United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, 2012

58 opinions

Alvin BALDUS, Carlene Bechen, Elvira Bumpus, Ronald Biendseil, Leslie W. Davis, III, Brett Eckstein, Gloria Rogers, Richard Kresbach, Rochelle Moore, Amy Risseeuw, Judy Robson, Jeanne Sanchez-Bell, Cecelia Schliepp, Travis Thyssen, Cindy Barbera, Ron Boone, Vera Boone, Evanjelina Cleerman, Sheila Cochran, Maxine Hough, Clarence Johnson, Richard Lange, and Gladys Manzanet, Plaintiffs, Tammy Baldwin, Gwendolynne Moore and Ronald Kind, Intervenor-Plaintiffs, v. MEMBERS OF the WISCONSIN GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY BOARD, each only in his official capacity: Michael Brennan, David Deininger, Gerald Nichol, Thomas Cane, Thomas Barland, and Timothy Vocke, and Kevin Kennedy, Director and General Counsel for the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, Defendants, F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr., Thomas E. Petri, Paul D. Ryan, Jr., Reid J. Ribble, and Sean P. Duffy, Intervenor-Defendants; Voces De La Frontera, Inc., Ramiro Vara, Olga Vara, Jose Perez, and Erica Ramirez, Plaintiffs, v. Members of the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, each only in his official capacity: Michael Brennan, David Deininger, Gerald Nichol, Thomas Cane, Thomas Barland, and Timothy Vocke, and Kevin Kennedy, Director and General Counsel for the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, Defendants 2012-01-03
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Roland J. FLATH, Defendant 2012-01-13
TILOT OIL, LLC, Plaintiff, v. BP PRODUCTS NORTH AMERICA, INC., Defendant 2012-01-17
Betty JOHNSTONE, Plaintiff, v. Michael J. ASTRUE, Commissioner for Social Security, Defendant 2012-01-23
Anthony HAMILTON, Petitioner, v. Michael MEISNER, Warden, Columbia Correctional Institution, Respondent 2012-01-25
NORTHERN STAR INDUSTRIES, INC., Plaintiff-Counterdefendant, v. DOUGLAS DYNAMICS LLC, Defendant-Counterclaimant 2012-01-26
Bettye A. LOVING, Plaintiff, v. Timothy GEITHNER, Secretary, United States Department of the Treasury, Defendant 2012-01-31
Sarah PRICE and Bluemark Productions, LLC, Plaintiffs, v. Chris SMITH, Defendant 2012-02-02
CENTRIFUGAL ACQUISITION CORP., INC., d/b/a Centrifugal Castings, a Delaware Corporation, Plaintiff, v. Adrian A. MOON, Belinda L. Moon, Belinda Moon, LLC, a Wisconsin limited liability company, Jeffrey A. Moon, JM Casting Co., LLC, a Wisconsin limited liability company, Centrifugal Casting, LLC n/k/a Moon Investments, LLC, a Wisconsin limited liability company, and Belinda & Adrian, LLC, a Wisconsin limited liability company, and U.S. Battery Mfg. Augusta, Inc. d/b/a U.S. Battery Manufacturing, Co., a Georgia corporation, Defendants 2012-02-02
Markel JOHNSON, Plaintiff, v. Holly MEIER, Rick Raemisch, Jodine Deppisch, Jim Schwochert, Mark Schomisch, Renee Shuler, Dr. David Burnett, and John Doe, Defendants 2012-02-06
Hilda L. SOLIS, Plaintiff, v. MILK SPECIALTIES COMPANY, Defendant 2012-02-08
Lisa M. TORRES, Plaintiff, v. WEIGEL BROADCASTING COMPANY, Defendant 2012-02-13
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY COMMONLY KNOWN AS 21105 116TH STREET, BRISTOL, WISCONSIN, and Certain Real Property commonly known as A Parcel of Vacant Land Identified as Lot 16, 212th Avenue, Bristol, Wisconsin, Defendants 2012-02-24
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. ONE 2000 PONTIAC FIREBIRD TRANS AM, VIN 2GFV22G3Y2137921, with all appurtenances and attachments thereon, Defendant 2012-02-28
Susan Kaye WINKELSPECHT, Plaintiff, v. GUSTAVE A. LARSON COMPANY, Unum Life Insurance Company of America, and Gustave A. Larson Co. Plan, Defendants 2012-03-08
