Wisconsin Supreme Court Decisions 2023
Date: June 6, 2023
Docket Number: 2018AP002005-CR
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the court of appeals affirming the circuit court's denial of Defendant's petition for postconviction relief, holding that any error during the underlying proceedings that may…
Date: June 6, 2023
Docket Number: 2021AP001764
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the court of appeals concluding that rezoning by amending a local government's zoning ordinance is legislative in character, and therefore, due process did not require an…
Date: June 2, 2023
Docket Number: 2020AP000806
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the court of appeals affirming the judgment of the circuit court in this legal malpractice case, holding that there was no error. A media company entered into a purportedly…
Date: May 24, 2023
Docket Number: 2021AP000635
Date: May 23, 2023
Docket Number: 2020AP001213-CR
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court held that the circuit court did not err by ordering Defendant in this case to register as a sex offender for fifteen years rather than until his death and did not err in finding Defendant ineligible to…
Date: May 17, 2023
Docket Number: 2021AP001054
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the circuit court dismissing Femala Fleming's action against Amateur Athletic Union of the United States, Inc. (AAU) as untimely under Wis. Stat. 893.54, holding that Fleming's…
Date: May 16, 2023
Docket Number: 2019AP000664-CR
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court overruled State v. Shiffra, 499 N.W.2d 719 (Wis. Ct. App. 1993), which created a process by which a criminal defendant could obtain a limited review by way of in camera review by the court of a victim's…
Date: May 16, 2023
Docket Number: 2020AP002003
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court held that the challenges to the victim's rights amendment termed "Marsy's Law" that was brought by Wisconsin Justice Initiative, Inc. and several citizens (WJI) failed and that the amendment was validly…
Date: May 2, 2023
Docket Number: 2021AP001787-FT
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the court of appeals reversing the circuit court's issuance of an injunction compelling Aurora Health Care, Inc. to administer Ivermectin to Petitioner's uncle (Patient),…
Date: April 27, 2023
Docket Number: 2021AP000102
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the arbitrator concluding that the Green Bay Police Department had cause to discipline Andrew Weiss for violating several policies of the Green Bay Police Department and demoted…
Date: April 18, 2023
Docket Number: 2020AP002146
Justia Opinion Summary: In this lawsuit stemming from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation's (DOT's) closure of a driveway connecting DEKK Property Development, LLC's property to State Trunk Highway (STH) 50, the Supreme Court affirmed…
Date: April 7, 2023
Docket Number: 2020AP000189
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals reversing the decision of the circuit court granting declaratory judgment for Acuity, a mutual insurance company, in this insurance dispute arising from a…
Date: April 4, 2023
Docket Number: 2020AP000225
Justia Opinion Summary: Pagoudis owns and is the sole member of both Sead LLC and Kearns LLC. During negotiations to purchase property from the Keidls, Pagoudis received a real estate condition report (RECR) signed by Amy Keidl. Pagoudis then…
Date: April 4, 2023
Docket Number: 2020AP001362-CR
Justia Opinion Summary: A fight erupted during a house party; someone fired multiple shots into the bedroom through the door, striking and killing Walker. Police obtained statements from more than 25 individuals. Eyewitness descriptions…
Date: April 4, 2023
Docket Number: 2020AP001582
Justia Opinion Summary: Banuelos claimed that she was unlawfully charged per-page fees for copies of her UW Hospitals medical records which were provided in an electronic format. UW Hospitals argued that section 146.83(3f) is silent as to…
Date: March 31, 2023
Docket Number: 2020AP001876-CR
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the decision of the court of appeals reversing Defendant's conviction for two counts each of second-degree sexual assault and second-degree sexual assault of a child and also reversing the…
Date: March 28, 2023
Docket Number: 2021AP000021-CR
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the determination of the court of appeals that Defendant was entitled to a new sentencing hearing, holding that the prosecutor cured a breach of the plea agreement in this case and that defense…
Date: March 28, 2023
Docket Number: 2022AP000304-D
Date: March 22, 2023
Docket Number: 2020AP001078-FT
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the court of appeals affirming the order of the trial court granting judgment to the Estate of Daniel Keith Huck in this insurance dispute, holding that there was no…
Date: March 21, 2023
Docket Number: 2019AP001319
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the court of appeals reversing in part the circuit court's decision granting summary judgment in favor of the Milwaukee Police Supervisors Organization (MPSO) and Milwaukee…
Date: March 16, 2023
Docket Numbers: 2019AP002063, 2019AP001728
Justia Opinion Summary: In this dispute between the residents of a senior-living facility in a receivership over the proceeds generated by the sale of the facility the Supreme Court reversed the decision of the court of appeals reversing the…
Date: March 3, 2023
Docket Number: 2020AP001616-D
Date: March 1, 2023
Docket Number: 2020AP001683
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the opinion of the court of appeals reversing the decision of the circuit court reversing the judgment of the tax appeals commission concluding that the sales tax exemption in Wisconsin Act…
Date: February 24, 2023
Docket Number: 2020AP002166-D
Date: February 24, 2023
Docket Number: 2022AP001213-D
Date: February 24, 2023
Docket Number: 2022AP001221-D
Date: February 21, 2023
Docket Number: 2020AP000032-CR
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals affirming Defendant's conviction for first-degree intentional homicide, first-degree sexual assault, and false imprisonment, holding that Defendant was not…
Date: February 16, 2023
Docket Number: 2019AP001987
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the court of appeals affirming the circuit court's determination that the assessments of Lowe's Home Centers, LLC's property for the 2016 and 2017 tax years by the City of…
Date: January 26, 2023
Docket Number: 2020AP001943
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the decision of the court of appeals affirming the circuit court's grant of summary and declaratory judgment in favor of State Farm in this insurance dispute, holding that issue preclusion did…
Date: January 25, 2023
Docket Number: 2022AP001124-D
Date: January 23, 2023
Docket Numbers: 2020AP002103-AC, 2020AP002081-AC
Date: January 20, 2023
Docket Number: 2020AP002119-CR
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed in part and reversed in part the judgment of the circuit court denying Defendant's motion for postconviction relief, holding that Defendant was entitled to a Machner hearing regarding one of…
Date: January 18, 2023
Docket Number: 2020AP000877
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals affirming the order of the circuit court granting summary judgment in favor of Dunn County on Plaintiff's claim filed under 42 U.S.C. 1983, holding that…
Date: January 10, 2023
Docket Number: 2020AP000226-CR
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the order of the court of appeals reversing the judgment of the circuit court convicting Defendant of first-degree child sexual assault and denying his motion for postconviction relief, holding…
