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Civil Digest

Jun 25, 2018

Statutory Interpretation – NEPA

Wisconsin proposes to renovate a 7.5-mile stretch of Highway 164 (formerly known as Highway J), a two-lane road in southern Washington County.

Jun 25, 2018

Breach of Settlement

James Fryer and the Alliance for Water Efficiency set out to produce a study about drought.

Jun 25, 2018

Sentencing Guidelines

Hard as it may try, Chicago has not yet managed to shake free from the scourge of public corruption.

Jun 25, 2018

Personal Jurisdiction

John Crane, Inc., as a manufacturer of products containing asbestos, has been sued many times for injuries caused by exposure to asbestos.

Jun 25, 2018

Statutory Interpretation – Expert Evidence

Cheryl Dalton appeals the summary judgment entered against her in this products liability case.

Jun 13, 2018

Writ of Certiorari – Injunctive Relief – Abortion

Jane Doe, a minor, was eight weeks pregnant when she unlawfully crossed the border into the United States.

Jun 13, 2018

Statutory Interpretation – Bankruptcy

The Bankruptcy Code prohibits debtors from discharging debts for money, property, services, or credit obtained by “false pretenses, a false representation, or actual fraud,” 11 U. S. C. §523(a)(2)(A), or, if made in writing, by a materially false “statement . . . respecting the debtor’s . . . financial condition,” §523(a)(2)(B).

Jun 13, 2018

Sentencing Modification

Under 18 U. S. C. §3582(c)(2), a defendant is eligible for a sentence reduction if he was initially sentenced “based on a sentencing range” that was later lowered by the United States Sentencing Commission.

Jun 13, 2018

Statutory Interpretation – Sentencing Guidelines

The proper construction of federal sentencing statutes and the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure can present close questions of statutory and textual interpretation when implementing the Federal Sentencing Guidelines.

Jun 13, 2018

1st Amendment Violation – Free Exercise Clause

The case presents difficult questions as to the proper reconciliation of at least two principles.

Jun 13, 2018

Writ of Certiorari

The writ of certiorari is dismissed as improvidently granted.

Jun 13, 2018

4th Amendment Violation

This case presents the question whether the automobile exception to the Fourth Amendment permits a police officer, uninvited and without a warrant, to enter the curtilage of a home in order to search a vehicle parked therein.

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