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Attorney Peter J. Kovac has appealed Referee Richard M. Esenberg's recommendation that his license to practice law in Wisconsin be suspended for five months for seven counts of professional misconduct.

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Attorney Robert C. Menard has appealed a referee's recommendation that his license to practice law in Wisconsin be revoked; that he be ordered to make restitution to a number of clients; and that he be ordered to pay the full costs of this proceeding, which are $18,191.42 as of October 25, 2019.

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We review a stipulation pursuant to Supreme Court Rule (SCR) 22.12 between the Office of Lawyer Regulation (OLR) and Attorney Diane R. Caspari.

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Eleanor Curtiss appeals a circuit court order that granted summary judgment to Bruce Ellery and dismissed Curtiss’s negligence action for injuries Curtiss suffered on a bus driven by Ellery, and an order denying reconsideration.

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Paul Jones, by counsel, appeals his judgment of conviction and the order denying his motion to suppress evidence obtained in a warrantless police search of a vehicle.

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Jamie Coogan was serving a jail sentence when Iowa County Sheriff Steven Michek determined, based on an inmate classification system created by the Sheriff, that Coogan would not be released under the Huber Law, even though the circuit court had expressly ordered Huber release for Coogan.

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John Neighbors appeals from judgments finding him guilty of six county zoning ordinance violations, after the trial court denied his motion to dismiss on the grounds of selective prosecution.

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Tammy Genevieve Hardenburg appeals a judgment of conviction, following a jury trial, of one count of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of prescription drugs as a sixth offense.

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Mario Emmanuel James, pro se, appeals the order denying his WIS. STAT. § 974.06 (2017-18) motion without a hearing.

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Ismet Islami (Ismet) appeals a summary judgment order in favor of Kemper Insurance Company (Kemper) denying coverage for loss of her home stemming from a fire intentionally set by Ydbi Islami (Ydbi), from whom Ismet is legally separated.

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Roberto Cornejo appeals the judgment convicting him of two counts of first-degree sexual assault of a child. See WIS. STAT. § 940.225(1)(d) (1985-86).

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Catherine Wilcox appeals from a judgment of divorce, in which the circuit court ordered the partial reimbursement of filing fees, and from an order denying what her notice of appeal designates as a “Motion to Amend the Judgment.”

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Nancy Kucharski appeals a judgment dismissing her action to terminate an easement over her property.

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The State appeals from an order granting David Hay’s motion to suppress the results of a warrantless blood draw performed after Hay was arrested for fifth offense operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated (OWI) and from an order denying the State’s motion for reconsideration.

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Haiyan Chen, a citizen of China, entered the United States without inspection (that is, by stealth) in 2004.

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Maurice Withers made a living trafficking women and girls for sex.

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In 2014, the federal government charged Warren Barr with federal crimes for his role in a fraudulent real-estate-selling scheme in Chicago.

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Eugene Falls appeals the revocation of his supervised release.

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In 1998, al Qaeda operatives simultaneously detonated truck bombs outside the United States Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.

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Emer's Camper Corral, LLC ("Camper Corral") thought its insurance agent had acquired a policy with a deductible of $1,000 per camper in the event of hail damage with a $5,000 aggregate deductible limit.

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The City of Cedarburg moves the court to reconsider ¶30 of its decision in the above-captioned case, issued February 11, 2020.

Mr. Jose Correa slipped on an unknown substance at a Woodman's Food Market ("Woodman's"), causing him to fall and sustain injuries.

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E.R.R. appeals orders of the Portage County Circuit Court extending his involuntary commitment and requiring E.R.R. to undergo treatment and take prescribed medication pursuant to WIS. STAT. ch. 51. E.R.R. argues that there was insufficient evidence to support the circuit court’s orders.

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Steven Peplinski appeals two forfeiture orders following guilty jury verdicts for violations of Village of Taylor Ordinance 15-1-6(f)(1).

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A.N.G. appeals an order adjudicating him delinquent, as party to a crime, of making terrorist threats and disorderly conduct.

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Daniel Frank and Daphne Frank (collectively, “the landlords”) rented a single-family residence to Randy Yajcharthao and Phutson Yajcharthao (collectively, “the tenants”) under a series of lease agreements that allowed the tenants to reside in the house for approximately 4-1/2 years.

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Fernando Torres, a prison inmate, seeks certiorari review of an order denying his appeal from a prison disciplinary decision.

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Raynard R. Jackson appeals a judgment, entered upon a jury’s guilty verdict, convicting him of throwing or expelling bodily substances, while a prisoner, at or toward a prison officer.

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“Emily” appeals from an order extending her involuntary commitment for twelve months and an order for involuntary medication and treatment.

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Donald Simon Mullen appeals from judgments convicting him for refusal to take a test for intoxication and for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated (OWI) (first offense) and challenges the denial of his motion to suppress.

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