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Mar 28, 2017

Sufficiency of Evidence

On June 30, 2015, Brian Dutcher announced on Facebook that he planned to assassinate President Obama.

Mar 28, 2017

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.

Mar 28, 2017

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 [...]

Mar 28, 2017

Lack of Standing

On November 7, 2014, plaintiff Tamara Simic was driving in Chicago and texting on her cell phone.

Mar 28, 2017

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).

Mar 28, 2017

Deliberate Indifference

Following an arrest for driving while intoxicated, Kenneth Collins was booked into the Jackson County Jail in Indiana.

Mar 24, 2017

Weekly Case Digests — March 20-24, 2017

Weekly Case Digests — March 13-17, 2017

Mar 22, 2017

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.

Mar 22, 2017

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.

Mar 22, 2017

Sentencing

Daniel Worzalla appeals judgments of conviction and orders denying postconviction relief.

Mar 22, 2017

Restitution – Court Error

Roy A. Mitchell, Jr., appeals a criminal restitution order and an order denying reconsideration of that restitution order.

Mar 22, 2017

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.

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