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This case involves the siting of a cell tower in the middle of a rural area in the Town of Cedarburg.

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BMO Harris Bank National Association (BMO) appeals from an order awarding compensatory damages ($239,249), punitive damages ($478,498), and attorney’s fees ($113,940) to Mohns Inc. arising out of BMO’s conduct in relation to a construction loan for a condominium project for which Mohns served as the general contractor.

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This case concerns whether frustration of purpose relieved a party of duties under a contract (as the circuit court held), and whether stipulated damages in that contract were an unreasonable and unenforceable penalty.

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Pranke Holding, LLC (Pranke Holding) appeals an order of the trial court dismissing its claim against the State of Wisconsin Department of Transportation (DOT).

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Kenneth K. Gordon appeals his judgments of conviction for endangering safety by using a dangerous weapon and felony intimidation of a witness.

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Jerry Slack, Jr., appeals from a judgment convicting him of armed robbery and an order denying his postconviction motion.

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Johnalee A. Kawalec was a power of attorney for a former family member with whom she later held a joint bank account.

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Gregory C. Mallett, pro se, appeals from an order of the circuit court that reviewed a decision of the Labor and Industry Review Commission (LIRC).

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David B. Munzinger appeals an order of the circuit court dismissing his appeal of a judgment rendered by the Milwaukee Municipal Court which found him guilty of operating while under the influence of an intoxicant (OWI).

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Larry Reed, Jr., appeals from a judgment, entered upon a jury’s verdicts, convicting him on one count of arson and one count of first-degree recklessly endangering safety.

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Adam Anderson appeals both a judgment convicting him of resisting an officer and an order denying his motion for postconviction relief.

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Jovan Mull was convicted of first-degree reckless homicide after a jury trial.

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Millard Reno Bandy, Sr., appeals the circuit court judgment convicting him of three counts of knowingly violating a domestic abuse injunction and one count of battery to an injunction petitioner.

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This appeal is the latest installment in a longstanding intrafamilial dispute between Jay Link; Jay’s brother, Troy Link; and their father, John (Jack) Link.

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Glenn Lewellen, a dirty cop with the Chicago Police Department (CPD), arrested Refugio RuizCortez for possessing cocaine.

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Seventeen years after Eleazar Corral Valenzuela (Corral) was convicted of aggravated criminal sexual abuse of a minor family member in Illinois state court, the United States filed a civil complaint to revoke his naturalized citizenship and cancel his certificate of naturalization.

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Nowhere does the Constitution’s promise of due process mean more than in a criminal trial.

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Delrico Nelson appeals the revocation of his supervised release and ensuing 60‐month prison sentence.

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We focus here on an issue involving a well‐known figure in Social Security cases: the vocational expert.

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While on supervised release for failing to register as a sex offender, Rod Hunt robbed a bank in Madison, Wisconsin.

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Joseph Williams pleaded guilty to possessing a gun as a felon, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), and possessing cocaine with intent to distribute, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1).

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James Graham, Jr., sued Arctic Zone Iceplex, his former employer, for discrimination.

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A Wisconsin trial court denied Andrew L. Jackson’s request to represent himself at trial, and Jackson later pleaded guilty.

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Juana Hernandez-Garcia is a citizen of Guatemala. She and two of her children, Brian and Yeniser Morales-Hernandez, entered the United States without proper documentation on August 29, 2015.

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Weekly Case Digests – August 5, 2019 – August 9, 2019

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Craig Miller appeals a judgment of conviction and an order denying postconviction relief entered by the Dane County Circuit Court.

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Following a jury trial, Leonel Ortiz was convicted of child abuse involving his then seven-year-old child.

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S.S.K. appeals from an order terminating her parental rights to A.L.S., arguing that the circuit court erred by relying solely on her admission to the allegations against her in the termination of parental rights (TPR) petition at the grounds phase.

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Carolyn Ann Bacovsky appeals from an order granting summary judgment to Sarah J. Fetzer, Lamar Paul Leitzke, Cheryl Marquardt, and Menomonee River Condominium Association, Inc. (MRCA).

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Emma Seymour petitioned for leave to appeal a nonfinal order denying her motion for reconsideration of an order denying earlier motions to suppress her unMirandized confessional statements to police and evidence seized in a search.

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