FCRA Claim – Subject-matter Jurisdiction
In 2009 Allstate Insurance Company launched an internal investigation into suspicious trading on its equity desk.
Ordinance Interpretation – Jurisdiction
An organization known as Keep Chicago Livable and six individuals challenge the constitutionality of Chicago’s Shared Housing Ordinance.
Weekly Case Digests – February 11, 2019 – February 15, 2019
Weekly Case Digests – February 11, 2019 – February 15, 2019
Termination of Parental Rights
C.H.B. appeals the circuit court’s orders terminating his parental rights to his three children pursuant to WIS. STAT. § 48.415(4) on the petition of S.M.G., C.H.B.’s ex-spouse and the children’s mother. C.H.B. makes a single argument, which is a facial challenge to the constitutionality of § 48.415(4). Section 48.415(4) allows the termination of parental rights based on the continuing den[...]
Governmental Immunity
Danielle Jackson, a former inmate at the Robert E. Ellsworth Correctional Center, a state correctional facility, was working as a cook in the kitchen of the facility on March 4, 2014, when Kettle Number One tipped, spilling boiling water on her and causing her significant burn injuries.
Plea Withdrawal – Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Samantha H. Savage-Filo appeals from a judgment of conviction for misdemeanor theft and from an order denying her postconviction motion, which sought to withdraw her plea as not knowing, intelligent, and voluntary due to her trial counsel’s ineffective assistance.
Statutory Interpretation – Federal Arbitration Act
Under the Federal Arbitration Act, parties to a contract may agree that an arbitrator rather than a court will resolve disputes arising out of the contract.
Habeas Corpus
The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit held that respondent Danny Hill, who has been sentenced to death in Ohio, is entitled to habeas relief under 28 U. S. C. §2254(d)(1) because the decisions of the Ohio courts concluding that he is not intellectually disabled were contrary to Supreme Court precedent that was clearly established at the time in question.
Statutory Interpretation – Social Security Benefit Fees
Federal law regulates the fees that attorneys may charge Social Security claimants for representation before the Social Security Administration and a reviewing court.
Qualified Immunity
The question in this qualified immunity case is whether two police officers violated clearly established law when they forcibly apprehended a man at the scene of a reported domestic violence incident.
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel – Court Error – DNA Testing
Roy A. Whitelow appeals from a judgment of conviction entered after a jury found him guilty of first-degree reckless homicide and from an order denying his postconviction motion for a new trial.
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