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Jurisdiction – Foreign corporation
This case implicates the authority of Wisconsin courts to exercise general jurisdiction over a foreign corporation.
Wisconsin’s open meeting law
This case requires us to decide whether the Appleton Area School District's Communications Arts 1 Materials Review Committee ("CAMRC") was a governmental body subject to Wisconsin's open meetings law.
Court Error – Testimony
We review a decision of the court of appeals vacating the judgment of conviction of Raymond Nieves (Nieves) and remanding for a new trial.
Constitutionality
In creating an executive branch entity with authority to pass judgment and impose discipline on a judge's exercise of core judicial powers, the Wisconsin legislature violates the Wisconsin Constitution's structural separation of powers and invades a domain recognized for over two hundred years as the exclusive province of the judiciary.
Disciplinary proceeding
We review a report filed by Referee John B. Murphy concluding that Attorney Philip A. Shepherd committed ten counts of misconduct as alleged in the Office of Lawyer Regulation's (OLR) complaint.
Wisconsin Fair Dealership Law – Termination or nonrenewal
This is a review of an unpublished decision of the court of appeals, Benson v. City of Madison, No. 2015AP2366, unpublished slip op. (Wis. Ct. App. Aug. 25, 2016), which affirmed the Dane County circuit court's judgment dismissing a lawsuit filed by the petitioners against the City of Madison ("the City") pursuant to the Wisconsin Fair Dealership Law ("the WFDL"), a statute that governs, among oth[...]
Expungement
We review an unpublished decision of the court of appeals, State v. Ozuna, No. 2015AP1877-CR, unpublished slip op. (Wis. Ct. App. April 13, 2016), affirming the Walworth County circuit court's order denying expungement of the defendant's misdemeanor convictions.
Postconviction relief
Petitioner, Keimonte Antonie Wilson, Sr. ("Wilson"), seeks review of a court of appeals decision affirming a circuit court judgment of conviction and order denying his postconviction motion.
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Steinhardt argues that her convictions for both failure to protect a child from sexual assault contrary to Wis. Stat. § 948.02(3) (2011-12) and first-degree sexual assault of a child under 13 as a party to a crime contrary to Wis. Stat. §§ 948.02(1)(e) and 939.05 violated the Double Jeopardy Clauses of the United States Constitution and Wisconsin Constitution.
Highway orders – Third-day period
Margaret Pulera (Pulera) appeals dismissals of the petitions for certiorari review of highway orders recorded in Rock and Walworth Counties.
Sufficiency of Evidence – Jury Instruction
Following a three-day trial, a jury convicted Robert Stietz, the defendant, of resisting a law enforcement officer, Wis. Stat. § 946.41(1) (2013-14), and intentionally pointing a firearm at an officer, § 941.20(1m)(b).
Court Error – Judge Substitution
Petitioner, Edward J. Zimbal ("Zimbal"), seeks review of an unpublished court of appeals opinion affirming a circuit court order denying his postconviction motion.
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