Sentencing Guidelines
Ricky Hatch pleaded guilty to trafficking firearms from Indiana into Chicago.
EEOC Claim – Retaliation
Jerry Lewis is an employee of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (the “Agency”).
21st Amendment Violation
The Twenty-first Amendment to the U.S. Constitution brought Prohibition to an end with a compromise: section 1 repeals the Eighteenth Amendment, but section 2 hands some power back to the states insofar as it forbids the “transportation or importation” of liquor into a state in violation of that state’s law.
Sentencing – Probation
In 1988, Robert W. Huber, Jr., pleaded guilty to making fraudulent credit card charges in the amount of $800.
Sentencing Guidelines
Gwendolyn Jackson was convicted in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois on charges arising out of a scheme to defraud mortgage lenders.
1st Amendment Violation
Nicole Bogart, a Democrat, worked as the Financial Resources Director of Vermilion County, Illinois, but her tenure ended when Michael Marron, a Republican, assumed control of the County Board and fired her.
1st Amendment Violation
This case takes us deep into the internal workings of the Illinois State Senate.
ERISA – Penalties
W.A. Griffin, M.D., is the assignee of her patient’s health plan, TeamCare, which the Board of Trustees of Central States, Southeast and Southwest Areas Health and Welfare Fund (collectively Central States) administers and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001–1461, governs. Dr. Griffin sued Central States for underpayment and for statutory penalties based on[...]
OWI – 3rd Offense
Kathryn Cooper appeals from a judgment of conviction entered in the Portage County Circuit Court for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated, as a third offense, in violation of WIS. STAT. § 346.63(1)(a).
Motion for Reconsideration Denied
D.L.L. appeals from the juvenile court’s order denying his motion for reconsideration.
Estate – Gravel Pit Rent
Robert D. Stewart (hereafter Bobby) appeals from a circuit court order setting his obligation for accrued rent on a gravel pit he leased from the decedent, his father Robert T. Stewart.
Malpractice – Negligence – Statute of Limitations
This appeal follows a jury trial involving two, related legal malpractice actions.
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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