Sherri L. STOCKS, Plaintiff, v. LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA, and Grede II LLC, Defendants 2012-03-08
Donna MUDGETT, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff, v. NAVY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, Defendant 2012-03-13
Alvin BALDUS, Carlene Bechen, Elvira Bumpus, Ronald Biendseil, Leslie W. Davis, III, Brett Eckstein, Gloria Rogers, Richard Kresbach, Rochelle Moore, Amy Risseeuw, Judy Robson, Jeanne Sanchez-Bell, Cecelia Schliepp, Travis Thyssen, Cindy Barbera, Ron Boone, Vera Boone, Evanjelina Cleerman, Sheila Cochran, Maxine Hough, Clarence Johnson, Richard Lange, and Gladys Manzanet, Plaintiffs, Tammy Baldwin, Gwendolynne Moore and Ronald Kind, Intervenor-Plaintiffs, v. MEMBERS OF the WISCONSIN GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY BOARD, each only in his official capacity: Michael Brennan, David Deininger, Gerald Nichol, Thomas Cane, Thomas Barland, and Timothy Vocke, and Kevin Kennedy, Director and General Counsel for the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, Defendants, F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr., Thomas E. Petri, Paul D. Ryan, Jr., Reid J. Ribble, and Sean P. Duffy, Intervenor-Defendants; Voces De La Frontera, Inc., Ramiro Vara, Olga Vara, Jose Perez, and Erica Ramirez, Plaintiffs, v. Members of the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, each only in his official capacity: Michael Brennan, David Deininger, Gerald Nichol, Thomas Cane, Thomas Barland, and Timothy Vocke, and Kevin Kennedy, Director and General Counsel for the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, Defendants 2012-03-22
Tamra RETLICK, Plaintiff, v. Michael J. ASTRUE, Defendant 2012-03-26
CNH AMERICA, LLC, Plaintiff, v. CHAMPION ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, INC., and American Safety Risk Retention Group, Inc., Defendant 2012-03-26
Alvin BALDUS, Carlene Bechen, Elvira Bumpus, Ronald Biendseil, Leslie W. Davis, III, Brett Eckstein, Gloria Rogers, Richard Kresbach, Rochelle Moore, Amy Risseeuw, Judy Robson, Jeanne Sanchez-Bell, Cecelia Schliepp, Travis Thyssen, Cindy Barbera, Ron Boone, Vera Boone, Evanjelina Cleerman, Sheila Cochran, Maxine Hough, Clarence Johnson, Richard Lange, and Gladys Manzanet, Plaintiffs, Tammy Baldwin, Gwendolynne Moore and Ronald Kind, Intervenor-Plaintiffs, v. MEMBERS OF THE WISCONSIN GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY BOARD, each only in his official capacity: Michael Brennan, David Deininger, Gerald Nichol, Thomas Cane, Thomas Barland, and Timothy Vocke, and Kevin Kennedy, Director and General Counsel for the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, Defendants, F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr., Thomas E. Petri, Paul D. Ryan, Jr., Reid J. Ribble, and Sean P. Duffy, Intervenor-Defendants; Voces De La Frontera, Inc., Ramiro Vara, Olga Vara, Jose Perez, and Erica Ramirez, Plaintiffs, v. Members of the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, each only in his official capacity: Michael Brennan, David Deininger, Gerald Nichol, Thomas Cane, Thomas Barland, and Timothy Vocke, and Kevin Kennedy, Director and General Counsel for the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, Defendants 2012-03-27
Ricky JONES, Plaintiff, v. INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BRIDGE STRUCTURAL ORNAMENTAL AND REINFORCING IRON WORKERS et al., Defendants 2012-03-28
HERITAGE CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS, INC., Plaintiff, v. ING NORTH AMERICA INSURANCE CORPORATION, et al. Defendants 2012-03-30
