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Subject-matter Jurisdiction
This case is about the plaintiffs’ quest to halt construction of the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago’s Jackson Park.
Punitive Damages
Without permission from Epic Systems, Tata Consultancy Services (“TCS”) downloaded, from 2012 to 2014, thousands of documents containing Epic’s confidential information and trade secrets.
Sentencing Career Criminal Classification
Clayton Waagner filed a second collateral attack on his sentence under 28 U.S.C. § 2255.
Petition for Rehearing En Banc
On consideration of plaintiff-appellant’s petition for rehearing and rehearing en banc, filed on June 16, 2020, a majority of the panel voted to deny rehearing.
Court Error – Motion for Summary Affirmance
Appellee the United States asks this court to summarily affirm the district court’s dismissal of appellant Tim Jon Semmerling’s complaint because his appellate brief does not assert any error in the district court’s decision.
Jury Instructions
A jury convicted Blair Cook of being an unlawful user of a controlled substance (marijuana) in possession of a firearm and ammunition.
Appellate Jurisdiction
The False Claims Act allows the United States government to dismiss a relator’s qui tam suit over the relator’s objection with notice and opportunity for a hearing.
Breach of Contract – Summary Judgment
Smart Oil, LLC agreed to sell thirty parcels of land with gas stations and convenience stores to DW Mazel, LLC (“DWM”).
Ordinance Interpretation and Sufficiency of Evidence
Greg Douglas Griswold appeals a circuit court judgment finding him guilty of violating a Village of Muscoda ordinance that provides: “No person may violate any rules or regulations that have been enacted by the Librarian or the Library Board.”
Involuntary Commitment
R.J. was involuntary committed for treatment for six months pursuant to WIS. STAT. § 51.20, and he was subsequently recommitted for a period of one year.
Unlawful-stop Claim – Suppression of Evidence
During the course of a traffic stop, Catherine Large was arrested for operating a vehicle while intoxicated (“OWI”), and a sample of her blood was later drawn for chemical testing.
Court of Error – Admittance of Evidence
William Heaney appeals from a judgment dismissing his small claims replevin action seeking the recovery of three oil portraits hanging in the lobby of the “Oshkosh Northwestern Building,” a building owned by Oshkosh Business Center III, LLC. He asserts the circuit court erred in refusing to admit as evidence at the trial authorizations signed by his cousin and his cousin’s widow and erred in[...]
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