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Michael Exhavier Dunn appeals from his judgment of conviction, entered upon a jury’s verdict, for robbery with the use of force as a party to a crime.

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Elmer Kakwitch appeals a judgment, entered upon a jury’s verdicts, convicting him of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated (“OWI”), as a fourth offense, and obstructing an officer.

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M.D. Fisher appeals a judgment convicting him of attempted first-degree intentional homicide with use of a dangerous weapon, attempted armed robbery, first-degree reckless injury with use of a dangerous weapon, and unlawfully possessing a firearm as a previously convicted felon.

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Marion Latrell Crawford appeals judgments convicting him of two counts of pimping/pandering, one count of third-degree sexual assault, and one count of delivery of heroin.

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Gerald J. Vanderhoef appeals the judgment of conviction, following a no contest plea, of one count of operating while intoxicated (OWI), as a sixth offense.

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Plaintiff Johnny Webber was cut‐ ting down a tree on defendant Roger Butner’s property when a branch fell and hit Webber on the head, causing severe injuries.

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James Pennewell is a Wisconsin state prisoner who became legally blind while incarcerated.

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In 1995, George R. Sotelo was convicted of three counts of mailing extortionate communications, 18 U.S.C. § 876(b), and three counts of mailing threatening communications, 18 U.S.C. § 876(c) 1 .

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In 2013 Monik Chlad and her husband, Eric Vehovc, filed a joint petition under Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code seeking to discharge about $5 million of debt.

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Marcus Durham is seeking to appeal from the district court’s order revoking his supervised release and imposing a sentence of an additional 30 months in prison.

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In 1963 the Supreme Court announced that the prosecution team has a duty under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to turn over material, exculpatory evidence to criminal defendants.

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The Board of Forensic Document Examiners brought a defamation action alleging reputational harm from an article published in an American Bar Association law journal.

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The Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, 25 U.S.C. §§ 2701–21, establishes a framework under which tribes may conduct gambling on land held in trust for their use.

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Pearl Carter moved to voluntarily dismiss the complaint that she had filed against Michael Morelli, Jeffrey Henderson, and the City of Alton.

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Linno Llenos died engaging in an act known as autoerotic asphyxiation.

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Mehdi Abdollahzadeh opened a credit-card account with MBNA America Bank in 1998 and used it to make various personal, family, and household purchases.

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Mexico asked the United States to extradite appellant Rodolfo Deiby Burgos Noeller for the 2015 murder of Rosa Lorena Jacobo Carrillo in Mexico City.

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Weekly Case Digests – May 27, 2019 – May 31, 2019

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The Federal Arbitration Act requires courts to enforce covered arbitration agreements according to their terms. See 9 U. S. C. §2. In Stolt-Nielsen S. A. v. AnimalFeeds Int’l Corp., 559 U. S. 662 (2010), we held that a court may not compel arbitration on a classwide basis when an agreement is “silent” on the availability of such arbitration.

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The petitioner, Maple Grove Country Club, Inc., seeks review of an unpublished, per curiam decision of the court of appeals affirming the circuit court's order that dismissed the Country Club's inverse condemnation claim against Maple Grove Estates Sanitary District.

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Beau Ellenbecker appeals a circuit court order filed on August 16, 2018 (“the August 16 order”), denying his motion to reopen this small claims action or to reconsider the court’s grant of a June 19, 2018 writ of replevin and default judgment in favor of Ashley Thompson (“the June 19 judgment”).

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David Curtis and Maurice Goodwin (whom I will sometimes refer to collectively as “the tenants”) appeal a money judgment entered by the Dane County Circuit Court in favor of their former landlord, Butler Plaza, LLC.

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In this small claims action, landlord Ray Peterson appeals the circuit court’s award of a money judgment to tenant Julie Chuilli.

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Derrick Brown, pro se, appeals a circuit court order that affirmed a prison disciplinary decision.

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Michael A. and Kathryn L. Hecker appeal from a judgment of foreclosure entered in favor of Deutsche Bank Trust Company (the Bank).

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Mose Coffee appeals from judgments of conviction for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated (OWI), second offense, and possession of THC with intent to deliver.

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Eric D. Conner, pro se, appeals a judgment convicting him after a jury trial of one count of second-degree sexual assault of one child and three counts of third-degree sexual assault of another child.

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Valaria Brooks appeals pro se from an order for a foreclosure judgment and a money judgment in favor of Kilbourn Woods Homeowners Association, Inc. (“the Association”).

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Carrie Donahue appeals from judgments convicting her of being party to the crime of causing mental harm to a child, false imprisonment, child abuse and child neglect.

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We accepted the interlocutory appeal of Kathryn Kershaw and The Lord’s Highlands, Inc., to determine if the circuit court erred in ordering, after a trial to the court, that the two properties at issue in this case be sold to a third party.

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