Wisconsin Forcible Entry Law
United States of America v. Morrell D. Johnson, a/k/a "Money"
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sex trafficking of children by force or coercion. Morrell D. Johnson (35), a.k.a. “Money,” a notorious human trafficker on Milwaukee’s south side, was also a drug trafficker who sold heroin, cocaine, and fentanyl. Johnson recruited addicted women to perform commercial sex acts, promising them housing, pro... More...
$ (02-17-2026 - WI)United States of America v. Jaison L. Coleman
Madison, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm.<br> <br> Responding to 911 calls of domestic violence is one of the most difficult responsibilities of police officers. This case is a good example. Just after 4:00 a.m. on April 20, 2023, Officer Jamie Kizer of the Marshfield, Wisconsin police department, responded to a ca... More...
$0 (10-16-2025 - WI)State of Wisconsin v. Joseph J. Yeoman
<h2><br> Port Washington, Wisconsin criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with burglary and felony bail jumping.<br> </h2><br> <br> The State charged Yeoman with burglary and felony bail jumping in connection with the burglary of a private home from which more than ten thousand dollars' worth of property was stolen. According to the complaint, the burglary was discovered by a h... More...
$0 (11-20-2024 - WI)<h1> United States of America v. Precision Cable Assemblies, Inc. (PCA); Global Engineered Products, Inc. (GEP); Ryan Schmus; Richard Horky </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Milwaukee, Wisconsin criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Allegations that They Evaded Customs Duties </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Two Brookfield, Wisconsin-Based Companies and Their Owners Pay Over $10 Million to Resolve Allegations that They Evaded Customs Duties</h2></center></b></b> ... More...
$0 (08-08-2024 - WI)United States of America v. Sarah Waggoner
Madison, Wisconsin criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with distributing controlled drugs in violation of 21 U.S.C. 841 It shall be unlawful for any person—<br> <br> (1) who is subject to the requirements of part C to distribute or dispense a controlled substance in violation of section 829 of this title;<br> <br> (2) who is a registrant to distribute or dispense a controlled ... More...
$0 (10-13-2022 - WI)Sarah Simon v. Cooperative Educational Services Agency #5
Madison, Wisconsin civil rights lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued defendant on a Family Medical Leave Act violation theory.<br> <br> When Sarah Simon returned from<br> medical leave, her employer, Cooperative Educational Ser-<br> vice Agency #5, did not allow her to return to her previous<br> position as a lead teacher at her school. Instead, it placed her<br> in a backwater position with few... More...
$0 (08-16-2022 - WI)United States of America v. Nichole Genz
Madison, Wisconsin criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with wire fraud.<br> <br> Nichole Genz, age 41, of Evanswille, Wisconsin was indicted for wire fraud against her employer Park Towne Development Corporation (PTD). According to the indictment, PTD was a Madison-based real estate development and management company that focused its real estate efforts on commercial building... More...
$0 (12-06-2021 - WI)UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. GILBERT MANNING
<center><h2><font color="red"> Milwaukee, WI - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute marijuana and distribution of marijuana charges. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> Manning pleaded guilty in 2013 to conspiracy to distribute <br> and possess with intent to distribute marijuana, see 21 U.S.C. <br> § 841(a)(1), (b... More...
$0 (07-26-2021 - WI)United States of America v. Tyshuan T. Smith
Milwaukee, WI - The United States of America charged Tyshuan T. Smith with attempted arson and possession of a destructive device.<br> <br> The complaint charges Smith with attempted arson of a Boost Mobile store at 949 North 27th Street in Milwaukee, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 844(i), and possession of destructive device, namely a Molotov cocktail, in violation of Titl... More...
$0 (06-07-2020 - WI)Theresa Mason-Funk v. City of Neenah, et al.
Brian Flatoff’s decision to take individuals hostage at a <br> motorcycle shop in Neenah, Wisconsin,<br> had tragic consequences for Michael Funk. After managing<br> to escape from Flatoff, Funk was shot and killed in the alleyway<br> behind the shop by two officers of the Neenah Police<br> 2 No. 17‐3380<br> Department (NPD), Craig Hoffer and Robert Ross. Unfortunately,<br> they mistakenly... More...
$0 (07-17-2018 - WI)State of Wisconsin v. Steven T. Delap <table> <td>
This is a review of an unpublished decision of the court of appeals affirming a judgment of conviction of the Circuit Court for Dodge County, Steven G. Bauer, Judge.1 Steven Delap, the defendant, was convicted of obstructing an officer in violation of Wis. Stat. § 946.41(1) and possession of drug paraphernalia in violation of Wis. Stat. § 961.573(1), both as a repeater. ¶2 In the cir... More...
