Appealing Wisconsin

The circuit court noted that the state had a burden to show 'distinctly similar' laws from the time of the founding.

The case: Jorge Vela v. Jon Erpenbach Case no.: 24AP304 Filed in: District II, Wisconsin Court of Appeals Circuit Judge: David Paulson,...

A Racine County judge wrongly failed to allow a defendant in an eviction proceeding to present evidence and make her argument before...

By implementing a TUF, a municipality can recover costs for transportation services in a way that is more equitable ...

Apparently, the Village of Pewaukee is unhappy that this Court unanimously struck down municipalities’ use of “transportation utility fees.”

Summary: Pewaukee appeals to SCOW a ruling striking down transportation utility fee

Because the potential of losing both parental figures when one dies promotes stability. What chance will a non-legally recognized parent...

Repeated threats by police to arrest a woman who refused permission to search her house, police refusal to allow her to go inside where her

Requesting a judicial substitution after the original trial judge is identified but not yet officially assigned is allowed under the law, th

Even shorter than the case "briefs" I've been posting, these summaries - lifted straight from appeals documents - allow me to cover even...

Some defendants in criminal cases should be required to make judicial substitution requests before knowing who the assigned judge is,...

A Rock County Circuit Court judge who ignored an appeals court order to hold a new trial did not err when he reinstated a dismissed count...

The burden the state must meet to show in civil harassment case that defendant's knew his words or acts could be interpreted as a "true...

State v C.T.P.-B Appeal: 24AP189 Filing attorney: Michael Cohen, Alicia Linzmeier Judge: Chippewa County Circuit Judge Steven Gibbs "In...

Updated 4/11/24 to correct End Domestic Abuse Wisconsin acronym. Applying a U.S. Supreme Court criminal case ruling to state harassment...

The widow of a man killed by a Milwaukee County Transit System bus as he crossed the street deserves a new trial in her civil case "in...

"In brief" posts are shorter looks at interesting appellate filings. There are simply too many worthy cases to cover in full and these...

From Reuters: Reversing a lower court ruling, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans found that the 11 warnings required...

Are conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices getting impatient with some of the shenanigans of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals? From...

Enbridge Inc. wants to move the fight over 70-year-old Line 5, which passes through the northern part of the state and Michigan's Upper...