SJ PROPERTIES SUITES, Buyco, EHF., SJ-Fasteignir, EHF, and, Askar Capital, HF, Plaintiffs, v. SPECIALTY FINANCE GROUP, LLC, Defendant 2012-03-30
RELIABLE MONEY ORDER, INC., a Wisconsin corporation, individually and as the representative of a class of similarly-situated persons, Plaintiff, v. McKNIGHT SALES COMPANY, INC., a Pennsylvania corporation, Defendant 2012-03-30
Gloria Winkler HOLMES, Plaintiff, v. FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION, Gayle Winkler Koch, Garry R. Winkler, and Gregory R. Winkler, Defendants 2012-04-06
Alvin BALDUS, Carlene Bechen, Elvira Bumpus, Ronald Biendseil, Leslie W. Davis, III, Brett Eckstein, Gloria Rogers, Richard Kresbach, Rochelle Moore, Amy Risseeuw, Judy Robson, Jeanne Sanchez-Bell, Cecelia Schliepp, Travis Thyssen, Cindy Barbera, Ron Boone, Vera Boone, Evanjelina Cleerman, Sheila Cochran, Maxine Hough, Clarence Johnson, Richard Lange, and Gladys Manzanet, Plaintiffs, Tammy Baldwin, Gwendolynne Moore and Ronald Kind, Intervenor-Plaintiffs, v. MEMBERS OF the WISCONSIN GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY BOARD, each only in his official capacity: Michael Brennan, David Deininger, Gerald Nichol, Thomas Cane, Thomas Barland, and Timothy Vocke, and Kevin Kennedy, Director and General Counsel for the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, Defendants, F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr., Thomas E. Petri, Paul D. Ryan, Jr., Reid J. Ribble, and Sean P. Duffy, Intervenor-Defendants; Voces De La Frontera, Inc., Ramiro Vara, Olga Vara, Jose Perez, and Erica Ramirez, Plaintiffs, v. Members of the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, each only in his official capacity: Michael Brennan, David Deininger, Gerald Nichol, Thomas Cane, Thomas Barland, and Timothy Vocke, and Kevin Kennedy, Director and General Counsel for the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, Defendants 2012-04-11
Jeffrey SMITH, Plaintiff, v. MEDICAL BENEFIT ADMINISTRATORS GROUP, Inc., Defendant 2012-04-19
Brenda L. SCHROEDER, Plaintiff, v. SHAWANO COUNTY et al., Defendants 2012-04-26
Krysta SUTTERFIELD, Plaintiff, v. CITY OF MILWAUKEE, Jamie Hewitt, Aaron Berken, James Floriani, Brandon Baranowski, Russell Huck, and Alan Carsky, Defendants 2012-04-30
TRIAD GROUP, INC., Plaintiff, v. VI-JON, INC., Defendant 2012-05-04
Varnita CONNER-COOLEY, Plaintiff, v. AIG LIFE BROKERAGE, Defendant 2012-05-10
Richard W. VAN DYN HOVEN, Appellant, v. BANK OF KAUKAUNA, Appellee 2012-05-11
Irving E. GOTTSCHALK, Regional Director of the Thirtieth Region of the National Labor Relations Board, for and on behalf of the NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD, Plaintiff, v. PIGGLY WIGGLY MIDWEST, LLC, Defendant 2012-05-17
Ronald SLADE, individually and as Special Administrator of the Estate of Kamonie M. Slade and Charama Slade, Plaintiffs, v. BOARD OF SCHOOL DIRECTORS OF THE CITY OF MILWAUKEE, Linda Roundtree, Maribeth Gosz, Keith P. Posley, John Pitta, Defendants 2012-05-21
Georges CHAPES, III, Appellant, v. PRO-PAC, INC., Appellee 2012-05-30
EDWARD E. GILLEN CO., Plaintiff, v. The INSURANCE COMPANY OF the State of PENNSYLVANIA and Lexington Insurance Company, Defendants 2012-06-15
Shawn SCHIERTS, Plaintiff, v. CITY OF BROOKFIELD and Bart Engelking, Defendants 2012-06-20
LIPPERT TILE COMPANY, INC., The Lippert Group, LLC, and Deanalan Construction Services, LLC, Plaintiffs, v. INTERNATIONAL UNION OF BRICKLAYERS & ALLIED CRAFTSMEN DISTRICT COUNCIL OF WISCONSIN LOCAL 5, Defendant 2012-06-20
