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Immigration – Removal Order – Due Process Violation
Ruben Lopez Ramos brings this petition to review the removal decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”).
Statutory Interpretation – Local-government Policy – Illegal Acts
Under Monell v. New York City Department of Social Services, 436 U.S. 658 (1978), local governments may be liable for violating individuals’ rights guaranteed by federal law.
Unions – Fair Share Fees
For 41 years, explicit Supreme Court precedent authorized state‐government entities and unions to enter into agreements under which the unions could receive fair‐share fees from nonmembers to cover the costs incurred when the union negotiated or acted on their behalf over terms of employment.
Damages
Stacey Mooney is a public-school teacher in Eureka (Illinois) Community School District #140. She is not a member of respondent Illinois Education Association (“IEA”), the union that serves as the exclusive representative of her employee unit in collective bargaining with the school district.
Weekly Case Digests – December 2, 2019 – December 6, 2019
Weekly Case Digests – December 2, 2019 – December 6, 2019
Easement
This is an appeal of a final judgment resolving property disputes between the owners of two adjacent parcels of land in Monroe County.
Due Process Violation
R.A.S. appeals an order involuntarily committing him under WIS. STAT. ch. 51 after a jury trial, arguing that the special verdict question pertaining to dangerousness violated his right to due process because the question did not require five-sixths of the jurors to agree that he was dangerous under WIS. STAT. § 51.20(1)(a)2.c. or that he was dangerous under § 51.20(1)(a)2.d.
Court Error – Statutory Interpretation – Franchise Taxation
The Wisconsin Department of Revenue (DOR) appeals a Dane County Circuit Court order that affirmed a decision of the Tax Appeals Commission.
Unlawful-stop Claim
Tunis Jay LaFever appeals from a judgment of conviction for operating a motor vehicle with a detectable amount of a restricted controlled substance in his blood, third offense, contrary to WIS. STAT. § 346.63(1)(am).
Court Error – Divorce – Asset Distribution
Michael M. Hrdi appeals from the judgment of divorce from his former wife Cindy Lund, f/k/a Cindy Hrdi, who petitioned for divorce after a fourteen-year marriage.
Plea Withdrawal
Christopher Shannon appeals from a judgment and an order of the circuit court denying his postconviction motion for plea withdrawal or, in the alternative, resentencing.
Termination of Parental Rights
J.J. appeals an order of the circuit court terminating his parental rights to his child, V.J. J.J. pleaded no contest to the allegation that he failed to assume parental responsibility for V.J. J.J. contends that he is entitled to withdraw that plea because he received ineffective assistance of counsel at the grounds phase of the termination of parental rights (TPR) proceeding and because his no c[...]
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Case Digests
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel; Double Jeopardy; Sentencing
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel; Sexual Assault-Prosecutorial Misconduct
- Contract-Negligence
- Criminal Law; Juvenile Law; Discovery
- Family Law; Child Support; Property Division First paragraph(s)
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel- Exclusion of Evidence of Witness Bias
- Postconviction Relief-Sentencing-Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
- 14th Amendment – Due Process
- Criminal-Sentencing Guidelines – Enhancement
- Bankruptcy-Tax
- Civil Rights – 14th Amendment-Jury Instructions
- Contract; Foreclosure and Property
