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“Because the standard in the ordinance is compatibility with the ‘normal’ activity of the neighborhood and the City relies heavily on testimony by neighbors to determine what that activity is, the plaintiff asks us to consider the possibility that a ...

David Egger and Marshfield Machine Inc. appeal the circuit court’s dismissal of their suit against Bernard Martin, Brian Schmoll and Innovative Machine Specialists Inc. (IMS) at the close of the plaintiffs’ evidence. They contend that they introduced sufficient evidence to ...

Curtis Dittberner appeals from an order revoking his operating privileges for refusing to submit to a test of his blood. He asserts that the trial court erred by revoking his operating privileges because the State failed to prove that an ...

“Tayborn argues that several inconsistencies in his testimony rendered his testimony perjurious and that the prosecution should have known it was perjurious. However, Tayborn only points to collateral inconsistencies in Murchinson’s testimony like: 1) whether he heard a noise before ...

Wildeck Inc. appeals from a judgment dismissing its complaint for lack of personal jurisdiction over Thomas J. Cousar and Cousar Painting Company Inc. (collectively, Cousar). The issue on appeal is whether the exercise of personal jurisdiction over Cousar would offend ...

Tyler J. Kingsfield appeals his convictions for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated and operating a motor vehicle with a prohibited blood alcohol concentration. His argument on appeal is that first, there was insufficient evidence to convict him of the ...

“Because the standard in the ordinance is compatibility with the ‘normal’ activity of the neighborhood and the City relies heavily on testimony by neighbors to determine what that activity is, the plaintiff asks us to consider the possibility that a ...

Daniel Williams, a civilly committed Wis. Stat. Ch. 980 patient held at the Wisconsin Resource Center (WRC), appeals from a trial court order granting the State’s motion for relief from the court’s previous order granting Williams’s petition for supervised release. ...

Patricia K. Messner appeals her conviction for operating under the influence, second offense, with a minor passenger under the age of 16 in the motor vehicle. She contends that there was no probable cause for her arrest, that the trial ...

“Tayborn argues that several inconsistencies in his testimony rendered his testimony perjurious and that the prosecution should have known it was perjurious. However, Tayborn only points to collateral inconsistencies in Murchinson’s testimony like: 1) whether he heard a noise before ...

Jerome Foods Inc. and its insurer appeal a judgment affirming a decision of the Labor and Industry Review Commission in which the commission found that Jerome Foods refused to rehire Terri Strzyzewski without reasonable cause. Jerome Foods argues that Strzyzewski ...

Randy S. Alby appeals his conviction for operating while intoxicated following a trial before the court. At trial, he conceded that he was driving while intoxicated, but raised the affirmative defense of involuntary intoxication as the means by which he ...

And this is so even though the Elo congregation continued to function as a church.”In this case, we are not concerned with the intra-church dispute that fueled the Elo congregation’s departure. Moreover, we have not been invited to determine whether ...

Roger Oligney appeals an order denying his motion for relief from a judgment divorcing him from Nancy Coronado and another order finding him in contempt for failing to comply with the divorce judgment. He claims the trial court: (1) erroneously ...

Mary Lou McClain appeals the judgment of conviction and sentence for misappropriation and the trial court’s order denying her motion to withdraw her no contest plea before sentencing. She contends the trial court erroneously exercised its discretion in denying her ...

Wilcox, J. “In accordance with the policy of encouraging the freedom of movement of employees and protecting their personal liberty, such fluid customer list limitations should be given greater breadth than rigid geographical restrictions because they oftentimes ‘more closely approximate ...

American Family Mutual Insurance Company (American Family) appeals from an order and a judgment declaring American Family liable to Jean Fleishman for $33,000 pursuant to the uninsured motorist coverage in her automobile policy with American Family. The trial court determined ...

Raymond Ferguson, pro se, appeals from the trial court’s order affirming a decision revoking his parole. The issues are: (1) whether the decision to revoke Ferguson’s parole was supported by substantial evidence; (2) whether the decision was arbitrary, capricious, or ...

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Jeffery S. appeals an order terminating his parental rights to his daughter, Megan D. Jeffrey argues: (1) the trial court erroneously exercised its discretion by admitting evidence of his prior criminal convictions; (2) the evidence introduced at the fact-finding hearing ...

The trial court, consistent with a joint sentencing recommendation under a plea agreement, imposed and stayed a six-year prison term and placed Michael Behnken on probation. He appeals the judgment convicting him of disorderly conduct and resisting an officer, claiming ...

“The referee further found that by misappropriating clients’ funds being held in his trust account Attorney Lieuallen violated the standard of conduct set forth by this court in Disciplinary Proceedings Against Marine, 82 Wis. 2d 602, 609-10, 264 N.W.2d 285 ...

Robert Fahser appeals an order, which denied his motions for a new trial or judgment notwithstanding the verdict, and the judgment in favor of Wesley and Donna Hilgart on Fahser’s and Duane Klawitter’s claims for adverse possession and prescriptive easement. ...

“As plainly as Civil Rule 11(a) requires a signature on filed papers, however, so the rule goes on to provide in its final sentence that ‘omission of the signature may be corrected promptly after being called to the attention of ...