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A jury convicted Kris Zocco of knowingly possessing sixteen recordings of child pornography.

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Dale Chapp, individually and as the personal representative of the Estate of Ruth Chapp, deceased, appeals from the trial court’s order granting summary judgment to Colgate-Palmolive Company, the manufacturer of Cashmere Bouquet talcum powder, dismissing Chapp’s claims against it.

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Janet Mueller appeals a circuit court order affirming a decision by the Labor and Industry Review Commission (the Commission), which dismissed Mueller’s application for worker’s compensation temporary disability benefits.

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Ronald L. Collison, pro se, appeals the circuit court’s order affirming the Board of Review’s decision.

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Jose Anthony Guzman appeals from a judgment, entered upon a jury’s verdict, convicting him on one count of first-degree sexual assault of a child less than sixteen years old.

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John Doe appeals a judgment convicting him of second-degree sexual assault.

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This case is before us for the second time, on remand from the Wisconsin Supreme Court.

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Lloyd Johnson brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against various employees and officials of the Milwaukee County Medical Health Complex (“MHC”), MHC itself, Milwaukee County, and the County’s Department of Health and Human Services.

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Petitioner-appellant Stacy Haynes challenges three of his convictions under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c), which imposes steep penalties on a defendant who uses a firearm during a “crime of violence.”

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Malcolm Cobb, Jr., an Indiana prisoner, brought a state-court negligence action against Aramark Correctional Services, LLC (“Aramark”) for failing to clean up a spill in the kitchen at the Pendleton Correctional Facility, causing him to slip and fracture his ankle.

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Two Cook County residents appeal the dismissal of their complaint, which raises a Second Amendment challenge to Cook County’s ban on assault rifles and large-capacity magazines.

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In November 2010 Dallas Green was walking through a Citgo parking lot late at night when an unmarked Chicago police vehicle turned into the lot.

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Jeremy Lockett, an inmate at the Wisconsin Secure Program Facility (“WSPF”), brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 to recover for alleged violations of his constitutional rights under the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, rights made applicable to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment.

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The plaintiffs, on behalf of themselves and those similarly situated, allege a racially discriminatory hiring scheme that has resulted in a lack of Hispanic and Latino line workers at Ford Motor Company’s Chicago assembly plant.

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Consistent with Bellotti v. Baird, 443 U.S. 622 (1979), Indiana statutes have long provided a fast and confidential judicial bypass procedure that is supposed to allow a small fraction of pregnant, unemancipated minors seeking abortions to obtain them without the consent of or notice to their parents, guardians, or custodians.

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Voting is at once an intensely personal act and a choice to participate in the collective process of representative democracy.

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On the evening of February 9, 2017, Michael Barber and his friend Anthony Chipps used a crowbar to break into Dutchman Hunting Supplies in Shipshewana, Indiana, and steal 15 handguns.

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Travis Williams appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of several correctional employees.

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Weekly Case Digests – September 16, 2019 – September 20, 2019

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This is a reciprocal discipline matter.

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We review a supplemental referee's report and recommendation concluding that Attorney Cole J. White committed 27 counts of professional misconduct in his handling of four client matters.

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Pending before the court is a report and recommendation filed by Referee Richard M. Esenberg.

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Jacob Beedle appeals a summary judgment dismissing IMT Insurance Company (“the insurer”) from Beedle’s suit against the insurer and its insured, Pierce Phillips (“the insured”), based on the circuit court’s application of a business exclusion in a homeowner’s insurance policy.

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Alfonso Loayza appeals a judgment of conviction for operating while intoxicated and an order denying his postconviction motion.

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Robert L. Kavalauskas appeals from a judgment of conviction for operating a vehicle while intoxicated, second offense (OWI 2nd), contrary to WIS. STAT. § 346.63(1)(a).

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Christopher Durski appeals from a judgment of conviction for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated, fourth offense.

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A jury found Aaron M. Wigman guilty of two counts of making threats to law enforcement officers, contrary to WIS. STAT. § 940.203(2) (2017-18).

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Daniel A. Griffin appeals from a judgment convicting him of first-degree reckless homicide and two counts of child abuse intentionally causing great bodily harm in the death of fourteen-month-old MHP and the injuries suffered by his twin brother, MDP.

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Johnny Maldonado appeals from an order denying his WIS. STAT. § 974.06 (2017-18) motion for postconviction relief.

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Bobby L. Green appeals from a judgment convicting him of first-degree reckless injury with use of a dangerous weapon and possession of a firearm by a person adjudicated delinquent for an act that would be a felony if committed by an adult.

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