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Aug 9, 2017

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.

Aug 9, 2017

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.

Aug 9, 2017

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.

Aug 9, 2017

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).

Aug 9, 2017

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.

Aug 9, 2017

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.”

Aug 9, 2017

Bobber helps clients through employment-law maze

Bernard “Bud” Bobber finds fulfillment guiding clients through the labyrinth of employment laws and regulations.

Aug 9, 2017

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.

Aug 8, 2017

Fourth Amendment Violation – Voting Registration

This is a case of wait‐and‐hurry‐up, rather than its more familiar cousin, hurry‐up‐and‐wait.

Aug 8, 2017

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.

Aug 8, 2017

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[...]

Aug 8, 2017

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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