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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.
Bankruptcy – Unsettled Trustee Claims
MMR has appealed; Rose has not. (Matt Rose also purports to appeal, but he was not a party in the district court.)
Proper Venue
Wine and Canvas Development, LLC, Anthony Scott, Tamara McCracken, and Donald McCracken sued Christopher Muylle, Theodore Weisser, YN Canvas CA, LLC, Art Uncorked LLC, and Weisser Management Group LLC, bringing federal trademark and state law claims.
Statutory of Interpretation
The sole question before us is whether an “intoxicating liquor” dealership, as defined by Wis. Stat. § 135.02(3)(b), includes one that involves wine.
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
In 2012 a jury convicted Franchie Farmer of armed bank robbery, see 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) and (d), and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence, see id. § 924(c)(1)(A)(ii).
Abuse of Discretion
Union Pacific Railroad challenges the legal authority of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to continue an enforcement action after issuing a right to sue letter and subsequent resolution of the underlying charges of discrimination in a private lawsuit.
Interstate Commerce Commission Termination Act of 1995
The plaintiff here is a rail carrier, Chessie Logistics, which claims it was injured when its neighbor Krinos damaged its railroad tracks.
Court Error – Jury Instructions and Sufficiency of Evidence
The plaintiff in this case wants a new trial based on a jury instruction he agreed to and admission of two exhibits to which he did not object on the grounds he argues on appeal.
Abuse of Discretion
Plaintiffs are former arbitrators for the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission. In 2011, plaintiffs and another arbitrator brought a due process action challenging the implementation of House Bill 1698, a workers’ compensation reform statute that had terminated their six‐ year appointments under prior law.
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