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Feb 18, 2022

Weekly Case Digests – February 14, 2022 – February 18, 2022

Weekly Case Digests – February 14, 2022 - February 18, 2022

Feb 16, 2022

Declaratory and Injunctive Relief – Damages

The City of Memphis sits on the banks of the Mississippi River in the southwest corner of Tennessee.

Feb 16, 2022

Attorney Disciplinary Proceedings

We review a report filed by Referee Jean A. DiMotto, recommending the court suspend Attorney Walter W. Stern, III's license to practice law for a period of 45 days for three counts of professional misconduct.

Feb 16, 2022

Attorney Disciplinary Proceedings

This court has pending before it Attorney Joseph R. Laumann's petition for reinstatement of his license to practice law in Wisconsin.

Feb 16, 2022

Involuntary Commitment – Sufficiency of Evidence

C.K.S. appeals from an order extending his WIS. STAT. ch. 51 commitment. C.K.S. argues that there was insufficient evidence of current dangerousness to justify recommitment.

Feb 16, 2022

Statutory Interpretation – Health Care Records – Fee Restrictions

We review the court of appeals' decision reversing the circuit court's dismissal of Andrea Townsend's claim against ChartSwap, LLC ("ChartSwap") for unlawfully overcharging her for copies of her medical records in contravention of the fee restrictions set out in Wis. Stat. § 146.83(3f) (2017-18).

Feb 16, 2022

Abuse of Discretion – Expunction

Sean Day appeals a judgment of conviction for fourth-degree sexual assault and a circuit court order denying his motion for postconviction relief.

Feb 16, 2022

Involuntary Commitment

The petitioner, E.J.W., seeks review of an unpublished, authored decision of the court of appeals affirming the circuit court's order extending his involuntary commitment.

Feb 15, 2022

Due Process Violation

Jeffrey L. Hineman appeals from a judgment of conviction, following a jury trial, for first-degree sexual assault of a child under the age of thirteen and from an order denying him postconviction relief.

Feb 15, 2022

Postconviction Relief – Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

Quincy D. Moore appeals his judgment of conviction for three drug charges and two felon in possession of a firearm charges with various penalty enhancers.

Feb 15, 2022

Termination of Parental Rights

M.P.H.-R. appeals the order of the trial court terminating her parental rights to A.S.H. M.P.H.-R. argues that...

Feb 15, 2022

Abuse of Discretion – Motion for Reconsideration

Roger Shaide, Roxanne Shaide, Mikel Huppert, and Kelly Huppert (collectively, “the Shaides”) appeal an order in which the circuit court granted Steven and Teresa Sullivan’s motion for reconsideration of a prior order that determined the parties’ respective rights to a disputed area of waterfront property.

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