Wisconsin Supreme Court Decisions 2023

Clarke v. Wisconsin Elections Commission  
Date: December 22, 2023
Docket Number: 2023AP001399-OA

Justia Opinion Summary: A group of voters and officials in Wisconsin brought a case before the Supreme Court of Wisconsin, arguing that the state's current legislative districts were not contiguous and therefore violated the state constitution.…

Office of Lawyer Regulation v. Matthew T. Luening
Date: December 15, 2023
Docket Number: 2020AP002166-D
Office of Lawyer Regulation v. Gary King
Date: December 15, 2023
Docket Number: 2022AP000745-D
Office of Lawyer Regulation v. Peter James Nickitas
Date: December 15, 2023
Docket Number: 2023AP001294-D
Office of Lawyer Regulation v. Steven D. Johnson
Date: November 2, 2023
Docket Number: 2022AP000011-D
Office of Lawyer Regulation v. Felipe N. Gomez
Date: November 2, 2023
Docket Number: 2023AP001034-D
State v. Donte Quintell McBride
Date: October 10, 2023
Docket Number: 2021AP000311-CR
State v. Morris V. Seaton
Date: October 10, 2023
Docket Number: 2021AP001399-CR
Rebecca Clarke v. Wisconsin Elections Commission
Date: October 10, 2023
Docket Number: 2023AP001399-OA
Stephen Joseph Wright v. Wisconsin Elections Commission
Date: October 10, 2023
Docket Number: 2023AP001412-OA
Rebecca Clarke v. Wisconsin Elections Commission
Date: October 6, 2023
Docket Number: 2023AP001399-OA
Stephen Joseph Wright v. Wisconsin Elections Commission
Date: October 6, 2023
Docket Number: 2023AP001412-OA
Office of Lawyer Regulation v. Nicole Lynn Beran
Date: September 29, 2023
Docket Number: 2023AP000734-D
Office of Lawyer Regulation v. D. V. P.
Date: August 25, 2023
Docket Number: 2023AP000869-D
Office of Lawyer Regulation v. J. L. M.
Date: August 23, 2023
Docket Number: 2023AP001144-D
Sanders v. State of Wis. Claims Bd.  
Date: June 30, 2023
Docket Number: 2021AP000373

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the decision of the court of appeals reversing the judgment of the circuit court affirming the decision of the State Claims Board awarding Appellant $25,000 in compensation after finding…

State v. A.G.  
Date: June 30, 2023
Docket Number: 2022AP000652

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the circuit court denying Father's motion to withdraw his plea of no contest to one of two grounds alleged in the State's petition to terminate Father's parental rights to his…

State v. Green  
Date: June 29, 2023
Docket Number: 2021AP000267-CR

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the decision of the court of appeals reversing the judgment of the trial court denying Defendant's motion to dismiss the case against him with prejudice after a mistrial was declared, holding…

Walworth County v. M.R.M.  
Date: June 29, 2023
Docket Number: 2022AP000140-FT

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the circuit court denying Appellant's demand for a jury trial before Walworth County extended his involuntary commitment for twelve additional months, holding that Waukesha…

Wis. Property Taxpayers, Inc. v. Town of Buchanan  
Date: June 29, 2023
Docket Number: 2022AP001233

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the circuit court declaring the Town of Buchanan's transportation utility fee (TUF) to be a property tax subject to the Town's levy limit, holding that funds raised for utility…

Office of Lawyer Regulation v. Brian T. Stevens
Date: June 27, 2023
Docket Number: 2022AP000012-D
Office of Lawyer Regulation v. William H. Green
Date: June 27, 2023
Docket Number: 2022AP001212-D
State v. Debrow  
Date: June 23, 2023
Docket Number: 2021AP001732-CR

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the decision of the court of appeals reversing Defendant's conviction for second-degree sexual assault on the grounds that the circuit court erroneously exercised its discretion in denying…

State v. Killian  
Date: June 21, 2023
Docket Number: 2020AP002012-CR

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the decision of the court of appeals affirming the circuit court's order dismissing a criminal complaint against Defendant as barred by double jeopardy, holding that neither double jeopardy,…

Greenwald Family Ltd. Partnership v. Village of Mukwonago  
Date: June 21, 2023
Docket Number: 2021AP000069-FT

