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Case Digests

Dec 20, 2016

Due Process Violation

Raymond Cesar Ortiz appeals the judgment convicting him after a jury trial of two counts of repeated sexual assault of a child and one count of child enticement.

Dec 20, 2016

Guardianship – Power of Attorney

E.C. jointly appeals with her son, G.C., (collectively, “the appellants”) the trial court’s order appointing a corporate guardian and suspending E.C.’s powers of attorney naming G.C. as her agent.

Dec 20, 2016

OWI – Motion to Suppress

Michael Shepard appeals a judgment, entered upon his guilty pleas, convicting him of operating while intoxicated (“OWI”) as a seventh offense and attempted escape.

Dec 20, 2016

Sentencing – Machner Hearing

In these consolidated appeals, Jesse Stevenson challenges his sentence stemming from two Brown County crime sprees, which primarily involved thefts.

Dec 20, 2016

Tax Levy

Micrins Surgical, Inc., went out of business on March 13, 2009, without paying all of its taxes.

Dec 20, 2016

Revocation

Shortly after Jamie Golden was released from prison, the government petitioned for revocation of his supervised release.

Dec 20, 2016

Dealer Agreement Termination

In this diversity suit, governed by Texas law, the plaintiff, Texas UJoints (to simplify, we’ll call it just UJoints), argues that it was a dealer in products of Dana Holding Corporation (a supplier of drive shafts, which typically are devices for transmitting power from an engine to the wheels of a vehicle, and other industrial equipment), in particular Dana’s GWB and Spicer products, and tha[...]

Dec 20, 2016

Petition for Review – Standing

DND International is a trucking company whose operations were frozen in April 2014 when the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) declared DND an imminent hazard and gave it only a few hours to pull its trucks off the road.

Dec 20, 2016

Wiretapping

Barry Epstein sued his estranged wife, Paula, alleging that she violated the federal Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance Act by intercepting his emails.

Dec 19, 2016

Sentencing – Enhancement

Appellant Anthony Brown pled guilty to conspiring to distribute drugs. He appeals his sentence, challenging the application of a two‐level Sentencing Guideline enhancement for obstruction of justice.

Dec 19, 2016

Bankruptcy – Breach of Contract

The plaintiff, Aventine, is a distributor of ethanol, a common additive to gasoline. The two defendants, affiliated companies that for the sake of simplicity we’ll pretend are one and call Glacial, manufacture and sell ethanol.

Dec 19, 2016

False Arrest – Equal Protection

Plaintiff James Brunson owns a package liquor store in Bridgeport, Illinois. He asserts that city officials violated his constitutional rights by refusing to renew his liquor license and orchestrating a campaign of harassment and outright violence.

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