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Court Error – Exemplary Damages
Ronald and Sharon Dassow appeal from a judgment awarding them compensatory damages and taxable costs in a nuisance case stemming from their being blocked access to certain real property.
Collective Bargaining Agreement
Milwaukee County appeals an order granting summary judgment to Milwaukee District Council 48 (DC 48) finding that certain Milwaukee County employees, represented by DC 48, were not covered by a collective bargaining agreement (CBA) at the time Milwaukee County General Ordinance (MCGO) § 201.24(4.1) took effect, thus rendering them eligible for certain retirement benefits.
Motion to Suppress Evidence Denied
Andrew Carter appeals a judgment of conviction entered after a jury found him guilty of six crimes.
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Jesus David Gutierrez-Mendoza appeals a judgment convicting him of the following charges: one count of second-degree sexual assault of a child; one count of child enticement (exposing a sex organ); one count of repeated sexual assault of the same child (at least three violations of first- or second-degree sexual assault); and ten counts of sex with a child age sixteen or older.
Sentencing Guidelines
Luegene Hampton, pro se, appeals orders amending a judgment of conviction as it relates to Hampton’s parole eligibility date and denying Hampton’s “motion for reconsideration and/or clarification.”
Fourteenth Amendment Equal Protection Clause Violation
Sonoku Tagami celebrated “GoTopless Day 2014” by walking around the streets of Chicago naked from the waist up, though wearing “opaque” body paint on her bare breasts.
Statutory Interpretation
Defendants Kevin Johnson and Tyler Lang traveled from California to a mink farm in Illinois where they released approximately 2000 minks from their cages and destroyed or damaged other property on the farm. While on their way to damage a fox farm, Johnson and Lang were arrested on state charges of possession of burglary tools.
Frivolous Appeal – Plea Withdrawal
After pleading guilty to possessing cocaine with intent to distribute, 21 U.S.C. §841(a)(1), Brian Redden was sentenced to 151 months’ imprisonment and 3 years’ supervised release.
Expert Testimony and Jury Instructions
Trying another tack against the GPS evidence, the Whites also argue that the district court erred by refusing at the trial to admit the GPS evidence and some exhibits related to it.
Deportation – Statutory Waiver
The procedural history of this case is complicated, but the issue before us in the present petition is a narrow one: whether, when issuing a final decision in 2015 on Mr. Acquaah’s first petition to remove the conditions on his residency, the Board erred in determining that Mr. Acquaah was statutorily ineligible for a fraud waiver.
Preliminary Injunction – Antitrust
Authenticom’s case centers on agreements—actual and alleged—between Reynolds and CDK. The actual agreements are the ones signed in 2015; the alleged agreement is one described by Authenticom’s CEO, Cottrell, when he said that executives at Reynolds and CDK confessed that they were determined to block Authenticom from their systems.
High court slaps attorney with 4-month suspension
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has suspended the license of a Madison attorney who, among other things, was criminally convicted for bringing an inmate pepper and toothbrushes.
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