Sentence Credit
Levelt Dewarren Musgraves appeals the circuit court’s order denying his motion for sentence credit.
Search Warrant – Probable Cause
A jury convicted Kris Zocco of knowingly possessing sixteen recordings of child pornography.
Product Liability – Negligence
Dale Chapp, individually and as the personal representative of the Estate of Ruth Chapp, deceased, appeals from the trial court’s order granting summary judgment to Colgate-Palmolive Company, the manufacturer of Cashmere Bouquet talcum powder, dismissing Chapp’s claims against it.
LIRC Review – Disability Benefits
Janet Mueller appeals a circuit court order affirming a decision by the Labor and Industry Review Commission (the Commission), which dismissed Mueller’s application for worker’s compensation temporary disability benefits.
Property Assessment
Ronald L. Collison, pro se, appeals the circuit court’s order affirming the Board of Review’s decision.
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Jose Anthony Guzman appeals from a judgment, entered upon a jury’s verdict, convicting him on one count of first-degree sexual assault of a child less than sixteen years old.
Sentence Modification
John Doe appeals a judgment convicting him of second-degree sexual assault.
Insurance Claim – Coverage
This case is before us for the second time, on remand from the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
Summary Judgment – Jurisdiction
Lloyd Johnson brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against various employees and officials of the Milwaukee County Medical Health Complex (“MHC”), MHC itself, Milwaukee County, and the County’s Department of Health and Human Services.
Sentencing Guidelines and Jury Instructions
Petitioner-appellant Stacy Haynes challenges three of his convictions under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c), which imposes steep penalties on a defendant who uses a firearm during a “crime of violence.”
Prisoner – Mailbox Rule
Malcolm Cobb, Jr., an Indiana prisoner, brought a state-court negligence action against Aramark Correctional Services, LLC (“Aramark”) for failing to clean up a spill in the kitchen at the Pendleton Correctional Facility, causing him to slip and fracture his ankle.
2nd Amendment Violation
Two Cook County residents appeal the dismissal of their complaint, which raises a Second Amendment challenge to Cook County’s ban on assault rifles and large-capacity magazines.
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- Gov. Evers seeks applicants for Sheboygan and Green County Sheriffs
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