$0 (07-04-2018 - WI)Tamara M. Loertscher v. Eloise Anderson, et al.
Tamara M. Loertscher brought this<br> action under 42 U.S.C. � 1983 challenging the constitutionality<br> of 1997 Wisconsin Act 292 (�Act 292� or �the Act�), a legislative<br> measure designed to address the effects of prenatal substance<br> abuse. Act 292 brings unborn children and their mothers<br> within the jurisdiction of the juvenile courts if the mothers<br> exhibit... More...
$0 (06-27-2018 - WI)State of Wisconsin v. DeAnthony K. Muldrow <table> <td>
A defendant who enters a <br> guilty plea waives numerous constitutional rights. State v. <br> Bangert, 131 Wis. 2d 246, 270, 389 N.W.2d 12 (1986). <br> Accordingly, "[u]nder the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth <br> Amendment to the United States Constitution,[1] a defendant's <br> 1 The Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U... More...
$0 (05-19-2018 - WI)State of Wisconsin v. Shannon Olance Hendricks <table> <td>
The criminal complaint charged Hendricks with one <br> count of second-degree sexual assault of a child under the age <br> of 16. The charges stemmed from Hendricks taking his <br> girlfriend's 14-year-old niece to a park where he touched the <br> victim's chest over her clothes, tried to touch her breasts <br> under her clothes, rubbed her thighs, and touched her buttocks <br> over her clothes w... More...
$0 (03-29-2018 - WI)State of Wisconsin v. Daniel J. H. Bartelt <table> <td>
This case arises from two crimes committed in July <br> 2013. On July 12, 2013, M.R. was assaulted by a male suspect <br> with a knife while walking her dog in Richfield Historical Park <br> in the Village of Richfield. M.R. was tackled to the ground and <br> suffered several knife wounds before disarming the suspect, who <br> fled the scene in a blue Dodge Caravan. Three days later, on <br> Ju... More...
$0 (03-29-2018 - WI)United States of America v. Dennis Franklin
These consolidated appeals represent<br> another application of the “categorical approach” for<br> applying recidivist statutes. The specific question in these appeals<br> is whether convictions under a portion of the Wisconsin<br> * Circuit Judge Posner retired on September 2, 2017, and did not participate<br> in the decision of this case, which is being resolved by a quorum<br> of the panel ... More...
$0 (02-27-2018 - WI)Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Union Pacific Railroad Company
Union Pacific Railroad challenges<br> the legal authority of the Equal Employment Opportunity<br> Commission to continue an enforcement action after issuing<br> a right to sue letter and subsequent resolution of the underlying<br> charges of discrimination in a private lawsuit. The EEOC<br> petitioned the district court to enforce its subpoena for Union<br> Pacific’s employment records related t... More...
$0 (08-17-2017 - WI)Eddie Gill v. City of Milwaukee, et al.
In February 2013, Eddie Gill confessed<br> to and was charged with the murder of Jordin Crawley.<br> Gill spent just over a year in jail awaiting trial. The charges<br> were dropped, however, after a Milwaukee County Circuit<br> Court judge suppressed Gill’s confession. Gill then filed a<br> series of federal and state law claims in federal district court<br> 2 No. 16‐2846<br> against the ... More...
$0 (03-07-2017 - WI)<b>Braylon Seifert v. Kay M. Balink, M.D.</b>
This is a review of a published decision of the court of appeals.1 The court of <br> appeals affirmed a judgment and an order of the Circuit Court <br> for Grant County, Craig R. Day, Judge, in favor of the <br> plaintiff, Braylon Seifert (by his guardian ad litem, Paul <br> Scoptur, and his parents, Kimberly Seifert and David Seifert) <br> and aga... More...
$1750000 (01-20-2017 - WI)State of Wisconsin v. James Elvin Lagrone
This is a review of an unpublished decision of the court of appeals, State v. Lagrone, <br> No. 2013AP1424-CR, unpublished slip op. (Wis. Ct. App. Apr. 7, <br> 2015), which affirmed the Milwaukee County circuit court's <br> judgment of conviction and order denying defendant James Elvin <br> Lagrone's ("Lagrone") postconviction motion for an evidentiary <br> hearing and a new trial on the question ... More...
$0 (05-31-2016 - WI)State of Wisconsin v. Stephen LeMere
The charges against LeMere arose out of events that <br> occurred after a gathering in the City of Eau Claire on Friday <br> evening, May 13, 2011, at the home of J.C. and his wife, A.C. <br> LeMere was then 24. During the gathering, LeMere and another <br> visitor drank the majority of two 30 packs of beer, in addition <br> to other alcohol in the house. LeMere also took a narcotic pain <br> ... More...
