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Case Digests

Feb 6, 2023

Postconviction Relief – Right to Counsel

Rosenthal was found guilty of first-degree intentional homicide, and pro se, appeals an order denying his WIS.

Feb 6, 2023

Corporate Contributions to PACs

The Fund appealed the dismissal of its challenge to Indiana’s prohibition on corporate contributions to political action committees (PACs) for independent expenditures.

Feb 6, 2023

Federal Rule of Evidence – Expert Testimony Admissability

Anderson worked as a standup forklift operator at a FedEx warehouse in Effingham, Illinois. While pulling a load in July 2017, she hit a bump and fell out of the forklift onto the floor.

Feb 6, 2023

Forfeiture of Funds

Suspecting that Troconis-Escovar was involved in the illegal drug business, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) decided to search his vehicle.

Feb 6, 2023

Disability Filing – Expert Witness

Sevec filed for disability and social security benefits in December 2017 and February 2018, respectively, alleging an onset of disability of May 1, 2014.

Feb 6, 2023

Suppression of Evidence

Collins supplied wholesale quantities of heroin to a drug trafficking organization on the west side of Chicago.

Feb 6, 2023

FLSA – Lunch Break Compensation

After she was fired, Wirth sued her former employer, RLJ Dental, S.C., for retaliation under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and for violations of Wisconsin’s Wage Payment and Collection Laws.

Feb 6, 2023

Collective Bargaining Agreement – Arbitration

United Natural Foods, Inc., and its corporate affiliates filed suit against Teamsters Local 414 contending that the Local breached its collective bargaining agreement with the company by initiating two strikes at United Natural’s Fort Wayne, Indiana distribution center.

Feb 6, 2023

Contracts – Diversity

In May 2019, Yancheng Shanda Yuanfeng Equity Investment Partnership (“Yancheng Shanda”) filed a contract claim in a Chinese court against Kevin Wan, his company, and his brother.

Feb 6, 2023

Automatic Gun Possession – Standing

This suit is about a person’s right to have a gun part called a “drop-in auto sear.”

Jan 30, 2023

Fourth Amendment

Always Towing and Recovery, Inc. and Jason Pehowski (collectively Always Towing) appeal an order of the circuit court granting summary judgment in favor of the City of Milwaukee.

Jan 30, 2023

Insurance Claim – Reckless Homicide

The petitioner, Lindsey Dostal (Dostal), both individually and as special administrator of the estate of Haeven Dostal, seeks review of a court of appeals decision affirming the circuit court's grant of summary and declaratory judgment in favor of State Farm.

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