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Jeffrey White appeals from a judgment, entered pursuant to a contempt motion brought by his ex-wife, Nancy White, ordering him to pay delinquent child support and spousal maintenance, as well as attorneys’ fees, to her. Mr. White claims that the ...

Kenneth R. McGrew appeals his municipal ordinance speeding conviction. He contends that the trial court erred in denying his motion for a 12-person jury trial. The trial court’s judgment is affirmed. This opinion will not be published. Dist IV, Dane ...

“The minimally competent lawyer would have presented expert evidence that there was no physical evidence of Miller’s presence at the crime scene, would have greatly undermined the hardware clerk’s evidence, would not have undermined the alibi testimony of Miller’s wife, ...

Also, because the plaintiffs have made no showing of a method of damage calculation that would not be based on the difference between the milk orders the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) established and what plaintiffs contend they should ...

James J. Bausano appeals from the judgment divorcing him from Charlotte A. Bausano. He challenges the maintenance award, the valuation of his business, and the disposition of inherited property and property acquired before the marriage. We reject his challenges to ...

Marvin D. Clements appeals from the judgments of conviction, following a jury trial, for two counts under Wis. Stat. sec. 813.12(8), for knowingly violating a domestic abuse temporary restraining order or injunction, and one count of bail jumping, habitual criminality, ...

“Reeves paints the government’s case as based on weak circumstantial evidence and Elliot’s incredulous testimony. Given the weakness of the case against him, he asserts that if he had testified a different outcome may well have resulted because the jury ...

“[W]e fail to see how the FCLAA and its pre-emption provision permit a distinction between the specific concern about minors and cigarette advertising and the more general concern about smoking and health in cigarette advertising, especially in light of the ...

Shannon K. appeals the trial court’s order terminating her parental rights to her son, Nathaniel, after a jury found grounds for termination. Shannon contends she was denied her right to meaningfully participate in the trial because her mental illness interfered ...

Stuart Buzzell appeals the judgment of conviction for operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicant (OWI). He contends the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress evidence because, he asserts, the evidence was the ...

“In determining whether the Articles have been reproduced and distributed ‘as part of’ a ‘revision’ of the collective works in issue, we focus on the Articles as presented to, and perceptible by, the user of the Databases… In this case, ...

Rhea F. contends that there was a failure of proof that she was denied physical placement or visitation by reason of a court order containing notice of the conditions of return. We agree and reverse the orders terminating Rhea’s parental ...

Trish A. Jonas appeals her conviction for operating a motor vehicle with a prohibited alcohol content (PAC). She contends that the circuit court erred in refusing to suppress the results of her breath test because (1) the police interfered with ...

Further, and again considering the property as a whole, the regulatory action in this case at most affected only the developer’s riparian right of reasonable access to the lake, which is subordinate to the public trust doctrine. Therefore, the DNR’s ...

“We have found nothing in the history of these statutes that clearly demonstrates a congressional intent to authorize indefinite, perhaps permanent, detention. Consequently, interpreting the statute to avoid a serious constitutional threat, we conclude that, once removal is no longer ...

Mieke Veneman appeals two judgments of conviction for placing signs in a public way in violation of Beloit, Wis., Ordinances sec. 30.16. The City of Beloit issued the two citations after Veneman placed yellow ribbons on poles on terraces in ...

“Ameritech contends that the 30-day, just-cause, and arbitration provisions of the collective bargaining agreement demonstrate that its actions were reasonable, and thus that Amos’s misconduct should not be attributed to the employer. … It did not take Ameritech’s managers long ...

“The statute speaks of prohibiting a deduction from wages due or earned unless: (1) the employee authorizes the employer in writing to make such a deduction; or (2) the employee and a representative of the employer determine that the ‘loss’ ...

The practical impact of tying the benefits to the time of hire is that 1) those workers who had been hired prior to the lifetime disability contract and had applied for disability before it had ended received lifetime DDRA; 2) ...

This appeal concerns the interpretation of Wis. Stat. sec. 77.54(26m) (1999-2000), which exempts from Wisconsin sales and use tax certain waste reduction and recycling machinery and equipment. The Tax Appeals Commission decided that Browning-Ferris Industries Inc.’s compactors, bins, and containers, ...

William Ledford appeals a judgment of the circuit court convicting him of perjury based on his testimony during the preliminary hearing for charges against Raul Rodriguez and requiring Ledford to reimburse Dodge County for the cost of his third court-appointed ...

Accordingly, we affirm the court of appeals’ reversal of the judgment of the circuit court. Defendant Norco sold its window plant to defendant Jeld-Wen. There was no interruption of business, and Jeld-Wen hired all but 47 of Norco’s 396 employees ...

“[E]ven assuming that the Suspension Clause protects only the writ as it existed in 1789, there is substantial evidence to support the proposition that pure questions of law like the one raised by the respondent in this case could have ...

Patricia Spencer appeals from a personal injury judgment based on several alleged evidentiary errors. Regal Insurance cross-appeals the trial court’s decision to grant Spencer’s attorney a lien on the judgment superior to Regal’s own medical payments lien. We conclude that ...

“An employee is not a qualified individual if she poses ‘a significant risk to the health or safety of others that cannot be eliminated by reasonable accommodation.’ 42 U.S.C. sec. 12111(3). “NSP presented unchallenged doctors’ opinions that Emerson suffered from ...

The remaining five misconduct counts involved attorney Harman’s conflict of interest in representing another client. The referee determined that Harman had represented the client in the presence of a conflict of interest without obtaining written consent of the client on ...

“Tribal courts, it should be clear, cannot be courts of general jurisdiction in this sense, for a tribe’s inherent adjudicative jurisdiction over nonmembers is at most only as broad as its legislative jurisdiction. … It is true that some statutes ...

Barry L. Ball appeals from a judgment convicting him of disorderly conduct, in which the trial court ordered him to make restitution to a prison worker who was injured while attempting to break up a fight between Ball and another ...

Shulbert Z. Williams, pro se, appeals from an order denying his Wis. Stat. sec. 974.06 (1999-2000) motion for postconviction relief. He argues that postconviction counsel was ineffective for failing to pursue the ineffective assistance of trial counsel. We affirm. This ...

“[W]e conclude that Wis. Admin. Code NR 116.13(2) conflicts with Wis. Stat. sec. 87.30(1g) and is therefore invalid to the extent that it prohibits all variances for residential floors below regional flood elevation. Finally, we conclude that the Board’s action ...