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William Roberts appeals a postdivorce order granting a motion filed by his former spouse, Andrea Perone, to lift a stay of a sanction the circuit court had previously imposed after finding Roberts in contempt for failing to comply with the terms of the parties’ divorce judgment.

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Ricardo Glover, a Wisconsin inmate, sued prison medical staff and Wisconsin Department of Corrections officials for deliberate indifference and for violating his right to equal protection after they denied him medicine prescribed for post‐surgical erectile dysfunction.

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After Marina Kolchinsky and her mother, Lidia Kolchinsky, were severely injured in a car collision with a tractor-trailer in Illinois, they sued the truck driver and the two companies that contracted with him.

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Donnell Jehan appeals the denial of his second motion to reduce his sentence under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) based on the retroactive application of Amendment 782 to the United States Sentencing Guidelines.

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This case is about the scope of a release in a settlement agreement.

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T-Mobile customers with qualifying plans can participate in a promotional service called “T-Mobile Tuesdays” which offers free items and discounts from various well-known stores.

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Hoping to find an effective way to curb frivolous lawsuits by prisoners, Congress enacted the Prison Litigation Reform Act (“PLRA”) in 1996.

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Intending to transform a failing health club into a mixed-use condominium development, Kevin LeBeau and Brian Bodie obtained a $1,925,000 loan from Amcore Bank in 2004.

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Tremayne Dozier was arrested in 2017 for trafficking methamphetamine in Decatur, Illinois.

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Fifteen years ago, an Illinois jury convicted Phillip Hartsfield of first-degree murder and home invasion.

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The Presentence Investigation Report on Steven Dotson listed six prior felony convictions, three of which the Probation Office identified as qualifying him for the enhanced mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years’ imprisonment under the Armed Career Criminal Act.

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In the two cases I have consolidated only for purposes of this opinion, a magistrate judge issued the final judgment from which the appeal has been taken.

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Courts and practitioners frequently say that § 502 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. § 1132(a)(1)(B), provides for “de novo review” of certain decisions relating to welfare plan benefits.

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Weekly Case Digests – March 9, 2020 – March 13, 2020

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We review, pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 757.91 (2017-18), a Judicial Conduct Panel's findings of fact, conclusions of law, and recommendation for discipline for the Honorable Kenneth W. Gorski.

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Attorney Terry L. Constant has appealed a report and recommendation filed by Referee Dennis J. Flynn, concluding that Attorney Constant committed eight counts of professional misconduct and recommending that his license to practice law in Wisconsin be suspended for five months.

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Michael S. Coleman challenges the circuit court’s award of $2,881.71 in restitution for damage Coleman caused to a City of Wisconsin Rapids Police Department squad car.

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The Town of Little Wolf appeals the judgment of the circuit court declaring that a 1/4-mile segment of a road near property owned by Joseph and Karla Taggart became a town highway after it was laid out by order of the Town in 1898 as part of a 1½-mile town highway, and that the 1/4-mile segment remains part of a town highway.

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This case arose out of actions by the Bank of Deerfield when it took possession of a bar as part of a foreclosure action in which the Bank had been appointed as receiver.

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Lu Ann Call appeals an order denying her motion to vacate a divorce judgment entered pursuant to a marital settlement agreement.

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The appeal in this case involves the interpretation of statutes governing administrative rule-making in Wisconsin.

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Camron Rufus Spencer, pro se, appeals the circuit court’s orders denying his initial postconviction motion, and his motion for reconsideration, after he pled guilty to and was convicted of one count of misdemeanor battery as an act of domestic violence as a repeater, and one count of misdemeanor victim intimidation as an act of domestic violence as a repeater.

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Anthony Madland appeals a judgment of conviction, entered upon his no-contest plea, to third-offense operating a motor vehicle with a prohibited alcohol concentration (PAC).

Lynnott Rogers appeals an order of the trial court denying his petition for supervised release from his commitment for being a sexually violent person, pursuant to WIS. STAT. ch. 980 (2017-18).

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Teresa Storm appeals a declaratory judgment dismissing Storm’s claims against Wisconsin Mutual Insurance Company.

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Henry Pocan appeals from an order denying his petition for discharge from a commitment under WIS. STAT. ch. 980 (2017-18).

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George Hendrix suffered injuries when he slipped and fell on compacted snow in a parking lot that Dedicated Fleet Services, LLC (“DFS”) leased from 4X Corporation (“4X”).

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We have before us criminal defendants contending for the first time on appeal that a condition of their terms of supervised release is unconstitutionally vague.

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Federal courts do not lightly grant petitions for a writ of habeas corpus brought by state prisoners.

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The Equal Protection Clause entitles owners of similarly situated property to roughly equal tax treatment.

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