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Weekly Case Digests – January 11, 2021 – January 15, 2021

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Several UW Law School professors testified in favor of allowing law-school students more supervised practice time in Wisconsin before they graduate.

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Petitioner Trent Taylor is an inmate in the custody of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

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Petitioner DeRay Mckesson organized a demonstration in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to protest a shooting by a local police officer.

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W.G. appeals an involuntary recommitment order entered pursuant to WIS. STAT. § 51.20 and an involuntary medication order entered pursuant to WIS. STAT. § 51.61(1)(g)4.

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Lisa Taylor and Luis Cuevas (the homeowners) entered into a construction contract with Loren Imhoff Homebuilder, Inc. (the builder) for a remodeling project.

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Steven Sternitzky appeals a judgment of conviction for operating a motor vehicle with a prohibited alcohol concentration, third offense.

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Jason Linsmeyer, pro se, appeals an order of the Dodge County Circuit Court that denied Linsmeyer’s motion to enforce a physical placement order and ordered Linsmeyer to pay his former spouse, Angela Miller, child support from Linsmeyer’s prison release account.

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I.R.T. appeals from an order of the circuit court extending his involuntary commitment. I.R.T. argues that Waukesha County (the County) failed to establish that he is dangerous pursuant to WIS. STAT. § 51.20(1)(a), (am), and that the circuit court’s recommitment order erroneously relied on hearsay evidence.

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“Lisa” appeals from an order extending her involuntary commitment under WIS. STAT. ch. 51.

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Jack Ray Zimmerman, Jr., appeals from an order denying his motion to dismiss the complaint and revoking his operating privileges based upon his refusal to submit to a breath test following his arrest for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated (OWI), third offense.

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E.J.W.’s involuntary commitment was extended pursuant to an eight-month stipulation he and Waukesha County entered into after the circuit court denied his demand for a jury trial as untimely.

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Chevele Donte Lyons appeals from orders denying his motions for reconsideration.

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Russell L. Rose, Jr., appeals from a judgment convicting him of numerous crimes.

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court is considering its second case of the week involving property damage allegedly caused by a Wisconsin Department of Transportation project.

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Daryise L. Earl appeals pro se from the order denying his most recent WIS. STAT. § 974.06 (2017-18) motion.

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Brian S. O’Toole appeals from a judgment convicting him of first-degree sexual assault of a child, as a persistent repeater, and an order denying his postconviction motion.

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Consensus Construction & Consulting, Inc., appeals a money judgment in favor of Jones Sign Co., Inc. Consensus asserts the circuit court erred by refusing to enforce a forum selection clause contained in the parties’ contract identifying the courts of South Carolina as the proper place to litigate disputes under the contract.

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Superior Restaurant Company, LLC, appeals judgments, entered following a jury’s verdict in a case involving a failed restaurant venture.

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Jeremy Hogenkamp pleaded guilty to a federal crime and was sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment plus 25 years’ supervised release.

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Caught in a fit of road rage, Keli Calderone shot another driver with her handgun.

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Plaintiff Brad Sandefur is a corrections officer for the Sheriff of Cook County, Illinois.

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Richard Turner died during an encounter with police officers in Champaign, Illinois.

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Judge Shelley Grogan has entered the race for District II Court of Appeals.

Tagged with: Dan Kelly Rebecca Bradley Shelley Grogan

The Wisconsin Supreme Court is considering what the Legislature meant by the word "lands" in a gas station owner's lawsuit over a highway-expansion project that negatively impacted its business.

Tagged with: Clayton Patrick Kawski Joseph Cincotta Wisconsin Supreme Court

The Wisconsin Supreme Court split this week on the question of what constitutes a violation of a felon's Second Amendment rights.

Tagged with: Ann Walsh Bradley Brian Hagedorn Rebecca Bradley Second Amendment Wisconsin Supreme Court

The Wausau attorney Rick Cveykus has raised $50,000 for his campaign for judge on the District III Court of Appeals.

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A company that makes fire-fighting foam containing so-called forever chemicals known as PFAS reached a $17.5 million settlement on Thursday with northern Wisconsin residents over contamination from the chemicals.

Legal Action of Wisconsin has moved to a new office in Milwaukee.

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A federal civil-rights investigation into the shooting of Jacob Blake is ongoing, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Wisconsin.

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