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6th Amendment Violation – Confrontation Clause
This appeal comes before us on certification from the court of appeals.
Statutory Interpretation – Pension – Collective Bargaining Agreement
Milwaukee County seeks to deny what it characterizes as "unusually generous" pension benefits to certain members of Milwaukee District Council 48 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (DC-48), citing the County's structural deficit, the escalating cost of the Employees' Retirement System of the County of Milwaukee (ERS), and the County's intention to grant a particula[...]
Statutory Interpretation – Property Tax Classification
In 2016, the Board of Review for the Town of Delafield reclassified two lots of land owned by The Peter Ogden Family Trust of 2008 and The Therese A. Mahoney-Ogden Family Trust of 2008 from "agricultural land" to "residential."
Statutory Interpretation – Sentence Credit
This is a review of an unpublished, per curiam decision of the court of appeals, State v. Zachary S. Friedlander, No. 2017AP1337-CR, unpublished slip op.
Statutory Interpretation – Juvenile Competency
The Milwaukee County Circuit Court, T. Christopher Dee presiding, denied the State's motion to recall A.L.'s juvenile delinquency proceedings.
Insurance Claim – Duty to Defend
In this duty to defend case, West Bend Mutual Insurance Company asks us to reverse the court of appeals' decision holding that the allegations in Abbott Laboratories' complaint against Ixthus Medical Supply, Inc. alleged a potentially covered advertising injury, and as a result, triggered West Bend's duty to defend under the commercial general liability policy West Bend issued to Ixthus.
Attorney Disciplinary Hearing
We review the report of the referee, Attorney John Nicholas Schweitzer, recommending that the court suspend the Wisconsin law license of Attorney Melinda Alfredson for 90 days and order her to pay the full costs of this disciplinary proceeding.
Attorney Disciplinary Proceedings
We review a report filed by Referee Dennis J. Flynn recommending that the court reinstate the license of Robert T. Malloy to practice law in Wisconsin with certain conditions.
Abuse of Discretion – Jurisdiction
The circuit court ordered the arbitration of a private construction dispute stayed until it could decide an insurance coverage dispute between one of the contractors connected to the arbitration and the contractor's insurer.
Court Error – Termination of Parental Rights
The State of Wisconsin petitioned the Milwaukee County Circuit Court to terminate C.L.K.'s parental rights, following which the matter went to trial in due course.
Attorney Disciplinary Hearing
We review the recommendation of the referee, James C. Boll, that Attorney Patrick S. Sweeney's license to practice law should be revoked due to his professional misconduct.
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