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Civil Digest

Jul 10, 2019

Statutory Interpretation

The Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA), 67 Stat. 462, 43 U. S. C. §1331 et seq., extends federal law to the subsoil and seabed of the Outer Continental Shelf and all attachments thereon (OCS).

Jul 10, 2019

Prisoner – Involuntary Medication

These consolidated cases concern the standard under which a circuit court may order involuntary medication to restore a defendant's competency to proceed in a criminal case and the timing of the automatic stay of such orders established in State v. Scott, 2018 WI 74, 382 Wis. 2d 476, 914 N.W.2d 141.

Jul 10, 2019

Jurisdiction

Ms. L. challenges an order extending her commitment to the care and custody of Waukesha County pursuant to Chapter 51 of our Wisconsin statutes.

Jul 10, 2019

Search Warrant – Probable Cause

In these consolidated appeals, the State appeals orders of the circuit court suppressing evidence obtained during a search, authorized by a search warrant, of the residence of Kristen Switzky and Eric Switzky.

Jul 10, 2019

Court Error – Exclusion of Evidence

James Kruger was convicted in the Dane County Circuit Court of first-degree recklessly endangering safety with the use of a dangerous weapon and felony bail jumping.

Jul 10, 2019

Invasion of Privacy

G.W. Buckeridge and eighteen other named patients (collectively, “the Buckeridges”) of the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics Authority UW Health (UW Health) appeal an order and a judgment that dismissed the Buckeridges’ claims against UW Health and Kila Lucey.

Jul 10, 2019

Foreclosure

Emery appeals a judgment of foreclosure entered following a court trial.

Jul 10, 2019

Sufficiency of Evidence

Stop the Ongoing Mine Permit (STOMP) appeals from an order of the circuit court affirming, on certiorari review, the Town of Ashford Board of Appeals’ (BOA) decision to grant Batzler Trucking, Inc. a conditional use permit to operate an agricultural sand mine in the Town of Ashford.

Jul 9, 2019

Breach of Fiduciary Duty

Sharlene Bertram appeals a judgment entered in favor of the Estate of Dolores E. Kreitlow, premised on its claims of undue influence and breach of fiduciary duty against Bertram for her conduct while acting as Kreitlow’s power of attorney for finances and property.

Jul 9, 2019

Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

Dakon M. Martin appeals pro se from a judgment convicting him of possessing narcotics (methadone) with intent to deliver on his no contest plea and from a postconviction order denying his motion to withdraw his plea due to ineffective assistance of trial counsel.

Jul 9, 2019

Pension – Statute of Limitations

Carol Couturier appeals the trial court’s order affirming the decision of the Pension Board of the Employees’ Retirement System of Milwaukee County (Board) that upheld the recovery of seven months of pension overpayments made to Couturier by the Employees’ Retirement System of Milwaukee County (ERS).

Jul 9, 2019

Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

Nathan Birkholz appeals judgments imposing sentences after the revocation of his probation.

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