Court Error – Abuse of Discretion
Scott Frolik and Richard Busch, Jr., appeal a judgment in favor of Dale Schuebel entered upon a jury verdict finding Schuebel adversely possessed a disputed portion of Frolik’s and Busch’s properties.
Court Error – Motion to Suppress
Kawane J. Stroyier appeals from a judgment of conviction, entered upon a jury’s verdicts, on one count of homicide by negligent handling of a dangerous weapon and one count of possession of a firearm by a felon.
Court Error – Abuse of Discretion
Brian Cooper appeals an amended judgment of conviction entered following a jury trial for two counts of first-degree intentional homicide and one count of third-degree sexual assault.
Denial of Burial Sites Permit
This appeal is the second case concerning two Native American effigy mounds called the Ward Mound Group (the Ward Mounds), which were added to the catalog of burial sites by the Director of the State Historical Society in 1991 pursuant to WIS. STAT. § 157.70(2) (2015-16).
Insurance Coverage – Synthetic Stucco Exclusion
This is an insurance coverage dispute between a condominium association and the insurer of a general contractor involving the proper interpretation of a synthetic stucco exclusion in a commercial general liability (CGL) insurance policy.
Abuse of Discretion – Sufficency of Evidence
This appeal concerns Wisconsin’s Burial Sites Preservation statute, WIS. STAT. § 157.70 (2015-16), which requires the Director of the State Historical Society to “identify and record in a catalog burial sites in this state and … sufficient contiguous land necessary to protect the burial site from disturbance.”
Bobber helps clients through employment-law maze
Bernard “Bud” Bobber finds fulfillment guiding clients through the labyrinth of employment laws and regulations.
Despite latest uptick, state tort lawsuits continue downward trend
For decades, plaintiffs throughout the U.S. have been filing fewer tort lawsuits. According to recent news reports, about 10 out of every 1,000 Americans filed tort lawsuits in 1993. By 2015, the number was down to less than 2 in 1,000 Americans.
Fourth Amendment Violation – Voting Registration
This is a case of wait‐and‐hurry‐up, rather than its more familiar cousin, hurry‐up‐and‐wait.
Abuse of Discretion
Plaintiff‐appellee Peter Koehn filed suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that Defendants‐appellants Lauri Tobias and Margaret Segerston (Defendants), his former employers, unlawfully retaliated against him for exercising his First Amendment rights.
Sentencing Guidelines
Douglas Jackson appeals following a jury trial at which he was convicted of three counts of transporting a minor in interstate commerce with the intent that she engage in illegal sexual activity, see 18 U.S.C. § 2423(a), three counts of sex trafficking of a minor, see 18 U.S.C. § 1591(a), and one count of possessing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence (sex trafficking of a minor), se[...]
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel and Jury Instructions
Although in this appeal Stephenson’s lawyer mounts a vigorous challenge to both the murder conviction and the death sentence, the first challenge fails.
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