Termination of Parental Rights
P.T. appeals an order terminating his parental rights to his son, X.L.T. He also appeals the order denying his postdispositional motion.
Foreclosure – Money Judgment Credit
Horizon Bank, National Association, (Horizon Bank) sued to foreclose a mortgage and enforce a guaranty made by Allen Musikantow.
Sentencing – Sentence Credit
Larry George appeals orders denying his motion for additional sentence credit or sentence modification based on new factors, and denying his motion for reconsideration.
Forfeiture – Ordinance Violation
Robert Kolkowski, pro se, appeals two judgments entered in favor of Oconto County imposing civil forfeitures for his violations of zoning ordinances.
Foreclosure – Motion for Reconsideration
Thomas Anderson, pro se, appeals from an order dismissing his action challenging the authority of a circuit court judge to act in a prior foreclosure action in which Anderson was a defendant, and denying a motion for temporary injunction related to the foreclosure action.
Foreclosure
Larry Werner, pro se, appeals a summary judgment of foreclosure in favor of Citizens Community Federal N.A. claiming the motion was untimely and his signatures on loan documents were forged.
Sentencing – Penalty Enhancer
John Casteel, a/k/a Tayr Kilaab al Ghashiyah, appeals an order amending two judgments of conviction. At the request of the Department of Corrections, the circuit court clarified that the thirty-year sentence imposed in circuit court case No. 1985CR7801 (now known as No. 1985CF780) was partially based on the penalty enhancer for habitual criminality pursuant to WIS. STAT. § 939.62(1)(c).
Miranda Warnings – Motion to Suppress
David Lee appeals from a judgment of conviction entered after he pled guilty to the following crimes: two counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm; one count of possession of cocaine with intent to deliver (more than 40 grams); one count of possession with intent to deliver THC (between 2500 and 10,000 grams); and one count of possession of methamphetamine.
Civil Commitment
Howard Carter appeals an order denying without a trial his 2013 petition seeking discharge from his WIS. STAT. ch. 980 commitment as a “sexually violent person,”1 as well as an order denying his motion for reconsideration.
Civil Commitment
David Hager, Jr., appeals an order denying without a trial his 2014 petition seeking discharge from his WIS. STAT. ch. 980 commitment as a “sexually violent person.”
Commerce Clause – Extraterritorial Reach
In 2015 the State of Indiana enacted the Vapor Pens and E-Liquid Act to regulate the manufacture and distribution of vapor pens and the liquids used in so-called e-cigarettes.
Intellectual Property – Trade Dress
This Lanham Act case turns on whether the shape and design of a small bag, modeled after a men’s Dopp Kit and used in personal care kits, are functional and therefore not protected as trade dress.
Legal News
- Wisconsin Supreme Court reveals September oral arguments calendar
- New Jersey man sentenced for series of violent assaults on members of the Orthodox Jewish Community
- Milwaukee County District Attorney, UWM police address Jewish threats
- With GOP convention over, Milwaukee weighs the benefits of hosting political rivals
- Secret Service head resigns as Congress formally investigates
- Milwaukee Police Department issues statement regarding video release policy
- GOP convention sets the stage for the Democratic convention in Chicago, activists and police say
- Survey: Harris has enough delegates to be nominee
- Outside the RNC, small Milwaukee businesses and their regulars tried to salvage a sluggish week
- Biden called to resign immediately after the president announces he won’t seek reelection
- Biden drops out of 2024 presidential race, endorses Harris
- Local PA cops allegedly thought Trump’s would-be assassin was Secret Service
Case Digests
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel; Double Jeopardy; Sentencing
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel; Sexual Assault-Prosecutorial Misconduct
- Contract-Negligence
- Criminal Law; Juvenile Law; Discovery
- Family Law; Child Support; Property Division First paragraph(s)
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel- Exclusion of Evidence of Witness Bias
- Postconviction Relief-Sentencing-Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
- 14th Amendment – Due Process
- Criminal-Sentencing Guidelines – Enhancement
- Bankruptcy-Tax
- Civil Rights – 14th Amendment-Jury Instructions
- Contract; Foreclosure and Property