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Court Error
Tina LaFave, pro se, appeals a post-paternity order awarding her over $14,000 in arrearages and interest, and denying her request for medical expense reimbursement from Dennis LaCrosse, Jr. LaFave argues that the amount awarded is inadequate.
Race Discrimination
Plaintiff Robin Turner sued defendant Hirschbach Motor Lines for failing to hire him as a truck driver after his routine drug test was positive for marijuana use.
Court Error – Jury Instructions
Nicole Eason and her husband Calvin Eason were indicted on two counts of kidnapping (one for each child kidnapped), in violation of a federal statute that so far as relates to this case punishes “(a) Whoever unlawfully seizes, confines, inveigles, decoys, kidnaps, abducts, or carries away and holds for ransom or reward or otherwise any person, except in the case of a minor by the parent thereof,[...]
Sentencing
Rod Blagojevich was convicted of 18 crimes committed while he was Governor of Illinois. The district court sentenced him to 168 months’ imprisonment. Our initial opinion vacated five of the convictions but affirmed the others and remanded for a potential retrial on the five vacated charges and for resentencing.
Frivolous Appeal
Ennis Brown, a Wisconsin state prisoner, appeals the dismissal of a suit in which he charged the Wisconsin State Public Defender’s Office, and others, with violating what he claims to be his constitutional right to represent himself on appeal. 42 U.S.C. § 198
Jury Demand
“There are two basic issues on this appeal. First, we must examine whether the pre-litigation jury waiver provision in the contract between the Parsons and Associated is enforceable, either with or without proof extrinsic to the terms of the contract that the Parsons knowingly and voluntarily agreed to this waiver.
Easement
Under deed of easement, respondent has right to enter appellant property to trim and remove trees.
Vested Rights – Land Development
Planned development district zoning classification does not create a contractual expectation upon which a developer may rely
Building Permit – Vested Rights
This is an appeal of the second case arising out of a dispute between the Town of Saratoga and Golden Sands Dairy, LLC.
Divorce – Maintenance Modification
Renee E. Hoefler appeals pro se from a postdivorce order dismissing her motion seeking to modify maintenance and to find Robert A. Doherty in contempt.
Termination of Parental Rights – Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
D.W. appeals the trial court’s order entered April 15, 2016, terminating his parental rights to his son, A.W., and the Machner court order entered on January 6, 2017, denying his postdispositional motion that alleged that trial counsel was ineffective.
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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
