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Weekly Case Digests – February 28, 2022 - March 4, 2022

The writ of certiorari is dismissed as improvidently granted.

The Court granted certiorari before judgment in this case to determine whether, under our precedents, certain abortion providers can pursue a pre-enforcement challenge to a recently enacted Texas statute.

Steven Breneman appeals a judgment of conviction for first-degree intentional homicide.

Peter Hamilton was convicted in the Columbia County Circuit Court of operating a vehicle without the owner’s consent, and the circuit court placed him on probation for that offense.

Robert Nietzold pleaded no contest to and was convicted of repeated sexual assault of the same child.

Mark Ziegler appeals pro se from a judgment of the circuit court entered in Velocity Investments, LLC’s favor.

In these consolidated appeals, Dallas R. Christel appeals from judgments of conviction and orders denying his postconviction motions.

A.P. appeals the orders of the trial court terminating his parental rights to his children, C.P. and P.P. A.P. contends that the trial court erroneously exercised its discretion at the dispositional hearing...

James appeals from orders for his commitment and involuntary medication and treatment, both entered pursuant to WIS. STAT. ch. 51.

Amy Cady-Krech appeals an order excluding her as an heir of the Estate of Michael Mikulewicz, who died intestate.

Menard, Inc., filed this lawsuit challenging as excessive the City of Hudson’s 2018 assessments of two parcels of real property owned by Menard.

Anne Streckenbach appeals a judgment convicting her of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated (OWI), as a second offense.

Nickolas Seekins lost his left foot as a result of an accident that occurred while he was operating a machine used to lift and transport pallets.

For several years, CitiMortgage, Inc., has been locked in a legal battle with Jerome M. Davis and Lynne Ternoir-Davis over a mortgage the couple took out on their residence in 2005.

Jacqueline Stevens, a Professor of Political Science at Northwestern University, is conducting research into the relations between the foreign campuses of American universities, the federal government, and private‐sector entities.

Like today’s decision in Crescent Plaza Hotel Owner, L.P. v. Zurich American Insurance Co., No. 21-1316 (7th Cir. Dec. 9, 2021), this case presents insurance coverage issues related to the partial closure of a hotel during the COVID-19 pandemic.

No one doubts that the COVID-19 pandemic has inflicted enormous losses on businesses, large and small, throughout the country.

Dr. John Mamalakis, a Wisconsin anesthesiologist, filed this qui tam lawsuit under the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 et seq., alleging that Anesthetix Management LLC, his former employer, fraudulently billed Medicare and Medicaid for services performed by its anesthesiologists.

This case pits Wisconsin Central (a subsidiary of Canadian National) against Soo Line (a subsidiary of Canadian Pacific).

In the process of arresting a highly inebriated Sachin Gupta, a police officer tugged on his handcuffed arm causing him to fall forward on his head and chest and fracture a vertebra in his neck.

Yorie Von Kahl is serving a life sentence, plus consecutive terms of ten and five years’ imprisonment, for murdering two deputy United States Marshals and committing related crimes.

Roscoe Chambers, a federal prisoner, appeals the denial of two petitions for a writ of habeas corpus, see 28 U.S.C. § 2241, asserting that he was denied due process in prison disciplinary hearings.

Weekly Case Digests – February 21, 2022 - February 25, 2022

In 2013, Antonio Soria sued Classic Custom Homes of Waunakee, Inc., (“Custom Homes”) for breach of contract and theft by contractor.

The Wisconsin Constitution requires the legislature "to apportion and district anew the members of the senate and assembly, according to the number of inhabitants" after each census conducted under the United States Constitution...

Before September 2019, J.T. received behavioral health services from a therapy provider for J.T.’s disorder on the autism spectrum.

Ryan Sey appeals the circuit court’s order approving a settlement agreement pursuant to WIS. STAT. § 102.29 (2019-20), a statute that addresses third-party liability in the worker’s compensation context.

Nakyta V.T. Chentis appeals from a judgment of conviction for possession of a narcotic drug and an order denying his postconviction motion seeking plea withdrawal.

Terrence T. Whitaker appeals pro se from a circuit court order denying his WIS. STAT. § 974.06 (2019-20) motion without an evidentiary hearing.