Justia Opinion Summary: In this special assessment appeal, the Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the court of appeals affirming the circuit court's dismissal of the Village of Mukwonago as a defendant due to improper service of a notice of…

5 Walworth, LLC v. Engerman Contracting, Inc.  
Date: June 20, 2023
Docket Numbers: 2019AP001086, 2019AP001085

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the court of appeals in this insurance dispute over damages allegedly caused by the poor construction of an in-ground pool, holding that this Court overrules the portions of…

State v. Williams-Holmes  
Date: June 20, 2023
Docket Number: 2021AP000809-CR

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the circuit court denying Petitioner's petition for postconviction relief in this challenge to a condition of extended supervision and probation that prohibited Petitioner from…

State v. Moore  
Date: June 20, 2023
Docket Number: 2021AP000938-CR

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the decision of the court of appeals affirming the decision of the circuit court to suppress the results of a search of Defendant, holding that the law enforcement officers had probable cause…

State v. Fermanich  
Date: June 14, 2023
Docket Number: 2021AP000462-CR

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the decision of the court of appeals that Defendant was not entitled to sentence credit on a Langlade County charge for time served in the Oneida County Jail, holding that, under State v.…

State v. Barnes  
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…

Miller v. Zoning Bd. of Appeals of Village of Lyndon Station  
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…

Allsop Venture Partners III v. Murphy Desmond SC  
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…

State v. Wilson P. Anderson
Date: June 2, 2023
Docket Number: 2020AP000819-CR
State v. Rector  
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…

Fleming v. Amateur Athletic Union of United States, Inc.  
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…

State v. Johnson  
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…

Wis. Justice Initiative, Inc. v. Wis. Elections Comm'n  
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…

State v. Daimon Von Jackson, Jr.
Date: May 12, 2023
Docket Number: 2019AP002383-CR
Jeffrey Becker v. Dane County
Date: May 2, 2023
Docket Numbers: 2021AP001382, 2021AP001343
Gahl v. Aurora Health Care, Inc.  
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),…

Neil J. Rennick v. Teleflex Medical Incorporated
Date: April 28, 2023
Docket Number: 2020AP001454
Green Bay Professional Police Ass'n v. City of Green Bay  
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…

Office of Lawyer Regulation v. Kevin R. Rosin
Date: April 25, 2023
Docket Number: 2022AP001916-D
DEKK Property Development, LLC v. Wisconsin Dep't of Transportation  
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…

ACUITY v. Estate of Michael Shimeta  
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…

Pagoudis v. Keidl  
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…

State v. Mull  
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…

Banuelos v. University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority  
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…

State v. Hoyle  
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…

State v. Nietzold  
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…

Office of Lawyer Regulation v. Tracy R. Eichhorn-Hicks
Date: March 28, 2023
Docket Number: 2022AP000304-D
Secura Supreme Insurance Co. v. Estate of Huck  
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…

Milwaukee Police Supervisors Organization v. City of Milwaukee  
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…

Casanova v. Polsky  
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…

Office of Lawyer Regulation v. Nathan E. DeLadurantey
Date: March 3, 2023
Docket Number: 2020AP001616-D
Citation Partners, LLC v. Wis. Dep't of Revenue  
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…

Office of Lawyer Regulation v. Matthew T. Luening
Date: February 24, 2023
Docket Number: 2020AP002166-D
Office of Lawyer Regulation v. Thomas W. Batterman
Date: February 24, 2023
Docket Number: 2022AP001213-D
Office of Lawyer Regulation v. Mark Austin Cross
Date: February 24, 2023
Docket Number: 2022AP001221-D
Office of Lawyer Regulation v. Judy R. Moats
Date: February 24, 2023
Docket Number: 2022AP001420-D
State v. Thomas  
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…

Lowe's Home Centers, LLC v. City of Delavan  
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…

Dostal v. Strand  
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…

Office of Lawyer Regulation v. William E. Fenger
Date: January 25, 2023
Docket Number: 2022AP001124-D
Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce v. Tony Evers
Date: January 23, 2023
Docket Numbers: 2020AP002103-AC, 2020AP002081-AC
State v. Jackson  
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…

Slabey v. Dunn County  
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…

State v. Hineman  
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…

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