Wisconsin Supreme Court Decisions 2015
Date: December 30, 2015
Docket Number: 2013AP001488
Justia Opinion Summary: The Equal Rights Division of the Department of Workforce Development (DWD) concluded that Joell Schigur had proven by a preponderance of the evidence that the Department of Justice (DOJ) took unlawful retaliatory action…
Date: December 23, 2015
Docket Number: 2014AP000482-D
Date: December 23, 2015
Docket Number: 2014AP002487-D
Date: December 23, 2015
Docket Number: 2015AP001340-D
Date: December 23, 2015
Docket Number: 2015AP001422-D
Date: December 8, 2015
Docket Number: 2003AP003348-D
Date: December 8, 2015
Docket Number: 2004AP002633-D
Date: December 8, 2015
Docket Number: 2007AP002653-D
Date: December 8, 2015
Docket Number: 2011AP000584-D
Date: December 2, 2015
Docket Numbers: 2014AP000421-W, 2014AP000420-W, 2014AP000419-W, 2014AP000418-W, 2014AP000417-W, 2014AP000296-OA, 2013AP002508-W, 2013AP002507-W, 2013AP002506-W, 2013AP002505-W, 2013AP002504-W
Justia Opinion Summary: At issue here was the authority of Attorney Francis Schmitz to act as the special prosecutor throughout proceedings known as “John Doe II.” Unnamed Movants challenged whether Attorney Schmitz retained any authority to…
Date: November 25, 2015
Docket Number: 2014AP000515-FT
Justia Opinion Summary: A state traffic patrol officer stopped Defendant’s vehicle after observing a cigarette butt being thrown from the passenger side of the vehicle. Defendant filed a motion to suppress evidence of drunk driving obtained by…
Date: November 18, 2015
Docket Number: 2015AP000680-D
Date: November 11, 2015
Docket Number: 2015AP001732-D
Date: October 30, 2015
Docket Number: 2014AP000804-D
Date: October 8, 2015
Docket Number: 2013AP002742-D
Date: September 30, 2015
Docket Number: 2013AP002235-D
Date: September 30, 2015
Docket Number: 2014AP002476-D
Date: September 18, 2015
Docket Number: 2009AP000941-D
Date: September 16, 2015
Docket Number: 2012AP002322-D
Date: August 18, 2015
Citation: 2015 WI 88
Docket Number: 2014AP002535-D
Date: July 16, 2015
Citation: 2015 WI 85
Docket Numbers: 2014AP000421-W, 2014AP000420-W, 2014AP000419-W, 2014AP000418-W, 2014AP000417-W, 2014AP000296-OA, 2013AP002508-W, 2013AP002507-W, 2013AP002506-W, 2013AP002505-W, 2013AP002504-W
Justia Opinion Summary: These five John Doe proceedings, referred to as the “John Doe investigation,” were overseen by a single John Doe judge and organized by a single special prosecutor. The purpose of the John Doe investigation was to root…
Date: July 15, 2015
Citation: 2015 WI 80
Docket Numbers: 1997AP003862-D, 1996AP003390-D
Date: July 15, 2015
Citation: 2015 WI 84
Docket Number: 2013AP000197-CR
Justia Opinion Summary: Pursuant to a plea agreement, Defendant pled guilty to homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle, hit and run resulting in death, and related crimes. After Defendant was sentenced, he filed a postconviction motion seeking…
Date: July 15, 2015
Citation: 2015 WI 83
Docket Number: 2013AP001619-D
Date: July 15, 2015
Citation: 2015 WI 81
Docket Number: 2014AP002578-D
Date: July 14, 2015
Citation: 2015 WI 79
Docket Number: 2013AP001581-CR
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant pleaded guilty to one count of possession of THC with intent to deliver following the circuit court’s denial of his motion to suppress evidence obtained during a traffic stop. Defendant appealed, arguing that…
Date: July 10, 2015
Citation: 2015 WI 76
Docket Number: 2013AP000430-CR
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant pled no contest to possession of methamphetamine and child neglect after the circuit court denied his motion to suppress evidence obtained during a search of his truck. At issue in this case was the…
Date: July 10, 2015
Citation: 2015 WI 77
Docket Number: 2013AP001023
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, an inmate at Redgranite Correctional Institution, was injured during a baseball game in Redgranite’s recreational yard. Plaintiff filed a complaint against the State, the Department of Corrections (DOC), and…
Date: July 10, 2015
Citation: 2015 WI 75
Docket Number: 2014AP001099-CR
Justia Opinion Summary: When Defendant and two accomplices attempted to rob Michael Parker, Parker and a houseguest, Authur Robinson, were shot and killed. During trial, the jury was instructed that it could convict Defendant of the felony…
Date: July 9, 2015
Citation: 2015 WI 74
Docket Number: 2013AP001437-CR
