CRIMINAL
USA v. Dugan 25-CR-89
USA v. McCaa et al. 23-CR-8
Defendants Kevin McCaa, Charles Ducksworth, Jr., Shanelle McCoy (dismissed 8.06.24), and Lakisha Ducksworth-
CIVIL
Bintz et al. v. Luell et al. 26-CV-1233
Summary: Two men whose murder convictions were later vacated bring this civil rights action against two former investigators and the City of Green Bay, alleging constitutional violations arising from their investigation, prosecution, and imprisonment.
Jones v. Shayhorn et al. 25-CV-1886
Summary: Plaintiff brings this civil rights action alleging that sheriff’s deputies unlawfully stopped, detained, searched, and arrested him after he recorded an unrelated traffic stop. He further alleges that sheriff's department personnel retaliated against him by using an automated license plate reader system to search for his vehicle following the incident and his subsequent citizen complaint.
Ostergaard et al v. Microsoft Corporation 26-CV-1169
Summary: A group of Wisconsin residents bring this class-action lawsuit alleging that a data center operated by defendant Microsoft Corporation uses excessive energy and produces unreasonable noise, damaging their property and disrupting their quality of life.
Schmidt v. Sundas Naqvi et al. 26-CV-611
Summary: A Wisconsin sheriff alleges that an Illinois woman and a Cook County commissioner made false public statements claiming he illegally detained a U.S. citizen at the Dodge County Jail, and seeks damages for defamation.
USA v. City of Milwaukee et al. 26-CV-1293
Summary: The United States brings this action challenging the constitutionality of a Milwaukee ordinance regulating face coverings and identification requirements for federal law enforcement officers performing official duties. The complaint seeks declaratory and injunctive relief under the Supremacy Clause.
USA v. State of Wisconsin et al. 26-CV-749
Summary: The United States and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission seek a declaration and injunction that federal law preempts Wisconsin's gambling statutes as applied to event contracts traded on federally regulated commodity exchanges.
Watzka et al. v. The Board of Education of Oconto Falls Public School District 26-CV-392
Summary: Current and former students, along with the parent of a current student, allege that the Oconto Falls Public School District failed to prevent or adequately respond to sexual misconduct by teachers, coaches, and staff over several decades, in violation of Title IX and the Fourteenth Amendment.
Wery v. Genrich et al. 26-CV-898
Summary: A former Green Bay alderman alleges that the Mayor of Green Bay and the City unlawfully installed covert audio recording devices in City Hall hallways, intercepting private conversations without notice or consent, in violation of state electronic surveillance law, Wisconsin's right to privacy statute, and the Fourth Amendment.
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