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Weekly Case Digests – March 18, 2019 – March 22, 2019

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Wisconsin’s mandatory bar association recently filed a rule-change proposal that would allow its members to vote electronically in elections.

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Justice Shirley Abrahamson has withdrawn from another three cases scheduled for oral argument.

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Melodie Taylor appeals a judgment of conviction, following a jury trial, for misdemeanor bail jumping, contrary to WIS. STAT. § 946.49(1)(a).

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Gerald Glumske appeals a summary judgment dismissing his negligence suit against Dr. Sean Yetman and related health providers and insurers.

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Tommie Evans appeals a judgment of conviction and an order denying his postconviction motion.

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David A. Pierce appeals from a judgment entered on jury verdicts convicting him of five counts of theft by fraud and one count of theft by contractor.

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Gary W. Bahr appeals from a judgment convicting him of operating a vehicle with a prohibited alcohol concentration (7th, 8th, or 9th offense).

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Sean Michael Faris appeals pro se from an order dismissing his motion to review family support, terminate maintenance, and set child support.

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Pierre Deshawn Johnson appeals the judgment of conviction, entered upon guilty pleas, of one count of knowingly operating a motor vehicle with a suspended license, causing great bodily harm, and one count of injury by operation of a motor vehicle while under the influence of a controlled substance.

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Deutsche Bank National Trust Company appeals from the judgment in favor of Brittany Buboltz and Alec Dishaw (collectively Purchasers), dismissing Deutsche Bank’s foreclosure action against the Purchasers with prejudice.

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Marco A. Lopez, Sr. appeals a judgment of conviction, entered on a jury verdict, for four counts of first-degree sexual assault of a child.

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von Briesen attorney appointed leader association of school lawyers von Briesen & Roper’s Christine Hamiel has been appointed president of the Wisconsin School Attorneys Association. Hamiel, who works in the firm’s Milwaukee office, is a shareholder and leader of the ...

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A state agency has dismissed an Eau Claire attorney’s tax appeal because he failed to respond to discovery requests and failed to appear at status conferences.

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James Mueller appeals a judgment, entered following a jury trial, convicting him of fourth-offense operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicants or drugs.

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Darwin Davis appeals from a judgment convicting him of four counts of second-degree sexual assault of a child and from an order denying his motion for postconviction relief.

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Keith Myers, pro se, appeals a circuit court order affirming the decision of the Administrator of the Department of Administration, Division of Hearings and Appeals (the Division).

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Paula Langenhahn was injured when she tripped on a barricade positioned in an unmarked crosswalk while exiting Marathon Fun Days, a four-day community event held on park grounds in the Village of Marathon City.

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Carlos A. Abadia appeals the circuit court’s order affirming the Wisconsin Parole Commission’s decision.

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Desmond Dejuan Laster appeals the circuit court’s order denying his motion for postconviction relief brought pursuant to WIS. STAT. § 974.06 (2017-18).

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While a serving of meat from a prison kitchen would not prompt most Americans to run to a federal courthouse, it raises a critical problem for Indiana inmate Roman Lee Jones.

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Lawrence Adkinson, Jeffrey Kemp, Paul Grissom, and Justin Martin (all of whom are appellants in this consolidated appeal) were prosecuted for robbing T-Mobile and other cellphone stores.

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Raymond Henderson was arraigned on drug and firearm charges while shackled with leg irons and handcuffs connected to a waist chain.

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Marshall Spiegel believes that Corrine McClintic (and her husband William) have been violating condominium association rules since the McClintics purchased a unit in the building where he lives.

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Is it reasonable for officers to assume that a woman who answers the door in a bathrobe has authority to consent to a search of a male suspect’s residence?

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This case arises from an Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Agreement”) entered into in October 2014 between the plaintiffs, ARC Welding Supply Co. and its owner Charles McCormick (collectively “ARC”), and the defendant American Welding & Gas, Inc. (“American”).

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Scabby the Rat has returned. Insofar as this case is concerned, he first made his appearance in the Town of Grand Chute, Wisconsin, in connection with a labor dispute there.

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Pro-life “sidewalk counselors” sued to enjoin Chicago’s “bubble zone” ordinance, which bars them from approaching within eight feet of a person in the vicinity of an abortion clinic if their purpose is to engage in counseling, education, leafletting, handbilling, or protest.

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Plaintiffs‐appellants, 39 former employees of Infinium Capital Management, LLC, voluntarily converted loans they had made to their employer under the company’s Employee Capital Pool program into equity in the company.

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This appeal presents us with only the narrow issue of whether the district court erred in rescinding class certification.

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