Unlawful Insurance Policy Cancellation
Wisconsin Mutual Insurance Company appeals an order granting declaratory judgment to Steven Stokelbusch, Stokelbusch Insurance Agency, Inc., and Westport Insurance Corporation (collectively, “Stokelbusch”).
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Lonell Echols, pro se, appeals the circuit court’s order denying his postconviction motion brought pursuant to WIS. STAT. § 974.06 Echols argues that he should be allowed to withdraw his guilty plea because he received constitutionally ineffective assistance from his trial counsel.
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Montgomery Edward Walker, pro se, appeals from an order of the circuit court that denied his postconviction motion without a hearing.
Abuse of Discretion
Sandra Jean Neault appeals from a judgment in the amount of $98,782.40, entered by the trial court upon finding Neault liable for conversion, misrepresentation, unjust enrichment, and theft after Neault withdrew funds in the amount of $48,931.65 from a checking account that was held jointly by Neault and her mother, Rosemary Merkel, the respondent. Merkel asserts that she opened the account with N[...]
Motion for Postconviction Relief Denied
Frank Lellie, pro se, appeals a judgment of conviction for one count of burglary and two counts of identity theft, all as party to a crime.
Abuse of Discretion and Jury Instructions
Plaintiff Joseph Doornbos was leaving a Chicago train station when a plainclothes police officer confronted him, grabbed him, and with the help of two other plainclothes officers, forced him to the ground.
Abuse of Discretion and Title II Claim
We need not address the merits of King’s Title II claim; another issue controls this case’s outcome.
Sufficiency of Evidence
Virginia “Ginger” Mourning appeals the grant of summary judgment for her former employer, Ternes Packaging–Indiana, Inc., on her claims that Ternes fired her because she is a woman, in violation of her rights under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-2, and because she took medical leave that was protected under the Family and Medical Leave Act, 29 U.S.C. § 2615.
Sufficiency of Evidence
Robert Stinson spent twenty‐three years in jail for a murder he did not commit.
Erroneous Sex Registration
One cannot deny the stigmatizing effect of being erroneously placed on a registry.
Enforceable or Binding Settlement Arrangement
As a general rule, choses in action are freely alienable. But courts can—and indeed must—refuse to enforce certain contractual assignments on public-policy grounds.
Sentencing Guidelines and Jury Instructions
Antwon Willis and Ericka Simmons were convicted of conspiracy to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin and sentenced to 235 months’ and 108 months’ imprisonment, respectively.
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