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Civil Digest

Dec 6, 2017

Court Error – Time Barred Claim

Betco Corporation purchased the as‐ sets of two bioaugmentation companies from Marilyn and Malcolm Peacock.

Dec 5, 2017

Independent Contractor Status

Maranda A. Lafrombois appeals from an order granting summary judgment to Gannett Satellite Information Network, Inc.

Dec 5, 2017

Exempt Transferred Interests

This case involves Bruce Bosben’s transfers of property interests to his wife, Gwen Bosben, and to an LLC owned solely by Bruce and Gwen at a time when a creditor was attempting to satisfy a money judgment against Bruce.

Dec 5, 2017

Sentencing Guidelines

Keithany Martease Brodie appeals judgments convicting him of first-degree intentional homicide by use of a dangerous weapon, armed robbery, and felon in possession of a firearm.

Dec 5, 2017

Ineffective Assistance of Counsel – Plea Agreement Violation

Clifton Lee Williams, Jr., pro se, appeals from an order denying his collateral attack on a judgment convicting him of one count of second-degree reckless homicide, as a party to a crime, and two counts of felon in possession of a firearm.

Dec 5, 2017

Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

Ronald DePaoli appeals an order denying his WIS. STAT. § 974.06 (2015-16) motion for a new trial alleging he received ineffective assistance from his postconviction counsel.

Dec 5, 2017

Court Error – Inadmissible Evidence

Willie Brownlee Jr. appeals from a judgment of conviction, entered upon a jury’s verdict, for one count of possession of cocaine, fifteen to forty grams, with intent to deliver, contrary to WIS. STAT. §961.41(1m)(cm)3 (2015-16).

Dec 5, 2017

Plea Withdrawal

Ahyoh E. Cowans appeals an order denying his collateral attack on a judgment convicting him of felony murder.

Dec 5, 2017

Court Error – Postconviction Motion Denied

David Frentz filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 after the Court of Appeals of Indiana affirmed the denial of his petition for postconviction relief in state court.

Dec 5, 2017

Statutory Interpretation – Local Hotel Tax Ordinances

Thirteen Illinois municipalities (“the municipalities”) assert that the Appellees‐Cross‐Appellants, which are online travel agencies (“OTAs”), have withheld money owed to them under their local hotel tax ordinances.

Dec 5, 2017

Immigration – Cancellation of Removal Proceedings

This case presents a question closely connected with one this Court recently decided: when does a conviction for violating a protective order make a person ineligible for the cancellation of removal proceedings?

Dec 5, 2017

Petition for Rehearing

On consideration of the EEOC’s petition for rehearing, the panel has voted unanimously to deny rehearing.

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