$0 (05-31-2016 - WI)State of Wisconsin v. Melisa Valadez
This is an appeal from an order of the Circuit Court <br> for Walworth County, David M. Reddy, Judge. The circuit court <br> denied the motion of the defendant, Melisa Valadez, to withdraw <br> her guilty pleas. <br> ¶3 Ms. Valadez's motion to withdraw her guilty pleas is <br> based on Wis. Stat. § 971.08(2) (2011-12).2 Before we examine <br> § 971.08(2), we examine § 971.08(1)(c). Wiscon... More...
$0 (01-28-2016 - WI)State Of Wisconsin v. Brian I. Harris
Officer Justin Niebuhr and Detective Chad Buchanan, both of the city of Kenosha police department, were the only witnesses to testify at the suppression hearing. Their relevant, undisputed testimony is as follows. <br> ¶3 Niebuhr responded to a report of a possible burglary in progress at a townhouse. At the residence of the reporting neighbor, Niebuhr heard the “constant clinking together of... More...
$0 (12-30-2015 - WI)Steven L. Schultz v. Midwest Properties of Shawano, LLC
In 1991, the Schultzes purchased a home in Shawano, financing the purchase with a mortgage loan from Chase Bank. In October 2004, the Schultzes, as vendors, entered into a land contract with Midwest for the purchase of the Shawano home. Under the terms of the land contract, Midwest was required to make monthly installment payments directly to Chase, to be applied to the Schultzes’ mortgage loa... More...
$0 (11-24-2015 - WI)William D. Avery v. Gilbert Hernandez, Daniel Phillips and The City of Milwaukee
Milwaukee, WI - William D. Avery, age 43, sued Milwaukee, Wisconsin police detectives Gilbert Hernandez and Daniel Phillips on civil rights violation theories claiming that he was wrongfully convicted of a murder that he did not commit based on perjured testimony by the officers. Plaintiff was convicted of killing Maryetta Griffin and spent 5 years in prison before being exonerated.<br> <br> Doc... More...
$1000000 (06-12-2015 - WI)Chris E. Carhart v. Carhart-Halaska International, LLC
Karl Marx famously remarked that<br> "all great worldâ€historic facts and personages appear ...<br> twice ...: the first time as tragedy [Napoleon I], the second<br> time as farce [the great Napoleon's nephew, Napoleon III].â€<br> William Gaddis reversed the sequence in his satirical law<br> novel A Frolic of His Own (1994). At the beginning of the<br> novel the protagonist, while standi... More...
$0 (06-08-2015 - WI)United States of America v. Juan Manuel Larios-Buentello
Madison, WI - Juan Manuel Larios-Buentello, 50, a citizen of Mexico found in New Richmond, Wis., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 36 months in prison for illegal reentry after deportation. Larios-Buentello pleaded guilty to the charge on November 25, 2014.<br> <br> Larios-Buentello was previously deported or removed from the United States multiple times, with his last r... More...
$0 (02-12-2015 - WI)Thomas E. Zablocki v. Roger C. Redhail
At issue in this case is the constitutionality of a Wisconsin statute, Wis.Stat. §§ 245.10(1), (4), (5) (1973), which provides that members of a certain class of Wisconsin residents may not marry, within the State or elsewhere, without first obtaining a court order granting permission to marry. The class is defined by the statute to include any "Wisconsin resident having minor issue not in ... More...
$0 (10-18-1978 - WI)Tina Cosey v. Aurora Medical Center
Tina Gosey worked as a chef's assistant at Aurora Medical Center in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Believing that<br><br>* After examining the briefs and the record, we have concluded that oral argument is unnecessary. Thus, the appeal is submitted on the briefs and the record. See FED. R. APP. P. 34(a)(2)(C).<br><br>2 No. 13-3375<br><br>management harassed, refused to promote, and eventually fired her becau... More...
$0 (04-11-2014 - WI)Tina Cosey v. Aurora Medical Center
Tina Gosey worked as a chef's assistant at Aurora Medical Center in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Believing that<br><br>* After examining the briefs and the record, we have concluded that oral argument is unnecessary. Thus, the appeal is submitted on the briefs and the record. See FED. R. APP. P. 34(a)(2)(C).<br><br>2 No. 13-3375<br><br>management harassed, refused to promote, and eventually fired her becau... More...
