Immigration – Naturalization Denied
Five years after entering the United States, ostensibly as the unmarried son of a lawful permanent resident, Laith Bijan applied to become a naturalized citizen.
Abuse of Discretion – 6th Amendment Violation
A litigant in a civil case has neither a statutory nor a constitutional right to counsel.
Unemployment Benefits – Collective Bargaining Agreement
For more than half a century, Caterpillar Inc. paid unemployment benefits to laid-off employees at its manufacturing plant in Joliet, Illinois.
ALJ Error – Disability
George Plessinger applied for disability insurance benefits under the Social Security Act based on his chronic back pain.
Weekly Case Digests — September 10 – September 14, 2018
Weekly Case Digests — September 10 - September 14, 2018
Postconviction Motion Denied – Sentencing
Altherelle Robbins appeals from a judgment convicting him of first-degree recklessly endangering safety and possessing cocaine with intent to deliver and from an order denying his postconviction motion seeking resentencing.
Sufficiency of Evidence
Laymon Quendell Price appeals a judgment of conviction entered after a jury found him guilty of three counts of kidnapping by use of a dangerous weapon and five counts of first-degree sexual assault.
Abuse of Discretion – Postconviction Relief
Mark Malm appeals a judgment of conviction and an order denying his motion for postconviction relief.
OWI – Unlawful-stop Claim
Erik J. Wille appeals his conviction for operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicant (OWI) and operating a motor vehicle with a prohibited alcohol concentration (PAC).
Court Error – Abuse of Discretion
DeWayne Knight appeals pro se from a circuit court order denying his WIS. STAT. § 974.06 (2015-16) motion without a hearing.
Sufficiency of Evidence
This is an appeal of a judgment in a garnishment action brought by Carol and Terrance Beck.
Legal News
- Wisconsin DNR agrees to repeal anti-firearm rule
- Harris kicks off campaign for president with a rally in Wisconsin
- Wisconsin leads 26 governors to strengthen state and tribal child support enforcement act
- Wisconsin man charged with fleeing to Ireland to avoid prison term for Capitol riot role
- Wisconsin Supreme Court reveals September oral arguments calendar
- New Jersey man sentenced for series of violent assaults on members of the Orthodox Jewish Community
- 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
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