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Subject matter jurisdiction

Feb 11, 2020

Charges of defying law, building ‘straw man’ written in split Supreme Court opinion

A split Wisconsin Supreme Court has reversed a decision on a subject-matter-jurisdiction dispute relating to an OWI case from Ozaukee County.

Dec 13, 2012

Civil Procedure — subject matter jurisdiction

11-2097 & 11-2185 International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local Union No. 50 v. Kienstra Precast LLC

Jan 10, 2012

Criminal Procedure — subject matter jurisdiction

2011AP294 State v. Fankhauser

Jun 24, 2011

11-C0171 Williams v. C&D Technologies, Inc.

Civil Procedure Subject matter jurisdiction

May 24, 2011

2010AP1542 State v. Burkart

Criminal Procedure Personal jurisdiction; subject matter jurisdiction Kray Burkart, pro se, appeals a default judgment, convicting him of forfeiture harassment. Burkart alleges the circuit court lacked subject matter and personal jurisdiction, and the complaint violated his constitutional rights. We affirm. This opinion will not be published. 2010AP1542 State v. Burkart Dist III, Marathon County, [...]

Dec 21, 2010

2008AP2587 & 2009AP739 Dustardy H. v. Bethany H.

Civil Procedure Legal errors; subject matter jurisdiction A court’s subject matter jurisdiction is not affected by its errors of law. “Wisconsin’s artificial insemination statute creates a presumption that a husband whose wife is artificially inseminated with semen donated by another man is the ‘natural father’ of the child. Wis. Stat. § 891.40(1). For obvious reason[...]

Oct 28, 2010

10-CV 932 Landmark Credit Union v. Doberstein

Civil Procedure Subject matter jurisdiction; CFAA Merely accessing and disseminating information from a protected computer does not suffice to create a cause of action under the Computer Fraud Abuse Act. “[T]here are several fatal flaws with the core of the federal claim, the allegation that Doberstein ‘intentionally accessed a protected computer without authorization’ and ‘[...]

Sep 10, 2010

2010AP540, 2010AP541 State v. Derksen

Motor Vehicles Subject matter jurisdiction Roy Derksen was cited for improperly transporting a building on a highway, contrary to Wis. Stat. § 346.924 (2007-08), operating a motor vehicle with an overall height in excess of 13 1/2 feet without a permit, contrary to Wis. Stat. § 348.06(1), and operating a vehicle having a total width […]

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