Brian W. SWETLIK, Plaintiff, v. Kevin CRAWFORD, Former Mayor, individually and in his official capacity, Justin Nickels, Mayor and Former Alderperson, individually and in his official capacity, Lee Thennes Former Alderperson, individually and in his official capacity, Christopher Able, Alderperson, individually and in his official capacity, Raymond Geigel Alderperson, individually and in his official capacity, Eric Sitkiewitz, Alderperson, individually and in his official capacity, Rick Sieracki, Former Alderperson, individually and in his official capacity, Dean Graunke, Alderperson, individually and in his official capacity, Thomas Frieder, Former Alderperson, individually and in his official capacity, City of Manitowoc, Bradley C. Fulton, and Mindy Rowland, Defendants 2012-06-27
MOHNS, INC., Appellant, v. John M. WILSON a/k/a J. Michael Wilson and Christine A. Wilson f/k/a Christine A. Peterson and Bruce A. Lanser, Bankruptcy Trustee, Appellees 2012-07-11
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Saint GRIFFIN IV, Defendant 2012-08-07
The HORSLEY COMPANY, LLC, Plaintiff, v. MILWAUKEE COUNTY, Defendant 2012-08-10
WOW LOGISTICS COMPANY, Appellant, v. PRO-PAC, INC., Appellee 2012-08-14
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Arthur JENKINS, Defendant 2012-08-15
Marleen M. LaPLANT, on her own behalf and on behalf of a class similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. The NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant 2012-08-20
In re Rene R. ORTIZ, Douglas Lynn Lindsey and Betty Jane Lindsey, and Valerie Jones, Debtors. Rene R. Ortiz, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Aurora Health Care, Inc., Defendant. Kathy Bembenek, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Aurora Health Care, Inc., Defendant 2012-08-21
Varnita CONNER-COOLEY, Plaintiff, v. AIG LIFE BROKERAGE, Defendant 2012-08-24
John DOE of Connecticut and John Doe of Florida, Plaintiffs, v. Rick RAEMISCH et al., Defendants 2012-08-28
Karen D. HUNT, Plaintiff, v. Michael J. ASTRUE, Commissioner of the Social Security Administration, Defendant 2012-08-31
ONEIDA TRIBE OF INDIANS OF WISCONSIN, Plaintiff, v. VILLAGE OF HOBART, WISCONSIN, Defendant/Third-Party Plaintiff, v. United States of America, United States Department of Justice, United States Department of the Interior, and Kenneth Salazar, Secretary, United States Department of the Interior, Third-Party Defendants 2012-09-05
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. APPROXIMATELY $3,174.00 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY, Defendant 2012-09-19
KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC., and Kimberly-Clark Global Sales, LLC, Plaintiffs, v. FIRST QUALITY BABY PRODUCTS, LLC, First Quality Retail Services, LLC, and First Quality Consumer Products, LLC, Defendants 2012-09-29
KIMBERLY-CLARK, INC. and Kimberly-Clark Global Sales, LLC, Plaintiffs, v. FIRST QUALITY BABY PRODUCTS, LLC, First Quality Retail Services, LLC, and First Quality Consumer Products, LLC, Defendants 2012-09-29
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Brian KLEMME, Defendant, and Ann Klemme, Third-party petitioner 2012-10-01
Jeannie Marie LINDSKOG, Appellant, v. M & I BANK, Appellee 2012-10-02
APPLETON PAPERS INC. and NCR Corp., Plaintiff, v. GEORGE A. WHITING PAPER CO., et al., Defendants 2012-10-04
In re ARCHDIOCESE OF MILWAUKEE, Debtor. Archdiocese of Milwaukee, Appellant, v. John Does, Claimants A-12 and A-13, Appellees; John Does, Claimants A-12, A-13, and A-49, Appellants, v. Archdiocese of Milwaukee, Appellee; John Does, Appellants, v. Archdiocese of Milwaukee, Appellant 2012-10-29