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In January 2007, a jury convicted David McAlister, Sr. ("McAlister") of attempted armed robbery (threat of force), armed robbery (threat of force) and possession of a firearm by a felon for crimes that occurred in late 2004.

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Michael J. Popple appeals a judgment that convicted him of a second or subsequent offense of manufacturing 1000-2500 grams of THC.

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Jeffrey Borchert appeals a circuit court order directing that he pay child support to Heather Becker.

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This is a tort action arising from a mass casualty shooting at a salon in Brookfield, Wisconsin.

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Sara J. Scace appeals from an order of the circuit court directing that the last name of Scace’s child be changed to Scace-Schulte.

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Many employees of Milwaukee County have the right to pension benefits through the Employees’ Retirement System of the County of Milwaukee (ERS), which is overseen by a Pension Board.

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Maple Grove Country Club, Inc., appeals a non-final order dismissing its statutory claim of inverse condemnation.

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County of Fond du Lac appeals from the circuit court’s dismissal of its case against William A. Tavs, asserting the court lacked the authority to dismiss the case.

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Ricardo A. Adame appeals from his judgment of conviction for operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicant and with a prohibited alcohol concentration.

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Jacqueline M. Datka appeals from a judgment of conviction for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated (OWI) with a passenger under sixteen years of age and challenges the denial of her motion to suppress.

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S.S. appeals from the orders terminating her parental rights to L.F. and G.F. and the orders denying her postdisposition motion.

Shawn Brown appeals a judgment convicting him of possession of methamphetamine and an order denying his postconviction motion.

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The Town of Lincoln appeals a grant of summary judgment in favor of the City of Whitehall concerning a grassroots annexation procedure known as “direct annexation by unanimous approval.”

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William Craig appeals from a protective order, granted under WIS. STAT. § 971.23(6) (2015-16), pertaining to the recorded interview of a child victim.

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Cheneye Leshia Edwards appeals from a judgment of conviction and an order denying his motion for expunction.

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Larry L. Garner appeals from a judgment of conviction for two counts of armed robbery, party to a crime (PTAC), and one count of felony murder.

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In these consolidated appeals, Michael A. Farrell, pro se, appeals from a trial court order denying his WIS. STAT. § 974.06 (2015-16) motion for postconviction relief.

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Jamie Hielkema was injured when she fell from a second-story doorway.

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Daniel Jackson spent time in custody on a wrongful murder conviction. He sued Shawn Curry and Keith McDaniel, the police officers who interrogated him, for coercing his confession.

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This appeal is from the grant of a preliminary injunction in favor of the City of Chicago (the “City”) and against Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III, the Attorney General of the United States, enjoining the enforcement of two conditions imposed upon recipients of the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program (the “Byrne JAG program”).

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On March 24, 2016, the Governor of Indiana signed into law House Enrolled Act No. 1337 (HEA 1337), which created new provisions and amended others that regulate abortion procedures within Indiana.

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From September 2015 until his arrest in February 2016, Scott Redman posed as a psychiatrist at a Chicago medical clinic using the name and license number of Dr. Julian Lopez Garcia.

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University Park hired Lafayette Linear as its Village Manager under a four-year contract that ran through May 2015, concurrent with the term of the Village’s Mayor.

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The College of DuPage is a two-year community college in Glen Ellyn, Illinois. In 2008 the Board of Trustees of Community College District No. 502, which operates the College, hired Robert L. Breuder as the College’s president.

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A grand jury charged Olayinka Sunmola with an eight-count indictment in relation to an online dating scheme.

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7th Circuit Digests 7th Circuit Court of Appeals Case Name: Jill Otis v. Kayla J. Demarasse, et al. Case No.: 16-1875 Officials: Focus: Order Correcting Opinion The opinion issued in this case on April 2, 2018, is amended as follows: ...

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Attorney Richard W. Steffes has filed a petition for consensual license revocation pursuant to SCR 22.19.1

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We review a report and recommendation of Referee James J. Winiarski approving a stipulation filed by the Office of Lawyer Regulation (OLR) and Attorney Karene S. Marchan.

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Gerrod Bell says he is entitled to a new trial because the first one, which resulted in convictions for the sexual assault of two victims, was unfair——a violation of his due process rights.

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David and Patricia Everson appeal the judgment awarding $5,350.23 to Backwoods Construction, LLC.

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