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OPINION AND ORDER ROGER B. COSBEY, United States Magistrate Judge. I. INTRODUCTION "What started as a typical family outing to Northrop High School on February 3, 2007, to attend a show choir competition culminated in Plaintiff William Larsen’s arrest for disorderly conduct and resisting arrest, and subsequently, this surprisingly-complex federal lawsuit. After the charg

In the United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit No. 08-2877 D ONNA L. L EWIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. C ITY OF C HICAGO P OLICE D EPARTMENT, C ITY OF C HICAGO, and T ERRENCE W ILLIAMS, Defendants-Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern Dis

590 F.3d 427 (2009) Donna L. LEWIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT, City of Chicago, and Terrence Williams, Defendants-Appellees. No. 08-2877. United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. Argued October 5, 2009. Decided December 21, 2009. *431 Dana L. Kurtz (argued), Kurtz Law Offic

552 F.Supp.2d 826 (2008) Virginia A. VIILO, Plaintiff, v. CITY OF MILWAUKEE, Supervisory Personnel, Kevin Eyre, Montell D. Carter, Police Officers, Defendants. No. 05-C-0216. United States District Court, E.D. Wisconsin. Febraury 12, 2008. *828 Howard B. Schoenfeld, Megan A. Senatori, Dewitt Ross & Stevens SC, Madison, WI, fo

OPINION AND ORDER SARA L. ELLIS, United States District Judge Plaintiffs Duane Porter, Kenneth Black, Ronald Bouie, Ricky Brown, Samuel Clark, *899Frank Craddieth, Donald Gayles, and Steven Wilson, African American journeyman pipefitters who belonged to Defendant Pi-pefitters Association Local Union 597 (“Local 597”), claim that they and other Afri

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In the United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit No. 99-2282 Michael Bonds, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Milwaukee County, Karen Ordinans, William Hart and Thomas Kuzma, Defendants-Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. No. 97 C 921--Joseph P. Stadtmueller, Chief Judge. Argued October 14, 1999--Decided March 28, 2000 Before Harlington Wood, Jr., Cudahy and Kanne, Circuit Judges. Kanne, Circuit Judge. Defendant Mil

26 F.Supp.2d 1119 (1998) John ROE, Plaintiff, v. CITY OF MILWAUKEE, Officer Wawrzymiakowski, and Other Unnamed Police Officers, Defendants. No. 98-C-462. United States District Court, E.D. Wisconsin. November 2, 1998. *1120 *1121 Mary M. Gundrum, Legal Aid Society of Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI,

198 F.Supp.2d 979 (2001) Elizabeth M. SCHELE, Plaintiff, v. PORTER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, et al., Defendants. No. 2:00-CV-153. United States District Court, N.D. Indiana, Hammond Division. September 4, 2001. *980 Ivan E. Bodensteiner from Douglas & Ferngren, Daniel R. Berning from Berning *981

2021 WI 44 SUPREME COURT OF WISCONSIN CASE NO.: 2018AP2383 COMPLETE TITLE: United America, LLC, Plaintiff-Respondent-Petitioner, v. Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Defendant-Appellant. REVIEW OF DECISION OF THE COURT OF APPEA

POSNER, Chief Judge. Daniel Schluga brought suit in a Wisconsin state court against the City of Milwaukee, claiming that the City had deprived him of his automobile in violation of the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and state law. The City removed the case to federal district court (odd that a city should prefer federal to state court—as odd as a football team th

ORDER J.P. Stadtmueller, United States District Judge The plaintiff, Victor Le (“Le”), on behalf of himself and others similarly situated, filed the complaint in this action on September 30, 2015. (Docket # 1). In short, Le claims that he and putative class members have suffered — and continue to suffer— from unfair, deceptive, and unlawful business practices implemented by the defendants, collectively

WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge. Joseph R. Anderer, Jr. is a former Milwaukee police officer who was arrested for physically abusing a child. Though he was not prosecuted, Anderer was terminated following an internal affairs investigation into this incident. Anderer sued the police chief, other officers involved in his arrest, and the City of Milwaukee for violating his Fourth Amendment rights by arresting him without probable cau

KANNE, Circuit Judge. Defendant Milwaukee County argues that this is a textbook case of protected employment action under the policy making employee exception to the First Amendment. Plaintiff Michael Bonds publicly criticized his government employer on a matter of public concern, while serving in' a “policymaking” position, and suffered adverse employment treatment based on his speech. Indeed, if that was the case without mor

WILLIAM A. BABLITCH, J. ¶1. The power of this court to declare invalid duly enacted legislation is an awesome one. It is a power that is largely unchecked, most always final. If we are to maintain the public's confidence in the integrity and independence of the judiciary, we must exercise that power with great restraint, always resting on constitutional principles, not judicial will. We may differ with the legislature's choices,

MANION, Circuit Judge. Jonathan Collignon, like many people with a mental illness, was able to lead a productive life while on his prescribed medication. But when he stopped taking his medication his schizophrenia returned. He was arrested for damaging property and placed in the Milwaukee County Jail. After 17 days, he was released on bail to his parents. Shortly thereafter he

56 Wis.2d 231 (1972) 201 N.W.2d 745 THORESON, by Guardian ad litem, Plaintiff and Respondent: Buchelt, Plaintiff and Respondent and Cross Appellant, v. MILWAUKEE & SUBURBAN TRANSPORT CORPORATION, Defendant and Appellant and Cross Respondent. No. 109. Supreme Court of Wisconsin. Argued October 2, 1972. Decided November 9, 1972.

263 F.Supp.2d 82 (2003) NATIONAL WRESTLING COACHES ASSOCIATION et al., Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, Defendant. No. CIV.02-0072 EGS. United States District Court, District of Columbia. June 11, 2003. *84 Lawrence J. Joseph, Esq., Robert A. Matthews, Esq., McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP, Washington, DC, Co

212 F.3d 358 (7th Cir. 2000) Ronnie B. Greer, Plaintiff-Appellant,v.Debra H. Amesqua, Alan Seeger, Margaret MacMurray, Byron Bishop, Lynn Hobbie, Mario Mendoza, The City of Madison Fire Department, The City of Madison, The City of Madison Police & Fire Commission and Wisconsin Municipal Mutual Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellees. No. 99-2767 In the United States Court of

ORDER AND MEMORANDUM OF DECISION NOTTINGHAM, District Judge. This is a civil-rights action. On January 4, 1999, two-year-old Kayanna Pierce died from injuries allegedly inflicted by her mother’s live-in boyfriend, Jeremiah Duran. Plaintiffs Victor J. 'Pierce, Jacob Pierce, and Jered Pierce, Kayanna’s father and brothers respectively, allege that Defendants Delta County Department of Social Services (“D