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Sep 18, 2017

City Permit Denial

The City of Delafield, the City of Delafield Common Council, and the City of Delafield Plan Commission (collectively the City) appeal from an order granting the motion of Hartland Sportmen’s Club, Inc. (HSC) to invalidate the City’s revocation of HSC’s conditional use permit (CUP) to operate a sport shooting range and the denial of HSC’s application for a CUP to operate a sport shooting ra[...]

Sep 18, 2017

Summary Judgement – Foreclosure

Candice Wells appeals from a judgment of foreclosure, contending the circuit court erred in denying her summary judgment motion and granting U.S. Bank National Association’s.

Sep 18, 2017

Violation of Due Process – Anti-Combination Laws

In this appeal, E. Glenn Porter, III and Highland Memorial Park, Inc., contend two statutes, which the parties refer to as the “anticombination laws,” are facially unconstitutional on equal protection and substantive due process grounds.

Sep 18, 2017

Permit Amendment – Legal Authority Exemptions

Philip and Terrie Myers (collectively, Myers) appeal a circuit court order entered on judicial review of a decision by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR).

Sep 18, 2017

Ineffective Assistance of Counsel and Sufficiency of Evidence

Michael Prince Cotton appeals a judgment convicting him of four counts of first-degree sexual assault.

Sep 18, 2017

Statutory Interpretation – Raze Order

Auto-Owners Insurance Company appeals an order denying its motion for an injunction prohibiting the razing of Lowell and Carol McLartys’ home following a garage fire.

Sep 18, 2017

Evidentiary Hearing

Lavelle Jackson appeals a judgment of conviction entered after a jury found him guilty of repeated sexual assault of the same child He claims the circuit court erred by denying his pretrial motion to admit other acts evidence concerning the victim’s prior allegation of unwanted touching by another man.

Sep 15, 2017

Motion to Suppress Evidence

A grand jury indicted Tamichale Paige with one count of possession of a firearm by a felon, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1), 924(a)(2), and one count of possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine and marijuana, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(C).

Sep 15, 2017

Court Error – Abuse of Discretion

On appeal, we review a district court’s decision to deny a motion for a new trial for an abuse of discretion.

Sep 15, 2017

Due Process Violation and Breach of Contract

On appeal, Grant contends that the district court inappropriately granted summary judgment on five claims.

Sep 15, 2017

Title VII Violation – Wrongful Termination

Owens argues that Old Wisconsin terminated her for asserting a claim of sexual harassment under Title VII.

Sep 15, 2017

RICO Violation and Choice-of-law Clause

We have three appeals: (1) Land O’Lakes contends that it is entitled to treble damages under RICO and a state-law counterpart (which we do not mention again); (2) the Ratajczaks contend that Packerland’s insurers had to defend and indemnify them in Land O’Lakes’s suit; (3) the Ratajczaks maintain that their own insurer must indemnify them for much of what they paid to Packerland’s buyer [...]

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