Time-barred – Certiorari Compliant
Nancy Zelman appeals pro se from the circuit court’s grant of summary judgment to the Town of Erin, Plan Commission of the Town of Erin and Town Board of the Town of Erin (collectively “Respondents”).
OWI – Plea Withdrawal
Misty Dawn Donough appeals a judgment of conviction, following a no contest plea, of one count of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated.
Plea Withdrawal
Jovan T. Mull appeals from a judgment of conviction for one count of first-degree reckless injury by use of a dangerous weapon, as a party to a crime, contrary to WIS. STAT. §§ 940.23(1)(a), 939.63(1)(b), and 939.05 (2015-16).
Immigration – Asylum Claim
Arjun Dhakal, a native and citizen of Nepal, brought this action against the Attorney General and other executive branch defendants under the Administrative Procedures Act (“APA”), 5 U.S.C. § 701 et seq., and the Declaratory Judgment Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 2201–2202.
Breach of Contract
When Lowe’s Companies, Inc. (Lowe’s Inc.) expanded its retail home improvement stores into Mexico, Lowe’s Companies Mexico, S. de R.L. de C.V. (Lowe’s Mexico) contracted with Karum Holdings LLC and a few of its subsidiaries, Karum Group LLC, and Karum Card Services S.A. de C.V., SOFOM, E.N.R. (collectively, Karum), to provide private label credit card services there.
WOOD, Chief Judge, and ROVNER and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges
In September 2011, Kohl’s Corporation announced that it was correcting several years of its financial filings because of multiple lease accounting errors.
ERISA – Insurance Benefits Beneficiary
The federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) requires administrators of employee benefit plans to comply with the documents that control the plans. 29 U.S.C. § 1104(a)(1)(D).
Vehicle Warranty
In his telling, plaintiff Nicholas Knopick bought a $415,000 jalopy, but to be more precise, a limited liability company he controls bought the $415,000 jalopy.
Due Process Violation
Joshua Vasquez and Miguel Cardona are convicted child sex offenders who live in Chicago and are required to register as sex offenders and comply with state restrictions on where they may live.
DOC Obligations – Medical Care of Prisoner
Lisa Mitchell is a transgender person who has identified as a woman her entire life.
8th Amendment Violation
Jon Giles, an inmate at Jerome Combs Detention Center, was punched and bitten when he tried to protect his cellmate from a violent detainee’s assault.
Qualified Immunity
Brian Flatoff’s decision to take individuals hostage at a motorcycle shop in Neenah, Wisconsin, had tragic consequences for Michael Funk.
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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