Prisoner – 1st Amendment Violation – Summary Judgment
Elijah Manuel sued prison personnel under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, claiming First Amendment violation when his cell was searched following a disagreement over a grievance procedure.
ERISA – Repayment Clause – Covered Dependent
Doctors removed Shelby Haynes’s gallbladder in 2013. She was injured in the process and required additional surgery that led to more than $300,000 in medical expenses.
Probable Cause – Suppression of Evidence
Police investigating drug trafficking in Vermilion County, Illinois, sent an informant to buy two ounces of cocaine at the home of Finas Glenn.
ADA Violation – Disparate Treatment Claim
Angela Tonyan worked as a store manager at Dunham’s Athleisure Corporation (Dunham’s) when she suffered a series of injuries, requiring multiple surgeries and temporary restrictions to her shoulder, arm, and hand movement.
Subject-matter Jurisdiction – Collective Bargaining Agreement
Private labor relations in this country are governed almost exclusively by federal law.
Sentencing Guidelines – Resentencing
In what is becoming an all-too-familiar subject, this appeal raises a question about whether a state drug statute sweeps more broadly than its federal counterpart because the former includes a particular isomer of a substance that the latter does not.
Weekly Case Digests – September 7, 2020 – September 11, 2020
Weekly Case Digests – September 7, 2020 – September 11, 2020
Plea & Sentencing – Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Desmond LaPean appeals a judgment convicting him of repeated sexual assault of a child and an order denying his postconviction motion for resentencing.
Preliminary Injunction – Application for Stay
The application for stay or vacatur presented to THE CHIEF JUSTICE and by him referred to the Court is granted.
Court Error – Admittance of Evidence
Samuel Nichols appeals a judgment of conviction for sexual assault and for capturing images of nudity without consent.
Abuse of Discretion – Motion to Amend Counterclaim Denied
Michael Cole appeals from a small claims judgment entered in favor of Jim Olson Motors, Inc. (Olson).
Foreclosure – RESPA Violation
This case arises from a foreclosure action filed by The Bank of New York Mellon against Elizabeth and Michael Brozek.
Legal News
- 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
- Biden-Lead Secret Service admits agency denied past requests by Trump’s campaign for tighter security
- Class action filed against Walgreens
- Former Waukesha County Sheriff’s Office lieutenant pleads guilty to smuggling contraband
- Two dead, one injured after Ozaukee County water rescue
- RNC Final Day: Trump accepts GOP Nomination
- Wisconsin officials intervene in Planned Parenthood action
- 7th Circuit adopts modifications to Rules 31, 34, 40, 47 and 60
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