Weekly Case Digests – January 11, 2021 – January 15, 2021
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Read More »Weekly Case Digests – January 11, 2021 – January 15, 2021
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Read More »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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Read More »Petitioner Trent Taylor is an inmate in the custody of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
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Read More »Petitioner DeRay Mckesson organized a demonstration in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to protest a shooting by a local police officer.
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Read More »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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Read More »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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Read More »Steven Sternitzky appeals a judgment of conviction for operating a motor vehicle with a prohibited alcohol concentration, third offense.
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Read More »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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Read More »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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Read More »“Lisa” appeals from an order extending her involuntary commitment under WIS. STAT. ch. 51.
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Read More »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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Read More »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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Read More »Chevele Donte Lyons appeals from orders denying his motions for reconsideration.
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Read More »Russell L. Rose, Jr., appeals from a judgment convicting him of numerous crimes.
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Read More »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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Read More »Daryise L. Earl appeals pro se from the order denying his most recent WIS. STAT. § 974.06 (2017-18) motion.
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Read More »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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Read More »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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Read More »Superior Restaurant Company, LLC, appeals judgments, entered following a jury’s verdict in a case involving a failed restaurant venture.
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Read More »Jeremy Hogenkamp pleaded guilty to a federal crime and was sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment plus 25 years’ supervised release.
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Read More »Caught in a fit of road rage, Keli Calderone shot another driver with her handgun.
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Read More »Plaintiff Brad Sandefur is a corrections officer for the Sheriff of Cook County, Illinois.
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Read More »Richard Turner died during an encounter with police officers in Champaign, Illinois.
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Read More »Judge Shelley Grogan has entered the race for District II Court of Appeals.
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Read More »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
Read More »The Wisconsin Supreme Court split this week on the question of what constitutes a violation of a felon's Second Amendment rights.
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Read More »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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Read More »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.
Read More »Legal Action of Wisconsin has moved to a new office in Milwaukee.
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Read More »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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