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Statutory Interpretation – Motor Carrier Act Violation
Leonid Burlaka, Timothy Keuken, Travis Frischmann, and Roger Robinson are truck drivers who brought individual, collective, and class action claims against Contract Transport Services (CTS), their former employer, for failing to provide overtime pay in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), which requires overtime pay for any employee who works more than forty hours in a workweek.
Sentencing Guidelines – Enhancement
To keep his car dealership afloat, Arthur Friedman secured loans for fake buyers of a phony inventory of cars.
Subject-matter Jurisdiction
This case is about the plaintiffs’ quest to halt construction of the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago’s Jackson Park.
Punitive Damages
Without permission from Epic Systems, Tata Consultancy Services (“TCS”) downloaded, from 2012 to 2014, thousands of documents containing Epic’s confidential information and trade secrets.
Sentencing Career Criminal Classification
Clayton Waagner filed a second collateral attack on his sentence under 28 U.S.C. § 2255.
Petition for Rehearing En Banc
On consideration of plaintiff-appellant’s petition for rehearing and rehearing en banc, filed on June 16, 2020, a majority of the panel voted to deny rehearing.
Court Error – Motion for Summary Affirmance
Appellee the United States asks this court to summarily affirm the district court’s dismissal of appellant Tim Jon Semmerling’s complaint because his appellate brief does not assert any error in the district court’s decision.
Jury Instructions
A jury convicted Blair Cook of being an unlawful user of a controlled substance (marijuana) in possession of a firearm and ammunition.
Appellate Jurisdiction
The False Claims Act allows the United States government to dismiss a relator’s qui tam suit over the relator’s objection with notice and opportunity for a hearing.
Breach of Contract – Summary Judgment
Smart Oil, LLC agreed to sell thirty parcels of land with gas stations and convenience stores to DW Mazel, LLC (“DWM”).
Weekly Case Digests – October 5, 2020 – October 9, 2020
Weekly Case Digests – October 5, 2020 – October 9, 2020
Ordinance Interpretation and Sufficiency of Evidence
Greg Douglas Griswold appeals a circuit court judgment finding him guilty of violating a Village of Muscoda ordinance that provides: “No person may violate any rules or regulations that have been enacted by the Librarian or the Library Board.”
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- UW-Madison pro-Palestine protesters spark debate over free speech laws
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- Wisconsin opens public comment on constitutional amendment regarding election officials
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- FCC fines wireless carriers millions for sharing user locations without consent
- Wisconsin Supreme Court scheduled to hear oral arguments in absentee voting case
- Attorney General Kaul joins multistate coalition to defend U.S. EPA’s light-duty vehicle emission standards
- State Bar of Wisconsin names election winners
- Protests erupt on college campuses throughout Midwest, and U.S. over war in Gaza
- Newly filed report with federal court seeks Havana Syndrome transparency
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