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant, an Egyptian foreign national, pleaded guilty to one count of possession with intent to deliver marijuana, as party to a crime. Defendant subsequently moved to withdraw his guilty plea on the basis of…
Date: July 9, 2015
Citation: 2015 WI 72
Docket Numbers: 2013AP001754-CR, 2013AP001753-CR
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant pleaded guilty to conspiracy of violating RICO. Approximately seven years later, Defendant was arrested for possession of cocaine in violation of Wis. Stat. 961.41(3g)(c). Defendant’s prior RICO conviction was…
Date: July 9, 2015
Citation: 2015 WI 73
Docket Number: 2013AP002435-CR
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant, who came to the United States from Mexico in 1997, pleaded no contest to substantial battery as an act of domestic abuse. After Defendant completed his jail sentence Immigration and Customs Enforcement…
Date: July 9, 2015
Citation: 2015 WI 71
Docket Numbers: 2014XX000817-BA, 2013AP001769-D
Date: July 7, 2015
Citation: 2015 WI 68
Docket Number: 2012AP001845-D
Date: July 7, 2015
Citation: 2015 WI 64
Docket Number: 2013AP000557-CR
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was charged with two counts of intentional homicide for the murders of his parents. Defendant pleaded not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect. The circuit court found that Defendant had not met his…
Date: July 7, 2015
Citation: 2015 WI 66
Docket Number: 2013AP001345-CR
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner was charged with and convicted of seven misdemeanors and one felony. Prior to serving his sentences, defendant was in custody in 1998, 1999, and 2001, Upon his conviction, Petitioner was given some sentence…
Date: July 7, 2015
Citation: 2015 WI 65
Docket Number: 2013AP001532
Justia Opinion Summary: Ash Park, LLC entered into a one-party listing contract with Re/Max Select, LLC providing that Ash Park shall pay a broker’s commission to Re/Max if Ash Park enters into an “enforceable contract” for the sale of a parcel…
Date: July 7, 2015
Citation: 2015 WI 67
Docket Number: 2013AP001750
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff was driving a passenger automobile when he collided with a semi-trailer truck operated by Defendant. A jury found Defendant sixty-five percent causally negligent and Plaintiff thirty-five percent causally…
Date: June 30, 2015
Citation: 2015 WI 63
Docket Number: 2013AP001407
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs, referred to collectively as the Wisconsin Realtors Association (WRA), filed a complaint against Defendant, the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (Commission), arguing that Wis. Admin. Code ch. PSC 128 -…
Date: June 25, 2015
Citation: 2015 WI 62
Docket Number: 2014AP000340-D
Date: June 25, 2015
Citation: 2015 WI 61
Docket Number: 2014AP002918-D
Date: June 24, 2015
Citation: 2015 WI 59
Docket Number: 2014AP000974-D
Date: June 24, 2015
Citation: 2015 WI 60
Docket Number: 2015AP000460-D
Date: June 23, 2015
Citation: 2015 WI 58
Docket Number: 2012AP001493
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2006, Plaintiffs, former employees and the estates and beneficiaries of former employees at an Eau Claire tire manufacturing plant, filed suit against multiple defendants alleging that the initial plaintiffs were…
Date: June 19, 2015
Citation: 2015 WI 57
Docket Number: 2014AP000175-D
Date: June 18, 2015
Citation: 2015 WI 56
Docket Number: 2013AP001715
Justia Opinion Summary: The Journal Times of Racine and its editor (collectively, the Newspaper) commenced this mandamus action under Wis. Stat. 19.37(1)(a) after the City of Racine Board of Police and Fire Commissioners (Commission) denied the…
Date: June 16, 2015
Citation: 2015 WI 55
Docket Number: 2013AP001108-CR
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court took this opportunity to clarify the law on waiver of the right to counsel after a defendant has been charged with a crime. After a jury trial, Defendant was convicted of one count of delivering heroin,…
Date: June 16, 2015
Citation: 2015 WI 54
Docket Number: 2013AP000127-CR
Justia Opinion Summary: After the circuit court denied his motion to suppress certain statements he made during police questioning, Defendant pled guilty to second-degree reckless homicide as party to a crime. Defendant was fifteen years old at…
Date: June 12, 2015
Citation: 2015 WI 53
Docket Number: 2012AP002782-CR
