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WI Court of Appeals Digest

Sep 18, 2017

Violation of Due Process – Anti-Combination Laws

In this appeal, E. Glenn Porter, III and Highland Memorial Park, Inc., contend two statutes, which the parties refer to as the “anticombination laws,” are facially unconstitutional on equal protection and substantive due process grounds.

Sep 18, 2017

Permit Amendment – Legal Authority Exemptions

Philip and Terrie Myers (collectively, Myers) appeal a circuit court order entered on judicial review of a decision by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR).

Sep 18, 2017

Ineffective Assistance of Counsel and Sufficiency of Evidence

Michael Prince Cotton appeals a judgment convicting him of four counts of first-degree sexual assault.

Sep 18, 2017

Statutory Interpretation – Raze Order

Auto-Owners Insurance Company appeals an order denying its motion for an injunction prohibiting the razing of Lowell and Carol McLartys’ home following a garage fire.

Sep 18, 2017

Evidentiary Hearing

Lavelle Jackson appeals a judgment of conviction entered after a jury found him guilty of repeated sexual assault of the same child He claims the circuit court erred by denying his pretrial motion to admit other acts evidence concerning the victim’s prior allegation of unwanted touching by another man.

Sep 12, 2017

Application of Statute and Noncompete Clauses

The dispute on appeal is limited to whether Terra may enforce noncompete clauses, otherwise known as restrictive covenants, in a contract between Terra and Karsten, a former Terra employee.

Sep 12, 2017

Sufficiency of Evidence and Jury Instructions

Randi Rupnow appeals an amended judgment convicting her of homicide by negligent operation of a vehicle.

Sep 12, 2017

Negligence – Immunity

Hailey Seitz was injured by a vehicle while attempting to ride her bicycle through a crosswalk.

Sep 12, 2017

Termination of Parental Rights

C.L.H. appeals from orders terminating her parental rights for three of her biological children, A.L.H., H.H., and M.J.H.

Sep 12, 2017

Sufficiency of Evidence and Sentencing Guidelines

Lamonte Alton Ealy appeals judgments of conviction from three circuit court cases and an order denying his motion for postconviction relief.

Sep 12, 2017

Motion to Suppress Evidence Denied

Jeremy Ezekiel Hollis appeals a judgment convicting him of possession of designer drugs with intent to deliver, possession of cocaine with intent to deliver, both as a party to a crime, felon in possession of a firearm, and misdemeanor disorderly conduct.

Sep 12, 2017

Ineffective Assistance of Counsel and Judicial Bias

In this appeal, Lamar first argues that he is not procedurally barred from raising the issues he now advances because the no-merit procedures were not followed.

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