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Civil Digest

Sep 12, 2018

Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

A jury convicted Tyler Montour of attempted first-degree intentional homicide and being a felon in possession of a firearm.

Sep 12, 2018

Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

Dontre Johnson appeals an order denying his WIS. STAT. § 974.06 (2015-16) motion for postconviction relief.

Sep 12, 2018

Court Error – Fee Waiver – Default Judgment

Ian Humphrey appeals the judgment entered against him in the amount of $200.50 after he was found guilty following a court trial of operating a motor vehicle while suspended.

Sep 11, 2018

4th Amendment Violation – Unlawful Entry

When Officer Del Pearson and other Chicago police officers executed a search warrant for “apartment 1” at a Chicago address, there was a problem with the warrant.

Sep 11, 2018

Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

In 2002 an Illinois jury convicted Volney McGhee of murder and attempted murder after he shot two men outside a Chicago gas station.

Sep 11, 2018

Suppression of Evidence – Unreasonable Seizure – Firearm

The police received an anonymous 911 call from a 14‐year‐old who borrowed a stranger’s phone and reported seeing “boys” “playing with guns” by a “gray and greenish Charger” in a nearby parking lot.

Sep 11, 2018

Bankruptcy – SSA Payments

Shortly before Peggy Berg filed a petition for bankruptcy, the Social Security Administration (“SSA” or “Agency”) reduced the payment of a back-award that it owed to her by the amount of an earlier overpayment that Berg owed to the Agency.

Sep 11, 2018

Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

In 2002 an Illinois jury convicted Volney McGhee of murder and attempted murder after he shot two men outside a Chicago gas station.

Sep 11, 2018

Bankruptcy – Breach of Fiduciary Duty

Irwin Financial Corporation was a holding company for two banks that failed in the wake of the 2007–2008 financial crisis.

Sep 11, 2018

Malicious Prosecution Claim

In 2012, Chicago Police Department officers arrested Daniel Martinez during a search of his home.

Sep 11, 2018

4th Amendment Violation

The City of Naperville owns and operates a public utility that provides electricity to the city’s residents.

Sep 11, 2018

Breach of Contract

This case involves a contract dispute over the sale and purchase of carbon black, an important ingredient in rubber products.

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