Wisconsin Law Journal – WI Legal News & Resources Wisconsin Legal News & Resources

This matter arises from the administration of two trusts established by decedent Victor Mueller.

Tagged with: Civil Digest WI Court of Appeals Digest

Park Meadows Homes Association, Inc., (Park Meadows) appeals from a February 14, 2017 order that stayed its lawsuit against its insurer, American Family Mutual Insurance Company (American Family), and compelled Park Meadows to have its loss appraised pursuant to a policy provision allowing either party to “make written demand for an appraisal of the loss.”

Tagged with: Civil Digest WI Court of Appeals Digest

The State appeals an order dismissing Denise Campbell’s citations for first-offense operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated (OWI) and operating a motor vehicle with a prohibited blood alcohol concentration (PAC).

Tagged with: Civil Digest WI Court of Appeals Digest

Kevin B. Hutchins appeals a judgment of conviction, following a jury trial, of two counts of second-degree sexual assault, one count of false imprisonment, and one count of battery, all as incidents of domestic abuse.

Tagged with: Civil Digest WI Court of Appeals Digest

David Olsen appeals a harassment injunction order entered by default, in favor of Kaylee Francois.

Tagged with: Civil Digest WI Court of Appeals Digest

Adrian J. Jackson appeals a judgment entered upon his guilty plea to possession of more than forty grams of cocaine with intent to deliver, as a party to a crime.

Tagged with: Civil Digest WI Court of Appeals Digest

Maurice Williams appeals from an amended judgment convicting him, following a jury trial, of eight drug-related felonies and one misdemeanor.

Tagged with: Civil Digest WI Court of Appeals Digest

Joseph Bernal bought a monthly pass to Six Flags amusement parks.

Tagged with: 7th Circuit Digest Civil Digest

This case arose from the destruction of personal property and artwork belonging to Christian Narkiewicz‐Laine, an artist.

Tagged with: 7th Circuit Digest Civil Digest

Christopher Anstice pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute methamphetamine and was sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment and five years’ supervised release.

Tagged with: 7th Circuit Digest Civil Digest

The Baby Fold is a nonprofit corporation that provides foster-care services in Illinois.

Tagged with: 7th Circuit Digest Civil Digest

To obtain asylum in the United States, N.Y.C.C. needed to establish that she has faced past persecution or harbors a well-founded fear of future persecution based on her membership in a particular social group.

Tagged with: 7th Circuit Digest Civil Digest

Charles Donelson sued a nurse and Wexford Health Sources, Inc., for allegedly providing him with constitutionally deficient medical care in prison and retaliating against him for filing other lawsuits.

Tagged with: 7th Circuit Digest Civil Digest

Henry Posada (“Posada”) was found guilty of 18 counts of health care fraud by a jury.

Tagged with: 7th Circuit Digest Civil Digest

This is the second time we have been asked to review the sentence that Joshua Herman received after pleading guilty to violating 18 U.S.C. § 922(g), which prohibits felons from possessing a firearm.

Tagged with: 7th Circuit Digest Civil Digest

In 2015 a passenger on a bus operated by the Chicago Transit Authority screamed at and threatened Lawrence Pickett, the driver.

Tagged with: 7th Circuit Digest Civil Digest

Erik Schmidt and his girlfriend were camping in a national forest in Wisconsin when a United States Forest Service Officer approached their campsite.

Tagged with: 7th Circuit Digest Civil Digest

This case began as a child custody dispute in state court. Dana Alden and his wife divorced in 2009.

Tagged with: 7th Circuit Digest Civil Digest

Under 28 U.S.C. § 1930(a)(6), quarterly fees paid by a chapter 11 debtor to the bankruptcy Trustee are based on the debtor’s disbursements.

Tagged with: 7th Circuit Digest Civil Digest

Behind the legal question we must resolve in this case is a sad story: as Celso Guerrero was trying to drive to his job at BNSF Railway through a snowstorm early one morning, his car skidded, it collided with a snowplow, and he was killed.

Tagged with: 7th Circuit Digest Civil Digest

In 2005 Paramount Media Group, Inc., leased a parcel of highway-adjacent property in the Village of Bellwood, Illinois, and planned to build a billboard on it.

Tagged with: 7th Circuit Digest Civil Digest

Members of a certified class contend that during 2011 female inmates at an Illinois prison were strip-searched as part of a training exercise for cadet guards.

Tagged with: 7th Circuit Digest Civil Digest

In 2015, the Village of University Park’s mayor and board fired police chief Eddie Ray Bradley without any notice of good cause or any form of hearing—i.e., the procedural protections owed to Bradley under the United States Constitution.

Tagged with: 7th Circuit Digest Civil Digest

Lithuania seeks extradition of petitioner Neringa Venckiene from the United States to prosecute her for several alleged offenses arising from a custody battle over Venckiene’s niece.

Tagged with: 7th Circuit Digest Civil Digest

Matthew Carello sued the Aurora Policemen Credit Union, alleging that accessibility barriers to the Credit Union’s website violate his rights under the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Tagged with: 7th Circuit Digest Civil Digest

During a random audit, the Indiana Department of Insurance (“the Department”) discovered that American Homeland Title Agency had committed hundreds of regulatory violations.

Tagged with: 7th Circuit Digest Civil Digest

This appeal is one of two we decide today regarding the market for commercial fire‐alarm services in Chicago’s suburbs.

Tagged with: 7th Circuit Digest Civil Digest

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

Tagged with: Weekly Case Digest Summary

In this case, we return to a topic that we have addressed twice in recent years: the circumstances under which a police officer may administer a warrantless blood alcohol concentration (BAC) test to a motorist who appears to have been driving under the influence of alcohol.

Tagged with: Civil Digest SCOTUS Digest

The Secretary of Commerce decided to reinstate a question about citizenship on the 2020 census questionnaire.

Tagged with: Civil Digest SCOTUS Digest