Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Corey Benson, pro se, appeals from judgments, entered upon a jury’s verdicts, convicting him on one count of child abuse, one count of child neglect, one count of first-degree intentional homicide, and two counts of felony bail jumping.
Prisoner – Due Process Violation
This appeal presents issues stemming from a prison’s discipline of a prisoner and his later suicide attempts.
Qualified Immunity
One afternoon in 2014, three Chicago police officers stopped three black men in a grey sedan to investigate a nearby shooting that had happened a few hours earlier.
Order Correcting Opinion
The opinion issued in the above-entitled case on June 12, 2019, is hereby amended as follows...
6th Amendment Violation
A federal grand jury indicted defendants Julian Thomas and James Thompson for robbing a bank.
Trademark Infringement
SportFuel appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment for Gatorade and its parent company, PepsiCo.
Prisoner – 8th Amendment Violation
Jeffrey Leiser was an inmate at the Wisconsin Stanley Correctional Institution where Sergeant Karen Kloth was employed.
Prisoner – Child Support Arrears
Paul Nigl, pro se, appeals an order denying a motion, based upon his ongoing incarceration, to reduce the balance of his child support arrears, eliminate the accrued interest on those arrears, and modify his $5 weekly arrearage payment.
Due Process Violation
This class action suit challenges the red light camera program of the Village of Lakemoor, Illinois.
Sentencing Guidelines
Richard Kraemer pleaded guilty to one count of possession of child pornography, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2252(a)(4)(B).
Consolidated Appeal
The complex background of these consolidated appeals burrows through over a decade of litigation.
ALJ Error – Disability Benefits
Tara Crump applied for disability benefits based on numerous mental health impairments, including bipolar disorder and polysubstance abuse disorder.
Legal News
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- Secret Service head resigns as Congress formally investigates
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- Outside the RNC, small Milwaukee businesses and their regulars tried to salvage a sluggish week
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- 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