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Eric Mapes was arrested for trespassing after being refused service at a CVS store.

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Donald and Mary Timm sustained serious injuries in a horrific motorcycle accident.

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Washington Federal Bank brought a default action against Patrick Doherty, John Farano, Jr., and Worth Conversion, LLC, for notes related to various real estate ventures.

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Police arrested five men involved in a string of Milwaukee armed robberies in late 2016.

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Section 522(b)(1) of the United States Bankruptcy Code states that a “debtor may exempt from property of the [bankruptcy] estate the property listed in either paragraph (2) or, in the alternative paragraph (3).”

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After Michael Campos’s August 2011 arrest for driving under the influence, his employer—the Cook County Sheriff’s Office—began termination proceedings.

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Weekly Case Digests – August 26, 2019 – August 30, 2019

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This case involves the application of the economic loss doctrine to a negligence claim brought against Super Products LLC. Secura Insurance, a Mutual Company, seeks recovery for damages arising from an allegedly defective product sold by Super Products to Secura’s insured pursuant to a contract.

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The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (Department) appeals from the circuit court’s order concluding that the monthly payments Christine Tarrant received from a testamentary trust account did not constitute countable unearned income when determining her eligibility for medical assistance.

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William and Suzanne Edwards wanted to rebuild their home, but their plans required a setback variance.

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This action is an attempt by medical providers to curb what is alleged to be an unlawful Medicaid recoupment policy by the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS).

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This case is before us a second time. In 1986, Ted and Carolyn Ritter d/b/a Bibs Resort, Inc. (the Ritters) purchased a lakefront resort property and named it “Bibs Resort.”

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Robert Hammersley, pro se, appeals an order denying him relief from a 1995 default order revoking his driver’s license for violating Wisconsin’s implied consent law.

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Timothy Bowler, Kim Bowler and Alpine Resort of Presque Isle, Inc. (collectively, the Bowlers) appeal a summary judgment granted in favor of Vilas County to enforce an ordinance establishing a uniform addressing system within the County.

John Flasko Phillips appeals a judgment convicting him of second-degree reckless homicide, as a party to a crime.

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Corey Benson, pro se, appeals from judgments, entered upon a jury’s verdicts, convicting him on one count of child abuse, one count of child neglect, one count of first-degree intentional homicide, and two counts of felony bail jumping.

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This appeal presents issues stemming from a prison’s discipline of a prisoner and his later suicide attempts.

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One afternoon in 2014, three Chicago police officers stopped three black men in a grey sedan to investigate a nearby shooting that had happened a few hours earlier.

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The opinion issued in the above-entitled case on June 12, 2019, is hereby amended as follows...

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A federal grand jury indicted defendants Julian Thomas and James Thompson for robbing a bank.

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SportFuel appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment for Gatorade and its parent company, PepsiCo.

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Jeffrey Leiser was an inmate at the Wisconsin Stanley Correctional Institution where Sergeant Karen Kloth was employed.

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Paul Nigl, pro se, appeals an order denying a motion, based upon his ongoing incarceration, to reduce the balance of his child support arrears, eliminate the accrued interest on those arrears, and modify his $5 weekly arrearage payment.

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This class action suit challenges the red light camera program of the Village of Lakemoor, Illinois.

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Richard Kraemer pleaded guilty to one count of possession of child pornography, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2252(a)(4)(B).

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The complex background of these consolidated appeals burrows through over a decade of litigation.

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Tara Crump applied for disability benefits based on numerous mental health impairments, including bipolar disorder and polysubstance abuse disorder.

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In United States v. Cardena, 842 F.3d 959 (7th Cir. 2016), we held that 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B)— which partially defines “crime of violence” for § 924—is unconstitutionally vague.

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Cash Depot underpaid employees for their overtime work.

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Before bringing a tort claim against the United States, a plaintiff must first exhaust her administrative remedies by presenting her claim to the appropriate federal agency.

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