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant pleaded guilty to operating with a prohibited alcohol concentration (PAC), sixth offense. The circuit court sentenced Defendant to four years' imprisonment. The State appealed, arguing that the circuit court…
Date: June 9, 2015
Citation: 2015 WI 52
Docket Number: 2012AP000486-D
Date: June 4, 2015
Citation: 2015 WI 51
Docket Number: 2011AP000259-D
Date: May 29, 2015
Citation: 2015 WI 50
Docket Number: 2013AP000591
Justia Opinion Summary: Oneida Seven Generations Corporation proposed a renewable energy facility and sought a conditional use permit to install the facility in the City of Green Bay. The City voted to approve the conditional use permit but…
Date: May 15, 2015
Citation: 2015 WI 49
Docket Number: 2013AP000679
Justia Opinion Summary: MS Real Estate Holdings, LLC contracted with the Foxes for a right of first refusal to purchase or lease the Fox land. Years later, the Foxes sued, arguing that their revocation of the right of first refusal contract was…
Date: May 12, 2015
Citation: 2015 WI 48
Docket Number: 2011AP001803-CR
Justia Opinion Summary: After a jury trial, Defendant was found guilty of first-degree intentional homicide and attempted first-degree intentional homicide. Defendant filed a postconviction motion seeking a new trial based on the trial court’s…
Date: May 5, 2015
Citation: 2015 WI 46
Docket Number: 2013AP002107-CR
Justia Opinion Summary: After receiving a complaint from Defendant’s wife, police officers conducted an investigatory stop of Defendant’s vehicle. Defendant did not comply with police orders after being stopped and also complained of chest…
Date: April 30, 2015
Citation: 2015 WI 45
Docket Number: 2013AP001392
Justia Opinion Summary: David Friedlen had worked for Runzheimer International, Ltd. for more than fifteen years when Runzheimer began requiring its employees to sign restrictive covenants or be fired. Friedlen signed the covenant and continued…
Date: April 29, 2015
Citation: 2015 WI 44
Docket Number: 2012AP002692-CR
Justia Opinion Summary: After a jury trial, Petitioner was convicted of first-degree intentional homicide as party to a crime and armed burglary as party to a crime. Petitioner’s defense counsel later asked for a ruling regarding Petitioner’s…
Date: April 28, 2015
Citation: 2015 WI 43
Docket Number: 2014AP002125-D
Date: April 24, 2015
Citation: 2015 WI 42
Docket Numbers: 2013AP001737-CR, 2013AP000218-CR
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendants in these two separate cases were found guilty of operating a motor vehicle with a detectable amount of a restricted controlled substance in the blood, among other crimes. The court of appeals affirmed the…
Date: April 24, 2015
Citation: 2015 WI 41
Docket Number: 2014AP000041-D
Date: April 23, 2015
Citation: 2015 WI 40
Docket Number: 2009AP003073-CR
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was convicted of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated, third offense. Defendant appealed, arguing that his right of confrontation was violated when the circuit court admitted an expert witness’s…
Date: April 17, 2015
Citation: 2015 WI 39
Docket Number: 2014AP000569-D
Date: April 16, 2015
Citation: 2015 WI 38
Docket Number: 2014AP002906-D
Date: April 3, 2015
Citation: 2015 WI 37
Docket Number: 2013AP002300-D
Date: April 1, 2015
Citation: 2015 WI 36
Docket Number: 2013AP000265
Justia Opinion Summary: After exhausting their administrative remedies, Plaintiffs, six employees of Husco International, Inc., brought this wage claim case behalf of themselves and others similarly situated seeking back pay for unpaid…
Date: March 31, 2015
Citation: 2015 WI 35
Docket Number: 2013AP000558-CR
Justia Opinion Summary: After a jury trial, Defendant was found guilty of one count of engaging in repeated acts of sexual assault of the same child and sentenced to twenty-five years imprisonment. Defendant subsequently filed a post-conviction…
Date: March 24, 2015
Citation: 2015 WI 34
Docket Number: 2013AP001205
Justia Opinion Summary: An arbitration panel ordered James Graham to pay First Weber Group Inc. for a disputed real estate brokerage commission. Graham failed to pay, and First Weber filed an action to confirm the arbitration award. The circuit…
Date: March 19, 2015
Citation: 2015 WI 32
Docket Number: 2013AP001531-CR
