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Civil Digest

Nov 18, 2019

Due Process Violation

Plaintiff Lisa Ulrey served as the assistant principal of the Manchester Junior-Senior High School until November 4, 2014, when she resigned during a meeting with William Reichhart, the school district’s superintendent.

Nov 18, 2019

Court Error – Denial of Continuance – Damages

Rapper Jayceon Taylor, better known as “The Game,” starred in a VH1 television show called She’s Got Game, an imitation of the long-running reality dating series The Bachelor.

Nov 18, 2019

Judgment – Costs

Plaintiff Marvin Abernathy was injured while working for defendant Eastern Illinois Railroad Company.

Nov 18, 2019

Sherman Act Violation

For nearly 30 years, Chicago Studio Rental, Incorporated and Chicago Studio City Real Estate Holdings, LLC (collectively, “Chicago Studio”) operated the only film studio in Chicago, Illinois.

Nov 18, 2019

Prisoner – 8th Amendment Violation

George Walker is an inmate at Stateville Correctional Center.

Nov 18, 2019

Immigration – Removal Order

Henrikas Malukas, a citizen of Lithuania, entered the United States in 1992 on a tourist visa and did not leave when it expired.

Nov 18, 2019

4th Amendment Violation

Antoinette Wonsey’s Chicago home attracted two types of visitors: tourists and police.

Nov 13, 2019

Termination of Parental Rights

T.R. appeals the circuit court’s orders terminating her parental rights to three children, K.D., K.S., and A.S., on the petitions of the Dane County Department of Human Services (the County).

Nov 13, 2019

Abuse of Discretion – Sex Offender Registration

Genevieve S. Thornberry appeals an amended judgment convicting her of causing mental harm to a child, contrary to WIS. STAT. § 948.04(1) (2017-18), to the extent that it ordered her to register as a sex offender under WIS. STAT. § 301.45.

Nov 13, 2019

Evidentiary Hearing

Marcus Demond Anderson, Sr. appeals a judgment of conviction, following guilty pleas, to two counts of delivering heroin.

Nov 13, 2019

Exclusion of Evidence – Expert Testimony

Jude Giles appeals a judgment, entered following a jury trial, convicting him of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated (OWI), as a second offense.

Nov 13, 2019

Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

Robert C. Washington appeals a judgment of conviction, following guilty pleas, of one count of first-degree reckless homicide and one count of first-degree reckless injury.

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