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Martez C. Fennell appeals a judgment of conviction, following a jury trial, of one count of armed robbery as a party to a crime and one count of operating a vehicle without the owner’s consent as a party to a crime.

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Damon Evans challenges the circuit court’s denial of his motion to suppress heroin, cocaine and marijuana found on him during a traffic stop.

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Huandra Murray appeals a judgment of conviction and an order denying postconviction relief.

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Casey M. Fisher appeals from an order denying without a hearing his second motion for a new trial.

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Alandous Briggs pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm after officers found drugs and firearms at his home during a parole visit.

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In this suit under the diversity jurisdiction, a district court ordered Jackson National Life Insurance to pay about $191,000 on a policy of life insurance.

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There have been several constitutional challenges to school busing in Wisconsin over the years. See, e.g., St. Augustine Sch. v. Evers, 906 F.3d 591 (7th Cir. 2018); Racine Charter One, Inc. v. Racine Unified Sch. Dist., 424 F.3d 677 (7th Cir. 2005).

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A Waukesha County judge recently dismissed a lawsuit an Oak Creek woman filed against the Brookfield law firm she had worked for.

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Weekly Case Digests – April 22, 2019 – April 26, 2019

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A Kenosha lawyer faces a nine-month license suspension over allegations that he violated more than a dozen attorney-ethics rules.

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Three named plaintiffs brought class action claims against Google for alleged violations of the Stored Communications Act.

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The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act regulates “‘debt collector[s].’” 15 U. S. C. §1692a(6); see 91 Stat. 874, 15 U. S. C. §1692 et seq. A “‘debt collector,’” the Act says, is “any person . . . in any business the principal purpose of which is the collection of any debts, or who regularly collects or attempts to collect, directly or indirectly, debts.” §1692a(6).

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In maritime tort cases, we act as a common-law court, subject to any controlling statutes enacted by Congress.

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Aliens who are arrested because they are believed to be deportable may generally apply for release on bond or parole while the question of their removal is being decided.

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The State of Washington imposes a tax upon fuel importers who travel by public highway.

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We review Referee Kim M. Peterson's recommendation that the court declare Attorney Diann P. Burton in default and publicly reprimand her for professional misconduct in connection with her practice of law while her law license was suspended, and her improper use of a firm name for her solo practice

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We review a stipulation filed pursuant to Supreme Court Rule (SCR) 22.12 by the Office of Lawyer Regulation (OLR) and Attorney David P. F. Templeton. I

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We review the report and recommendation of Referee Kim M. Peterson in favor of reinstating the license of Attorney John F. Koenig to practice law in Wisconsin.

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Christopher Kieninger and Dewayne Meek tell us that Wisconsin's statutes and regulations require their employer to pay them for the time they spend driving a company-provided vehicle between their homes and their assigned jobsites.

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The court of appeals dismissed this appeal as moot.

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This appeal comes before us on certification from the court of appeals.

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Milwaukee County seeks to deny what it characterizes as "unusually generous" pension benefits to certain members of Milwaukee District Council 48 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (DC-48), citing the County's structural deficit, the escalating cost of the Employees' Retirement System of the County of Milwaukee (ERS), and the County's intention to grant a particular benefit to only those represented employees who were hired before 1994.

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Brenda Marshall, pro se, appeals a judgment of conviction, resulting from a trial to the court.

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Deborah O’Brien appeals an order of the Iowa County Circuit Court dismissing her claim against The Travelers Inn, LLC. O’Brien initiated a small claims action alleging that Travelers Inn failed to pay her the minimum wage required by Wisconsin and federal law.

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Daniel P. Henningsen appeals an order denying his motion for postconviction relief under WIS. STAT. § 974.06 (2017-18).

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Timothy Reichling, by counsel, appeals a judgment convicting him of two counts of possession of child pornography, after he entered guilty pleas.

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In these consolidated appeals, the State appeals a circuit court order that awarded Richard Harrison sentence credit, pursuant to WIS. STAT. § 973.155 (2017-18), for the initial confinement time that he served on two convictions that were each vacated while Harrison was then serving the initial confinement portion of the sentence on each respective vacated conviction.

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Emmanuel Stevenson appeals a circuit court order, entered on November 13, 2017, reinstating a prior order granting Stevenson 304 days of sentence credit.

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This receivership case, resulting from an underlying breach-of-contract case, is reminiscent of a messy divorce.

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Leith Holdings, LLC appeals from a circuit court order granting summary judgment to Wisconsin Power & Light Company (WP&L).

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