Breach of Contract – Damages
BankDirect Capital Finance and Capital Premium Financing both participate in the market for loans to finance insurance premiums.
14th Amendment Violations
Johnnie Lee Savory spent thirty years in prison for a 1977 double murder that he insists he did not commit.
Statutory Interpretation – Securities – Statute of Limitations
Hype and reality can be at odds. This contrast arises often in postmortems on once-fashionable, now-failed investment securities.
Sufficiency of Evidence and Jury Instructions
On‐duty officer Marco Proano fired sixteen shots at a moving sedan filled with teenagers until the car idled against a light pole.
Sentencing Guidelines
Arturo Bustos conspired with his codefendants to deliver 995 grams of heroin to an undercover officer.
Mequon lawyer challenging license-suspension recommendation
A Mequon attorney is challenging a referee’s recommendation that the Wisconsin Supreme Court suspend his license for three months.
Weekly Case Digests – February 4, 2019 – February 8, 2019
Weekly Case Digests – February 4, 2019 – February 8, 2019
Justices tell OLR to further investigate attorney’s health, possible restitution payment
The Wisconsin Supreme Court is ordering lawyer-regulators to investigate whether any medical concerns are preventing the Green Bay lawyer Paul Boltz from defending himself from misconduct allegations.
Abuse of Discretion – Restitution
This is a review of an unpublished decision of the court of appeals affirming the circuit court's restitution order of $8,487.41 against Shawn T. Wiskerchen for losses caused by his burglary of a neighbor's residence.
Negligence – Governmental Immunity
This is a review of an unpublished decision of the court of appeals reversing the circuit court's denial of summary judgment to the City of New Berlin and the New Berlin Parks and Recreation Department (together, "New Berlin").
Abuse of Discretion – Contempt Motion
The Town of Forest (“the Town”) appeals an order denying its motion to hold the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (“the PSC”) in contempt of court.
Termination of Parental Rights
A.J.S. appeals an order terminating his parental rights to his daughter, M.R.S.
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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