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Aug 22, 2017

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”).

Aug 22, 2017

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.

Aug 22, 2017

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.

Aug 22, 2017

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[...]

Aug 22, 2017

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.

Aug 22, 2017

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.

Aug 22, 2017

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.

Aug 22, 2017

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.

Aug 22, 2017

Sufficiency of Evidence

Robert Stinson spent twenty‐three years in jail for a murder he did not commit.

Aug 22, 2017

Erroneous Sex Registration

One cannot deny the stigmatizing effect of being erroneously placed on a registry.

Aug 22, 2017

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.

Aug 22, 2017

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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