$0 (04-11-2014 - WI)Ryan DeKeyser v. Thyssenkrupp Waupaca, Inc. d/b/a Waupaca Foundry, Inc.
Ryan DeKeyser, Thomas Cooper, Harley Granius, and Carlos Lantz sued their employer, Thyssenkrupp Waupaca, Inc. ("Waupacaâ€), an iron casting manufacturer, alleging that Waupaca violated the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 ("FLSAâ€), 29 U.S.C. § 201 et seq., by not paying them overtime compensation for time they spent showering and changing clothes at Waupaca's foundries. They represe... More...
$0 (10-30-2013 - WI)Katherine Lees v. Carthage College
Katherine Lees began her freshman year at Carthage College in the fall of 2008. On September 21, 2008, she was sexually assaulted in her dorm room by two men she believed to be Carthage students. Lees withdrew from Carthage after the attack and eventually brought this negligence action against<br><br>2 No. 11-3061<br><br>the college and its insurer, Lexington Insurance Company (collectively, "Cart... More...
$0 (04-16-2013 - WI)Sandisk Corporation v. Kingston Technology Co., Inc.
SanDisk Corporation ("Sandiskâ€) sued Kingston Technology Co., Inc. and Kingston Technology Corp. (collectively "Kingstonâ€) for infringement of U.S. Patent Nos. 5,719,808 ("'808 patentâ€), 6,149,316 ("'316 Patentâ€), 6,426,893 ("'893 patentâ€), 6,757,842 ("'842 patentâ€), and 6,763,424 ("'424 patentâ€). After the district court issued its claim construction opin... More...
$0 (10-10-2012 - WI)Timothy Parent v. Home Depot, U.S.A., Inc.
Plaintiffs-appellants, Timothy and Brenda Parent ("the Parentsâ€), filed a lawsuit in Wisconsin state court against Citibank and defendant- appellee, Home Depot, for violations of the Wisconsin Consumer Act ("the Actâ€). The case was removed to district court where all claims against Citibank were dismissed, as were multiple claims against Home Depot. After discovery, the district court ... More...
$0 (09-24-2012 - WI)John Doe v. Elmbrook School District
A group of past and present students and their parents (collectively, the "Doesâ€) brought this action against the School District of Elmbrook (the "Districtâ€), claiming that the District's practice of holding high school graduations and related ceremonies at a non-denominational, evangelical Christian church was violative of the Establishment Clause of the Constitution of the United St... More...
$0 (07-23-2012 - WI)Renae Ekstrand v. School District of Somerset
The plaintiff-appellee, Renae Ekstrand, sued the School District of Somerset, Wisconsin, under the American with Disabilities Act (ADA), alleging that the school district failed to accommodate her disability in violation of the statute. The school district moved for summary judgment, which the district court granted. We reversed that ruling in part, holding that there was a triable issue of fact a... More...
$0 (06-26-2012 - WI)Khor Chin Lim v. Courtcall, Inc.
The complaint in this suit alleged that Courtcall, which gives notices to litigants; fellow tenants in the apartment building where plaintiff lives in Madison, Wisconsin; a local police officer; the Dane County District Attorney's Office; the Governor of Wisconsin; and a former Prime Minister of Singapore; all have conspired to ruin plaintiff's life. The district court dismissed this suit as fanta... More...
$0 (06-19-2012 - WI)Lyssa J. Schmidt v. Scott A. Fish
¶1 PER CURIAM. Scott Fish appeals an order dismissing his motion to modify physical placement of the child he shares with his former wife, Lyssa Schmidt.[1] Fish argues the circuit court erred when it dismissed the motion based on Fish's failure to show a substantial change in circumstances. Although we affirm the motion's dismissal, our affirmance is based on reasons other than those ... More...
$0 (04-10-2012 - WI)Jaamie S. v. Milwaukee Public Schools
We are asked in these consolidated appeals to review multiple procedural and substantive orders in a long-running class-action lawsuit seeking structural reform of special education in the Milwaukee public school district. Under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (the "IDEA†or "the Actâ€), 20 U.S.C. §§ 1400 et seq., the States receive federal funding for the educatio... More...
$0 (02-03-2012 - WI)David Affeldt v. Green Lake County
This is a review of an unpublished decision of the court of appeals, Affeldt v. Green Lake County, No. 2009AP2315, unpublished slip op. (Wis. Ct. App. July 28, 2010), that affirmed an order of the Green Lake County Circuit Court[1] granting summary judgment in favor of Green Lake County (the County). <br><br>¶2 David Affeldt, Joyce Affeldt, and W. Alan Affeldt (the Affeldts) objected to the Cou... More...
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