve.
Court Error – Abuse of discretion
A state can speak in litigation only through its agents and may select its agents without the interference of the federal courts.
Sentencing Guidelines – Resentencing
After Brandon Shoffner was convicted of unlawful possession of a firearm, he successfully appealed to this court his sentence of 84 months’ imprisonment, a sentence below the applicable Sentencing Guidelines range.
Abuse of Discretion – Judgment
Gary Williky appeals a judgment in favor of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) that followed a bifurcated settlement agreement regarding Williky’s fraudulent conduct while working for the Indiana based company Imperial Petroleum, Inc. (“Imperial”).
FDCPA Violation
Capital Management Services, L.P. (CMS) is a debt collector, and therefore regularly sends out dunning letters to debtors hoping to collect past-due debts.
Judgment – Breach of Contract
In June 2013, a storm passed over Villas at Winding Ridge (“Winding Ridge”), a condominium complex located in Indiana, causing some minor damage from hail.
Lanham Act – Attorney Fees
Defendants appeal the denial of their request for Lanham Act attorney fees following the plaintiff’s voluntary dismissal of its trademark infringement suit.
Sentencing Guidelines
Arthur Robinson pleaded guilty to unlawfully possessing a firearm.
Due Process Violation
Tolstoy said that every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way, and that observation rings true here.
Legal News
- Milwaukee County District Attorney, UWM police address Jewish threats
- With GOP convention over, Milwaukee weighs the benefits of hosting political rivals
- Secret Service head resigns as Congress formally investigates
- Milwaukee Police Department issues statement regarding video release policy
- GOP convention sets the stage for the Democratic convention in Chicago, activists and police say
- Survey: Harris has enough delegates to be nominee
- Outside the RNC, small Milwaukee businesses and their regulars tried to salvage a sluggish week
- Biden called to resign immediately after the president announces he won’t seek reelection
- Biden drops out of 2024 presidential race, endorses Harris
- Local PA cops allegedly thought Trump’s would-be assassin was Secret Service
- Biden-Lead Secret Service admits agency denied past requests by Trump’s campaign for tighter security
- Class action filed against Walgreens
Case Digests
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel; Double Jeopardy; Sentencing
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel; Sexual Assault-Prosecutorial Misconduct
- Contract-Negligence
- Criminal Law; Juvenile Law; Discovery
- Family Law; Child Support; Property Division First paragraph(s)
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel- Exclusion of Evidence of Witness Bias
- Postconviction Relief-Sentencing-Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
- 14th Amendment – Due Process
- Criminal-Sentencing Guidelines – Enhancement
- Bankruptcy-Tax
- Civil Rights – 14th Amendment-Jury Instructions
- Contract; Foreclosure and Property