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Kelley Donley sued her former employer, Stryker Sales Corporation, for retaliation under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e–3.

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While loading chemicals onto a truck, Curtis Hall felt a sharp pain in his back.

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Weekly Case Digests - October 22 - October 26, 2018

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L.H. seeks reversal of the order terminating her parental rights to S.H. L.H. argues that the circuit court erroneously determined that the Rock County Department of Human Services met its burden of proving that there was a substantial likelihood that L.H. would not meet the conditions for the safe return of S.H. within nine months because, as L.H. asserts, the court found that “[it] did not know whether L.H. would meet the conditions.”

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Kevin Williams appeals a judgment of conviction and an order denying his motion for postconviction relief.

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Jason P. Robinson appeals from a judgment of conviction for repeated sexual assault of a child.

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Robert Hutchinson appeals after the circuit court found him in contempt and imposed sanctions for violation of court orders not to publicly disclose confidential customer information.

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Conrad Kudelka, Jr., appeals a judgment convicting him of one count of attempted child enticement.

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Ryan Hobbick appeals a judgment, entered upon a jury’s verdict, convicting him of one count of burglary, as a party to the crime.

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Emil L. Wiesman (“Bud”) appeals a judgment, entered following a bench trial, voiding amendments made by his parents, Emil O. and Irma Wiesman, to their individual revocable living trusts.

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Hector Rafael Rodriguez appeals a judgment convicting him of one count of second-degree sexual assault of a child under the age of sixteen.

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This case was resolved on the merits last August.

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Vicki Barbera claims she did not get the same chance to resign with severance pay that three men got.

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Kenneth James Daugherty, an Illinois state prisoner, claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 that prison officials Richard Harrington and Kevin Page conspired to and did violate his First and Eighth Amendment rights while he was incarcerated at the Menard Correctional Center.

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Brian Knox got into a heated argument with his supervisor at work.

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The petition for rehearing en banc is granted.

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St. Augustine School, along with Joseph and Amy Forro, sued Wisconsin’s Superintendent of Public Instruction and Friess Lake School District for refusing to provide school transportation (or equivalent cash benefits) to the Forros’ children.

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Traditionally, Oakton Community College employed retired state employees as part‐time and adjunct faculty.

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Robbie J. Perry and James Rex Dukeman, on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated, sued Coles County, Illinois for placing a disproportionate tax on commercial and industrial properties in Mattoon Township in violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

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Plaintiff-appellant Nicholas Webb sued defendant-appellee Michael Frawley for tortiously interfering with his employment contract and for knowingly misrepresenting company policy, both of which resulted in Webb’s termination.

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The Commissioner of Social Security separately denied benefits to Staci Harrington and Andrew Banks.

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Under the Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PLRA), “[n]o action shall be brought with respect to prison conditions under [42 U.S.C. § 1983], or any other Federal law, by a prisoner … until such administrative remedies as are available are exhausted.” 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(a) (emphasis added).

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William Burrows conditionally pleaded guilty to one count of receiving child pornography pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 2252A(a)(2)(A).

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The State of Iowa declared Laera Reed and Paige Ray-Cluney delinquent youths and sent them to a juvenile institution in Wisconsin.

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Martin Velazquez was arrested after agreeing to sell twelve kilograms of cocaine to an undercover agent.

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In this interlocutory appeal, the State argues that the circuit court, prior to trial, improperly suppressed evidence that a shooting victim identified a photo of defendant Roberson as the shooter.

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This is a contract dispute involving, on one side, a sales representative, Tamareed Company, and on the other, two manufacturers, The Gage Corporation, Int., and Mid-City Steel, Inc.

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Joseph Reinwand appeals a judgment convicting him of first-degree murder for the death of his wife Pamela Reinwand.

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Thomas Zielinski appeals from an order granting a four-year injunction against him naming his mother, Suzanne Zielinski, as the individual at risk and permitting him only supervised contact with her.

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Debra Tietjen, as administrator of the Estate of James L. Tietjen (Estate), appeals from an order of the circuit court which upheld the decision of the Milwaukee County Personnel Review Board (PRB) that had determined that James Tietjen was not a classified service employee at the time he was terminated from his employment with Milwaukee County.

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