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8th Amendment Violation
Jon Giles, an inmate at Jerome Combs Detention Center, was punched and bitten when he tried to protect his cellmate from a violent detainee’s assault.
Qualified Immunity
Brian Flatoff’s decision to take individuals hostage at a motorcycle shop in Neenah, Wisconsin, had tragic consequences for Michael Funk.
Admissibility of Evidence
A jury convicted Ronald Norweathers of two counts of transporting child pornography and one count of possessing child pornography.
Bankruptcy – Bulk Sales Provisions
The bankrupt businesses in both of these consolidated appeals had debts that far exceeded the value of their assets.
8th Amendment Violation – Imminent Danger
Plaintiff Maurice Wallace was convicted of murder and sentenced to life without parole in 2006.
Statutory Interpretation – Indemnification
Scott Robinett and the City of Indianapolis were co-defendants in a civil-rights action.
Supplemental Security Income and Disability Insurance Benefits
In 2000, Anthony Kaminski fell down a flight of stairs, suffering a head wound that caused a traumatic brain injury and a seizure disorder.
Breach of Contract
Marquette University suspended a tenured faculty member because of a blog post criticizing an encounter between an instructor and a student.
Motion to Suppress Evidence
This is a review of the Bayfield County circuit court's order granting Christopher John Kerr's ("Kerr") motion to suppress evidence discovered during a search incident to arrest on the basis that "'judicial integrity' is vital enough to justify exclusion of evidence when the issuing court's arrest warrant was invalid ab initio."
ERISA – Pensions
When the Employee Retirement System (ERS) was created for the City of Milwaukee (the City) in 1937, the State granted each employee-member of the ERS the right to vote for the election of three employees to serve on the ERS Annuity and Pension Board (the Board) comprised of seven members.
Plea Withdrawal – Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
The petitioner, Patrick Dalton, seeks review of an unpublished court of appeals decision affirming his judgment of conviction and sentence and upholding the circuit court's order denying his postconviction motion.
OWI – 4th Amendment Violation
Gerald Mitchell was convicted of operating while intoxicated and with a prohibited alcohol concentration, based on the test of blood drawn without a warrant while he was unconscious, pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 343.305(3)(b) (2013–14).
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- Former Wisconsin college chancellor fired over porn career is fighting to keep his faculty post
- Pecker says he pledged to be Trump campaign’s ‘eyes and ears’ during 2016 race
- A conservative quest to limit diversity programs gains momentum in states
- Wisconsin prison inmate pleads not guilty to killing cellmate
- Waukesha man sentenced to 30 years for Sex Trafficking
- 12-year-old shot in Milwaukee Wednesday with ‘serious injuries’
- Milwaukee man convicted of laundering proceeds of business email compromise fraud schemes
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- Some State Bar diversity participants walk away from program
- Wisconsin court issues arrest warrant ‘in error’ for Minocqua Brewing owner
- Iranian nationals charged cyber campaign targeting U.S. Companies
- Facing mostly white juries, are Milwaukee County defendants of color truly judged by their peers?
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