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On the surface, this appeal is about a fee award entered against the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC or Commission).

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When compliance with the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines was still understood to be mandatory, district courts were required to impose an extended term of incarceration on so-called career criminals.

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This is a hornbook example of how to waive an argument on appeal.

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Charlise Williams was charged in a five‐count indictment for bankruptcy fraud.

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Wisconsin proposes to renovate a 7.5-mile stretch of Highway 164 (formerly known as Highway J), a two-lane road in southern Washington County.

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James Fryer and the Alliance for Water Efficiency set out to produce a study about drought.

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Hard as it may try, Chicago has not yet managed to shake free from the scourge of public corruption.

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John Crane, Inc., as a manufacturer of products containing asbestos, has been sued many times for injuries caused by exposure to asbestos.

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Cheryl Dalton appeals the summary judgment entered against her in this products liability case.

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Weekly Case Digests — June 11-June 15, 2018

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Jane Doe, a minor, was eight weeks pregnant when she unlawfully crossed the border into the United States.

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The Bankruptcy Code prohibits debtors from discharging debts for money, property, services, or credit obtained by “false pretenses, a false representation, or actual fraud,” 11 U. S. C. §523(a)(2)(A), or, if made in writing, by a materially false “statement . . . respecting the debtor’s . . . financial condition,” §523(a)(2)(B).

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Under 18 U. S. C. §3582(c)(2), a defendant is eligible for a sentence reduction if he was initially sentenced “based on a sentencing range” that was later lowered by the United States Sentencing Commission.

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The proper construction of federal sentencing statutes and the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure can present close questions of statutory and textual interpretation when implementing the Federal Sentencing Guidelines.

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The case presents difficult questions as to the proper reconciliation of at least two principles.

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The writ of certiorari is dismissed as improvidently granted.

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This case presents the question whether the automobile exception to the Fourth Amendment permits a police officer, uninvited and without a warrant, to enter the curtilage of a home in order to search a vehicle parked therein.

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The Mandatory Victims Restitution Act of 1996 requires defendants convicted of a listed range of offenses to “reimburse the victim for lost income and necessary child care, transportation, and other expenses incurred during participation in the investigation or prosecution of the offense or attendance at proceedings related to the offense.”

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We review a petition by the State and a cross-petition by Jamal L. Williams challenging the court of appeals' decision, which held: (1) the mandatory $250 DNA surcharge the circuit court ordered Williams to pay violated the Ex Post Facto Clauses of the Wisconsin and United States Constitutions; and (2) the circuit court did not rely on an improper factor when it sentenced Williams.

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Damian Bethke appeals a refusal judgment and challenges the circuit court’s order denying his motion to suppress evidence obtained by police leading up to his warrantless arrest on a drunk driving charge.

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The circuit court, pursuant to WIS. STAT. §§ 76.08(1) and 76.18, “redetermined” the Wisconsin Department of Revenue’s 2013 and 2014 assessments of AT&T’s tangible personal property.

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Gene Ganta, pro se, appeals the circuit court’s order dismissing his small claims action against Darrell and Jenny Augustine.

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Marcius Lee appeals judgments of conviction for first-degree intentional homicide while using a dangerous weapon, armed robbery, and being a felon in possession of a firearm, all as a repeater.

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John Maasch appeals an order of the circuit court increasing his family support payments to his ex-wife, Lori Anderson.

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P.J. appeals the orders terminating her parental rights to six of her children.

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This appeal addresses time limits for service of a summons and complaint in a WIS. STAT. ch. 799 eviction action.

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Lesa L. Maus appeals from a judgment of conviction for operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicant.

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Since 1996, M.J.S. has been involuntarily committed for medication to treat his schizophrenia, and Waukesha County sought extension of that commitment in 2017. M.J.S., however, did not receive the statutorily required explanation of the advantages, disadvantages, and alternatives to the court-ordered medication.

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Jeffrey A. Jacobi seeks reversal of the circuit court’s order revoking his operating privileges for unlawfully refusing a test of his blood for the presence of alcohol.

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Justice G. Armstead appeals an order denying his motion for postdisposition relief.

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