Sufficiency of Evidence
On June 30, 2015, Brian Dutcher announced on Facebook that he planned to assassinate President Obama.
Insurance Coverage – Errors & Omissions Coverage
Madison Mutual Insurance Company (“Madison Mutual”) brought suit seeking a declaratory judgment obliging Diamond State Insurance Company (“Diamond State”) to defend Geraldine Davidson in a state‐ court action filed by her former neighbors, Dr. William and Wendy Dribben.
Issue Preclusion
In Abood v. Detroit Board of Education, 431 U.S. 209 (1977), the Supreme Court upheld, against a challenge based on the First Amendment, a Michigan law that allowed a public employer (in that case a municipal board of education), whose employees (public-school teachers) were represented by a union, to require those of its employees who did not join the union nevertheless to pay fees to it because [...]
Lack of Standing
On November 7, 2014, plaintiff Tamara Simic was driving in Chicago and texting on her cell phone.
Special Conditions of Release – Sentencing
Ralph Shannon appeals the imposition of a special condition of release following his 2007 conviction for possession of child pornography, 18 U.S.C. § 2252(a)(4)(B).
Deliberate Indifference
Following an arrest for driving while intoxicated, Kenneth Collins was booked into the Jackson County Jail in Indiana.
Termination of Parental Rights
V.B. appeals from orders of the circuit court terminating her parental rights to J.I.M. and J.V.M. V.B. challenges the circuit court’s determination that grounds existed for the termination of her parental rights.
Waiver of Right to Counsel – Court Error
A jury found Kenneth K. Kimpel guilty of one count of repeated sexual assault of a child and one count of child enticement.
Sentencing
Daniel Worzalla appeals judgments of conviction and orders denying postconviction relief.
Restitution – Court Error
Roy A. Mitchell, Jr., appeals a criminal restitution order and an order denying reconsideration of that restitution order.
Insurance Coverage – Duty to Defend
Fun Services of Kansas City sued National Casualty Company in Dane County Circuit Court, seeking payment of the unpaid amount of a Kansas judgment that incorporated a settlement reached between Fun Services and National Casualty’s insured, Hertz Equipment Rental Corporation, without National Casualty’s participation.
Legal News
- Wisconsin Supreme Court reveals September oral arguments calendar
- New Jersey man sentenced for series of violent assaults on members of the Orthodox Jewish Community
- 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
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