20-CV-2034 Joy Global v. Columbia Casualty Company

Decision and Order

21-MC-17 Qi Qin v. Paul Deslongchamps

Order regarding Petition to Perpetuate Testimony

21-CV-77 Asphalt Contractors v. R&J Transport Inc, et al

Decision and Order

20-CV-1377 Hughes, et al v. Miller, et al

Decision and Order

The court dismissed a frivolous complaint filed by serial pro se litigators and enjoined them from commencing additional, similar suits in any state or federal court.

20-CV-1305 Heidi Anderson, et al v. Elmbrook School District, et al

Decision and Order

20-CV-1305 Heidi Anderson, et al v. Dr. Mark Hansen, et al

Decision and Order

The court preliminarily enjoined a school district’s policy requiring a student’s parent to obtain advance permission to enter school grounds to conduct routine activities such as attending her daughter’s dance recitals. The court found that the policy was issued to punish the parent for expressing unpopular views at a school board meeting and therefore was issued in violation of the First Amendment’s free speech clause.

18-CR-143 USA v. Waheba Dais

Statement of Reasons Memorandum

19-CV-1198 City of Birmingham Retirement and Relief System v. AO Smith Corp

Decision and Order

The court dismissed a complaint alleging securities fraud based on a channel-stuffing scheme for failure to plead fraud and scienter as required by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act.

19-CV-1210 Jason Morris, et al v. Aurora Network Plan, et al

Anti-assignment clause of ERISA plan could not be read to allow assignment of benefits to health care providers but bar assignment of the right to sue to enforce right to benefits, because right to sue to enforce benefits under a plan arises from statute and attaches wherever a party has a valid entitlement to plan benefits.

17-CR-156 USA v. Jerry Scott

Decision regarding request for “compassionate release”