Weekly Case Digests – October 15 – October 19, 2018
Weekly Case Digests - October 15 - October 28, 2018
Tax Liability
Petitioner-Appellant Exelon Corporation (“Exelon”) appeals from a decision of the United States tax court which upheld a determination by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue that Exelon is liable for a deficiency of $431,174,592 for the 1999 tax year and $5,534,611 for the 2001 tax year.
Vicarious Liability – Sexual Misconduct
Jane Doe seeks to hold Vigo County, Indiana, liable for the sexual misconduct of its employee, David Gray.
Sentencing Guidelines – Enhancement
Defendants Andrew Shelton, Frederick Lewis, Patrick Edwards, and Terry Walker raise several sentencing challenges.
Statutory Interpretation – Wisconsin’s Butter-grading Requirement
Minerva Dairy is an Ohio‐based, family‐owned dairy company that produces, among other products, Amish‐style butters in small, slow‐churned batches using fresh milk supplied by pasture‐raised cows.
Motion to Suppress Evidence Denied
Anthony Santiago initially was charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 1000 grams or more of heroin and five or more kilograms of cocaine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846, and with distribution of heroin, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1).
Nondisclosure Agreement – Breach of Contract – Patent Application
This appeal turns on the construction under Illinois law of provisions in a nondisclosure agreement.
Moot Appeal
In this family court matter involving David Jackson and Diana Stascak, I dismiss on mootness grounds two issues that Jackson, pro se, purports to raise on appeal.
Divorce – Property Division
Allan White appeals a judgment of divorce, challenging the property division.
Breach of Contract – Bad-faith Damages
In this decade-old case, Assurance Company of America appeals from a judgment reinstating April 2010 jury verdicts in favor of Fontana Builders, Inc., for breach-of-contract and bad-faith damages.
Newly Discovered Evidence
Matthew Feliciano appeals from a judgment convicting him of first-degree reckless injury by use of a dangerous weapon and attempted first-degree intentional homicide.
Sufficiency of Evidence
At approximately 10:40 p.m. on January 13, 2015, two men wearing green masks and blue latex gloves robbed a Citgo convenience store, with the first, shorter, robber shooting and killing the clerk.
Legal News
- Milwaukee County District Attorney, UWM police address Jewish threats
- With GOP convention over, Milwaukee weighs the benefits of hosting political rivals
- Secret Service head resigns as Congress formally investigates
- Milwaukee Police Department issues statement regarding video release policy
- GOP convention sets the stage for the Democratic convention in Chicago, activists and police say
- Survey: Harris has enough delegates to be nominee
- Outside the RNC, small Milwaukee businesses and their regulars tried to salvage a sluggish week
- Biden called to resign immediately after the president announces he won’t seek reelection
- Biden drops out of 2024 presidential race, endorses Harris
- Local PA cops allegedly thought Trump’s would-be assassin was Secret Service
- Biden-Lead Secret Service admits agency denied past requests by Trump’s campaign for tighter security
- Class action filed against Walgreens
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