FCRA Claim – Subject-matter Jurisdiction
In 2009 Allstate Insurance Company launched an internal investigation into suspicious trading on its equity desk.
Ordinance Interpretation – Jurisdiction
An organization known as Keep Chicago Livable and six individuals challenge the constitutionality of Chicago’s Shared Housing Ordinance.
Council takes up records request, no other proposed changes to Act 235 expected
The Judicial Council discussed on Friday the best way to respond to a request for records related to a recent overhaul of Wisconsin's rules of civil procedure.
Weekly Case Digests – February 11, 2019 – February 15, 2019
Weekly Case Digests – February 11, 2019 – February 15, 2019
Oral arguments set for Wisconsin case before SCOTUS
A criminal appeal challenging the constitutionality of Wisconsin's implied-consent statute will be argued in April before the U.S. Supreme Court.
Justices issue order detailing exception to pro hac vice rule
The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Tuesday handed down a written order on its recent decision to approve exceptions to its pro hac vice rule for certain tribal attorneys.
Termination of Parental Rights
C.H.B. appeals the circuit court’s orders terminating his parental rights to his three children pursuant to WIS. STAT. § 48.415(4) on the petition of S.M.G., C.H.B.’s ex-spouse and the children’s mother. C.H.B. makes a single argument, which is a facial challenge to the constitutionality of § 48.415(4). Section 48.415(4) allows the termination of parental rights based on the continuing den[...]
Governmental Immunity
Danielle Jackson, a former inmate at the Robert E. Ellsworth Correctional Center, a state correctional facility, was working as a cook in the kitchen of the facility on March 4, 2014, when Kettle Number One tipped, spilling boiling water on her and causing her significant burn injuries.
Plea Withdrawal – Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Samantha H. Savage-Filo appeals from a judgment of conviction for misdemeanor theft and from an order denying her postconviction motion, which sought to withdraw her plea as not knowing, intelligent, and voluntary due to her trial counsel’s ineffective assistance.
Statutory Interpretation – Federal Arbitration Act
Under the Federal Arbitration Act, parties to a contract may agree that an arbitrator rather than a court will resolve disputes arising out of the contract.
Habeas Corpus
The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit held that respondent Danny Hill, who has been sentenced to death in Ohio, is entitled to habeas relief under 28 U. S. C. §2254(d)(1) because the decisions of the Ohio courts concluding that he is not intellectually disabled were contrary to Supreme Court precedent that was clearly established at the time in question.
Legal News
- State Bar leaders remain deeply divided over special purpose trust
- Former Wisconsin college chancellor fired over porn career is fighting to keep his faculty post
- Pecker says he pledged to be Trump campaign’s ‘eyes and ears’ during 2016 race
- A conservative quest to limit diversity programs gains momentum in states
- Wisconsin prison inmate pleads not guilty to killing cellmate
- Waukesha man sentenced to 30 years for Sex Trafficking
- 12-year-old shot in Milwaukee Wednesday with ‘serious injuries’
- Milwaukee man convicted of laundering proceeds of business email compromise fraud schemes
- Giuliani, Meadows among 18 indicted in Arizona fake electors case
- Some State Bar diversity participants walk away from program
- Wisconsin court issues arrest warrant ‘in error’ for Minocqua Brewing owner
- Iranian nationals charged cyber campaign targeting U.S. Companies
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