Justia Opinion Summary: The State filed a criminal complaint alleging that Defendant had engaged in two counts of sexual assault of a child under thirteen years of age. Defendant move to dismiss the complaint and information on the grounds that…
Date: March 18, 2015
Citation: 2015 WI 29
Docket Number: 2013AP001137-D
Date: March 18, 2015
Citation: 2015 WI 31
Docket Number: 2013AP002780-D
Date: March 17, 2015
Citation: 2015 WI 28
Docket Number: 2013AP001303
Justia Opinion Summary: Acuity, A Mutual Insurance Company and Chartis Specialty Insurance Company both issued liability policies to Dorner, Inc, a construction company. The Chartis policy was a contractors’ pollution liability (CPL) policy,…
Date: March 12, 2015
Citation: 2015 WI 27
Docket Number: 2013AP002207
Justia Opinion Summary: The Milwaukee City Housing Authority brought an eviction action against Defendant, who lives in federally subsidized housing, because Defendant violated the terms of his lease by engaging in “drug-related criminal…
Date: March 10, 2015
Citation: 2015 WI 25
Docket Number: 2013AP002140-D
Date: March 10, 2015
Citation: 2015 WI 26
Docket Number: 2014AP002732-D
Date: March 5, 2015
Citation: 2015 WI 22
Docket Number: 2011AP002956-CR
Justia Opinion Summary: Based on evidence obtained from a search of Defendant’s home, the State charged Defendant with possession with several drug-related offenses. Defendant moved to suppress the evidence obtained from his home, contending…
Date: March 3, 2015
Citation: 2015 WI 20
Docket Number: 2013AP000467-CR
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was charged with one count of first-degree intentional homicide. At trial, Defendant indicated that he wished to testify. Defendant insisted that he would inform the jury of allegedly wrongful prior conviction…
Date: February 25, 2015
Citation: 2015 WI 19
Docket Number: 2013AP000500
Justia Opinion Summary: Wisconsin’s notice-prejudice statutes provide that an insured’s failure to furnish timely notice of a claim as required by the terms of a liability policy will not bar coverage unless timely notice was reasonably…
Date: February 20, 2015
Citation: 2015 WI 18
Docket Number: 2011AP000387-D
Date: February 17, 2015
Citation: 2015 WI 14
Docket Number: 2012AP000818-D
Date: February 17, 2015
Citation: 2015 WI 2015
Docket Number: 2013AP000544
Justia Opinion Summary: After Shirley Carson defaulted on loan payments, Bank sought a judgment of foreclosure and sale of the mortgaged premises. The circuit court entered judgment in favor of Bank of New York Mellon (“the Bank”). More than…
Date: February 17, 2015
Citation: 2015 WI 16
Docket Number: 2014AP001523-D
Date: February 12, 2015
Citation: 2015 WI 12
Docket Number: 2012AP002490
Justia Opinion Summary: A Milwaukee County General Ordinance prospectively eliminated Medicare Part B premium reimbursement upon retirement for employees who did not retire before retirement dates established by Milwaukee County. Plaintiffs…
Date: February 10, 2015
Citation: 2015 WI 11
Docket Number: 2014AP002152-D
Date: February 5, 2015
Citation: 2015 WI 10
Docket Number: 2014AP002043-D
Date: February 4, 2015
Citation: 2015 WI 9
Docket Number: 2010AP001576-D
Date: February 4, 2015
Citation: 2015 WI 9
Docket Number: 2011AP001764-D
Date: January 28, 2015
Citation: 2015 WI 7
Docket Number: 2013AP000312-D
Date: January 28, 2015
Citation: 2015 WI 8
Docket Number: 2013AP000746-D
Date: January 27, 2015
Citation: 2015 WI 6
Docket Number: 2013AP000843-CR
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant pled guilty to felony forgery. After Defendant was sentenced he filed a motion for resentencing, arguing that his Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination was violated because compelled,…
Date: January 22, 2015
Citation: 2015 WI 4
Docket Number: 2012AP002695-D
Date: January 22, 2015
Citation: 2015 WI 5
Docket Number: 2013AP000298-CR
Justia Opinion Summary: After a jury trial, Defendant was found guilty of three offenses. Defendant filed two postconviction motions requesting a new trial, asserting that the circuit court judge, Jon M. Counsell, had no authority to preside…
Date: January 20, 2015
Citation: 2015 WI 3
Docket Numbers: 2013AP000578, 2013AP000225
Justia Opinion Summary: In these two consolidated cases, the court of appeals affirmed the circuit courts’ orders denying Defendants’ petitions for discharge from involuntary commitment under Wis. Stat. ch. 980 as a sexually violent person.…
Date: January 16, 2015
Citation: 2015 WI 2
Docket Number: 2013AP000505-D
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