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Weekly Case Digests – September 13, 2021 – September 17, 2021

To have Article III standing to sue in federal court, plaintiffs must demonstrate, among other things, that they suffered a concrete harm.

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Congress requires most domestic refineries to blend a certain amount of ethanol and other renewable fuels into the transportation fuels they produce.

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In March 2020, Congress passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, 134 Stat. 281.

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The Fourth Amendment ordinarily requires that police officers get a warrant before entering a home without permission.

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Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are two of the Nation’s leading sources of mortgage financing.

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A public high school student used, and transmitted to her Snapchat friends, vulgar language and gestures criticizing both the school and the school’s cheerleading team.

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A California regulation grants labor organizations a “right to take access” to an agricultural employer’s property in order to solicit support for unionization.

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This case involves a securities-fraud class action filed by several pension funds against The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., and three of its former executives (collectively, Goldman).

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In the Sherman Act, Congress tasked courts with enforcing a policy of competition on the belief that market forces “yield the best allocation” of the Nation’s resources.

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The validity of a patent previously issued by the Patent and Trademark Office can be challenged before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, an executive tribunal within the PTO.

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This case is about the tort of malicious prosecution.

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Kathy Siech and Paul Schwab divorced in 1992.

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P.R. appeals the circuit court’s order placing her daughter outside P.R.’s home.

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Vincent Foreman-Ante participated in a psychology class activity at Edgerton High School.

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Jeffrey Moeser appeals a judgment convicting him of operating while intoxicated, sixth offense.

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T.G. appeals from a juvenile court order waiving him into adult court.

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Peter Long and PJL Properties, LLC (collectively PJL) appeal from a judgment of the trial court awarding double damages and attorney fees to Rick A. Weber and Brenda J. Weber in a landlord-tenant dispute.

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Avery L. Applewhite appeals from a judgment of conviction and an order denying his postconviction motion.

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This action involves the interpretation of a ten-foot lake easement (the easement) granted to Albert Hinton in 1973.

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M.R.K. appeals the order of the trial court terminating his parental rights to J.K. He argues that the trial court erred in entering a default judgment against him after he failed to appear at a hearing on the State’s petition for the termination of his parental rights, and that his motion to vacate the default judgment should not have been denied.

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Xander appeals orders entered under WIS. STAT. ch. 51 extending his involuntary commitment and subjecting him to involuntary medication and treatment.

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Jordan appeals an order extending his involuntary commitment under WIS. STAT. ch. 51 and an order for involuntary medication and treatment.

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Mary Nies and Kay Nies-Toren, two of the six heirs to the Estate of Lois M. Nies, appeal from a final order denying their petition to have the circuit court order certain directions to the Estate’s personal representative.

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FAWD, LLC, appeals the circuit court’s dismissal of its claims for entitlement to an easement.

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P.G. appeals orders establishing guardianships of his person and his estate, as well as an order for his protective placement. P.G. argues the guardianship and protective placement orders must be reversed because the circuit court failed to find—and the evidence did not support a finding—that his needs could not be met through less restrictive means.

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Phillip Dewayne Peters appeals from a judgment convicting him of criminal trespass and second-degree sexual assault and an order of the circuit court denying his motion requesting the court to order additional DNA testing pursuant to WIS. STAT. § 974.07 (2019-20).

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Juan Ramone Camacho appeals his judgment of conviction for second-degree sexual assault of a child.

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Deandre Simone Manns appeals judgments of conviction entered after he pled guilty to third-degree sexual assault in one case and intimidation of a victim as a habitual offender in a second case.

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The City of Milwaukee appeals a non-final order of the circuit court denying its motion to dismiss the action filed by WGLB Scholarship in Memory of Joel J. Kinlow, Inc. (WGLB) pursuant to WIS. STAT. § 74.35 (2019-20), seeking to recover an allegedly unlawful property tax imposed by the City for the 2018 tax year.

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