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The City of Kenosha, Wisconsin, hired Comsys to be its information-technology department.

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Anthony Simpkins sued the DuPage Housing Authority and DHA Management, Inc. (collectively, DHA), alleging various violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the Illinois Minimum Wage Law (IMWL), the Illinois Employee Classification Act (IECA), the Illinois Prevailing Wage Act (IPWA), and the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA).

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After a six-day trial, a jury convicted Larry Norton of conspiring to distribute and conspiring to possess with intent to distribute large quantities of heroin and cocaine.

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This federal whistleblower case presents our first review of a decision of the Merit Systems Protection Board since Congress expanded judicial review beyond the Federal Circuit, at least temporarily.

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The University of Illinois fired plaintiff Kevin Carmody from his job as an information technology manager after printed copies of a professor’s privileged emails suspiciously ended up in Carmody’s home newspaper box.

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Anthony Oliver sued his employer, Joint Logistics Managers, Inc., under 42 U.S.C. § 1981, alleging that it discriminated against him when it laid him off and when it hired another applicant to fill an open position.

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In 2012, Bennie Kennedy filed a lawsuit against his longtime employer, Schneider Electric.

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Plaintiff Scott A. Milliman, Sr. is a former McHenry County Sheriff’s Deputy.

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Sentencing judges ordinarily “group” counts of conviction when they involve “substantially the same harm.” U.S.S.G. § 3D1.2. In United States v. Sinclair, 770 F.3d 1148 (7th Cir. 2014), we ruled that when facing a particular combination of counts—the same combination in this case—a judge may not group them.

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Tamara M. Loertscher brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 challenging the constitutionality of 1997 Wisconsin Act 292 (“Act 292” or “the Act”), a legislative measure designed to address the effects of prenatal substance abuse.

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Weekly Case Digests — July 2-July 6, 2018

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When foreign law is relevant to a case instituted in a federal court, and the foreign government whose law is in contention submits an official statement on the meaning and interpretation of its domestic law, may the federal court look beyond that official statement?

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The judgment is affirmed by an equally divided Court. JUSTICE KENNEDY took no part in the decision of this case.

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A Minnesota law provides that “the dissolution or annulment of a marriage revokes any revocable[] beneficiary designation[] made by an individual to the individual’s former spouse.”

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It has been estimated that 24 million voter registrations in the United States—about one in eight—are either invalid or significantly inaccurate.

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This case concerns the tolling rule first stated in American Pipe & Constr. Co. v. Utah, 414 U. S. 538 (1974).

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We review the report of Referee John Nicholas Schweitzer recommending that Attorney Sarah Clemment be declared in default, concluding that Attorney Clemment engaged in professional misconduct, and recommending that she be publicly reprimanded.

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We review, pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 757.91 (2015-16), a Judicial Conduct Panel's findings of fact, conclusions of law, and recommendation for discipline for the Honorable Frank M. Calvert, a court commissioner for the Oconto County Circuit Court.

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Upon conviction of a felony, our statutes provide for imposition of a $250 deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) analysis surcharge on the defendant.

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A jury convicted Anthony R. Pico of sexually assaulting a young girl. Mr. Pico believes there is a reasonable probability that, absent his trial counsel's alleged constitutional ineffectiveness, this conviction would not have occurred.

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McCaskill appeals a circuit court order denying his postconviction motion for a new trial based on newly discovered evidence.

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Scott Wenger appeals a circuit court judgment convicting him of resisting an officer.

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Chris Holland appeals two judgments of conviction that were joined for trial and consolidated for appeal.

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A jury found Daniel Mick guilty of one count of first-degree sexual assault of a child and two counts of causing a child under thirteen to view sexual activity.

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The State of Wisconsin appeals the circuit court’s decision and order granting Jessica Randall’s motion to suppress the results of a blood test.

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James Lumpkin appeals a judgment of conviction and an order denying his postconviction motion.

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Martha Garcia appeals from a $47,995.40 eviction judgment entered following a bench trial. Garcia entered into a five-year commercial lease with Gus Wirth, Jr., in 2013.

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This case is a smaller piece of a larger lawsuit by former teachers and administrators from the Neenah School District (Plaintiffs) who claim damages resulting from the federal tax noncompliance of a retirement plan.

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The State of Wisconsin appeals an order of the circuit court granting John Patrick Wright’s motion to suppress evidence.

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Dylan Swanson appeals a judgment of conviction for three counts of burglary as party to the crime and an order denying his postconviction motion.

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