Nico appeals the order terminating his parental rights to his son, Everett, and the order denying postdisposition relief.
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Case Digests – WI Court of Appeals
Recommitment- Involuntary Administration of Medication
Thomas appeals from a recommitment order and an associated order for the involuntary administration of his medication and treatment.
Read More »Ineffective Assistance of Counsel – Postconviction Relief – Plea Withdrawal
Mitchell Butler appeals a judgment convicting him of two counts of physical abuse of a child (intentionally causing great bodily harm), with one of the counts as a party to the crime.
Read More »Postconviction Relief – Evidence- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Derrick D. Brown, pro se, appeals an order of the circuit court denying his postconviction motion filed pursuant to WIS.
Read More »Real Property Gift
Alice Talmage gifted real property she owned in trust to two of her children, Steven Talmage and Dianne Talmage, via a trustee’s deed.
Read More »Child Neglect
Michael Moore appeals from a judgment of conviction for neglecting a child resulting in death, contrary to WIS.
Read More »Acquisition by Condemnation
Sojenhomer LLC, appeals an order granting the Village of Egg Harbor’s motion for summary judgment on Sojenhomer’s claim pursuant to WIS. STAT. § 32.015 (2021-22).
Read More »Involuntary Medication and Treatment
Dan appeals from the circuit court order granting Milwaukee County’s request for involuntary medication and treatment.
Read More »MPD Policy Violation
The incident that led to Nicholas Zens’ discharge occurred in September 2019 and involved the pursuit of a suspect, which eventually led to Zens shooting a bystander.
Read More »Child in Need of Protection and Services (CHIPS)
Jasper appeals a dispositional order finding his son Sam a child in need of protection and services (CHIPS) and placing Sam in out-of-home care.
Read More »Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Curtis James Rumsey, pro se, appeals his judgment of conviction for repeated sexual assault of a child, and the order denying his postconviction motion.
Read More »Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Dizzy Dean Wells, Jr., appeals the judgment convicting him of strangulation and suffocation, false imprisonment, and disorderly conduct with use of a dangerous weapon, all as a domestic abuse repeater.
Read More »Mental Commitment
On June 9, 2020, Larry stipulated to an initial WIS. STAT. ch. 51 mental commitment order and was involuntarily committed.
Read More »Dispositions of Property in Will
This appeal arises out of a conflict over the division of multiple parcels of real estate pursuant to the terms of Merle J. Harberts’s will.
Read More »Warrantless Search – Suppression of Evidence
Eder appeals from a judgment convicting her of possession of amphetamine.
Read More »Ineffective Assistance of Counsel – Postconviction Relief
Reed was charged with one count of repeated sexual assault of his daughter, Annie, between May and August 2012.
Read More »Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Breeden appeals from a judgment convicting him of second-degree reckless endangerment, battery, and disorderly conduct (each as an act of domestic abuse), and from an order denying his postconviction motion.
Read More »Plain Error – Mental Commitment
Catherine appeals two orders entered under WIS. STAT. ch. 51: one recommitting her for twelve months, and another requiring the involuntary administration of medication and treatment.
Read More »Bias Statements by Court
Graham Stowe, who is subject to an NGI commitment (“not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect), appeals from an order denying his petition for conditional release.
Read More »Restitution Discretion
Hienok Demessie appeals from a judgment convicting him of three felonies.
Read More »Insurance – Water Exclusion Provision
Parent, Dott & Company, Ltd., appeals from an order concluding that an insurance policy issued by Secura Insurance Company did not cover damage caused by water leaking from a corroded pipe located underneath Parent’s building.
Read More »Tax Assessment – Hearing Appearance
On appeal, Wal-Mart argues that the circuit court erred by dismissing Wal-Mart’s claims, for excessive tax assessment, non-uniform tax assessment, and declaratory judgment against the City of Merrill.
Read More »Postconviction Relief – Plea Withdrawal
Spencer appeals the judgment convicting her of felony murder, and of arson of a building as a party to the crime.
Read More »Unemployment Insurance – Religious Purposes Exemption – First Amendment
This unemployment insurance case requires the court to determine the proper interpretation of the religious purposes exemption under WIS. STAT. § 108.02(15)(h)2. (2019-20).
Read More »Corporate Voting Trust – Abuse of Process – Costs
This lawsuit arises out of a family dispute over a voting trust created in 2015 by the shareholders of Mason Companies, Inc., a footwear and apparel company, Nancy A. Scobie and Timothy (“Tim”) F.
Read More »Involuntary Commitment
Katie appeals a WIS. STAT. ch. 51 recommitment order and an order for involuntary medication and treatment.
Read More »Class Action – Certification – Independent Contractors
Gannett Publishing Services, LLC and Journal Sentinel, Inc. (collectively the Journal) appeal from the order granting class certification for the first claim in the first amended complaint brought by Michael Stehberger, who was also certified in that order as the class representative for an opt-out class of newspaper carriers who alleged they were misclassified as independent contractors instead of employees.
Read More »Postconviction Relief – Suppression of Evidence
Jonathan Taylor appeals a judgment of conviction for operating a motor vehicle after revocation and two counts of felony bail jumping.
Read More »Postconviction Plea Withdrawal
Close, pro se, appeals from orders denying his postconviction motions for plea withdrawal in two Pierce County criminal cases.
Read More »Suppression of Evidence – Blood Test
Following a bench trial, the circuit court found Kevin Cormican guilty of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated (OWI), as a first offense.
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