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Abuse of Discretion and Jury Instructions
Plaintiff Joseph Doornbos was leaving a Chicago train station when a plainclothes police officer confronted him, grabbed him, and with the help of two other plainclothes officers, forced him to the ground.
Abuse of Discretion and Title II Claim
We need not address the merits of King’s Title II claim; another issue controls this case’s outcome.
Sufficiency of Evidence
Virginia “Ginger” Mourning appeals the grant of summary judgment for her former employer, Ternes Packaging–Indiana, Inc., on her claims that Ternes fired her because she is a woman, in violation of her rights under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-2, and because she took medical leave that was protected under the Family and Medical Leave Act, 29 U.S.C. § 2615.
Sufficiency of Evidence
Robert Stinson spent twenty‐three years in jail for a murder he did not commit.
Erroneous Sex Registration
One cannot deny the stigmatizing effect of being erroneously placed on a registry.
Enforceable or Binding Settlement Arrangement
As a general rule, choses in action are freely alienable. But courts can—and indeed must—refuse to enforce certain contractual assignments on public-policy grounds.
Sentencing Guidelines and Jury Instructions
Antwon Willis and Ericka Simmons were convicted of conspiracy to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin and sentenced to 235 months’ and 108 months’ imprisonment, respectively.
Bankruptcy – Unsettled Trustee Claims
MMR has appealed; Rose has not. (Matt Rose also purports to appeal, but he was not a party in the district court.)
Proper Venue
Wine and Canvas Development, LLC, Anthony Scott, Tamara McCracken, and Donald McCracken sued Christopher Muylle, Theodore Weisser, YN Canvas CA, LLC, Art Uncorked LLC, and Weisser Management Group LLC, bringing federal trademark and state law claims.
Statutory of Interpretation
The sole question before us is whether an “intoxicating liquor” dealership, as defined by Wis. Stat. § 135.02(3)(b), includes one that involves wine.
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
In 2012 a jury convicted Franchie Farmer of armed bank robbery, see 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) and (d), and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence, see id. § 924(c)(1)(A)(ii).
Abuse of Discretion
Union Pacific Railroad challenges the legal authority of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to continue an enforcement action after issuing a right to sue letter and subsequent resolution of the underlying charges of discrimination in a private lawsuit.
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