Wisconsin Invasion of Privacy Law
<h2> <center> United States of America v. Rodney L. Roach </h2> </center>
Madison, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with selling narcotics. Rodney L. Roach, 44, Beloit, Wisconsin, distributed what he believed to be heroin to a police informant on four occasions. After the last drug sale, police seized a large amount of suspected heroin/fentanyl and cocaine from his home. Crime laboratory testing revealed that the suspected heroin/f... More...
$ (04-16-2026 - WI)<h2> <center> State of Wisconsin v. Antonio D. Brown </h2> </center>
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with homicide. Antonio D. Brown, 39, a Milwaukee accused of being the gunman in a Dec. 15, 2025, shooting outside Dee’s Elegance Bar in Milwaukee that killed LaTroy Harris and wounded Harris’ nephew. The Defendant was found using Flock automated license plate recognition cameras . * * * Flock Safety te... More...
$ (04-16-2026 - WI)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Patrick J. Buswell </h2> </center>
Madison, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of drugs and a machine gun. Patrick J. Buswll, age 51, led law enforcement on a high-speed chase, reaching speeds over 100 miles per hour on his motorcycle. After reaching a dead end, Buswell continued to flee on foot. When arrested, he was found with over 50 grams of methamphetamine in his pockets, al... More...
$ (04-06-2026 - WI)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Travis L. Ingram </h2> </center>
Madison, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charge with distributing cocaine, maintaining a drug trafficking premises, and money laundering. Travis L. Ingram, 38, Mosinee, Wisconsin, sold cocaine to a police informant on multiple occasions. At the end of the investigation, police seized over a pound of cocaine, a scale, and other evidence of drug dealing from Ingrams... More...
$ (03-16-2026 - WI)State of Wisconsin v. Michael Joseph Gasper
Waukesha, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of child pornography. ¶2 Gasper was charged with ten counts of possessing child pornography1 and nine counts of child exploitation based upon the content on his cell phone.2 Law enforcement obtained a warrant for his cell phone after the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (“NCME... More...
$ (01-14-2026 - WI)<H2> United States of America v. Francesco Anglin
Madison, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful transportation of a firearm. In March 15, 2025, a Maple Bluff police officer attempted to stop a vehicle for a traffic violation. The vehicle fled and ultimately crashed in downtown Madison with the two occupants running from the scene. Officers searched the vehicle and found a loaded 9mm handgun. They ... More...
$ (01-16-2026 - WI)<H2> United States of America v. Kordarow Moore
Madison, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegally possessing a firearm as a felon. On September 22, 2024, a law enforcement officer stopped Moore’s car for speeding on Interstate 94 in Jefferson County, Wisconsin. Kordarow Moore, age 36, of Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, was driving 101 miles per hour, which is more than 30 miles per hour over the legal lim... More...
$ (12-17-2025 - WI)<H2> United States of America v. Kordarow Moore
Madison, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charge with unlawful transportation of a firearm. On September 22, 2024, a law enforcement officer stopped Moore’s car for speeding on Interstate 94 in Jefferson County, Wisconsin. Moore was driving 101 miles per hour, which is more than 30 miles per hour over the legal limit. Moore was later arrested for operating a vehicl... More...
$ (12-07-2025 - WI)<h1> United States of America v. May X. Kong </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center>Madison, Wisconsin criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Illegally Possessing Firearm. The prison term will be followed by 3 years of supervised release </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Eau Claire Woman Sentenced to 7 ½ Years for Illegally Possessing Firearm</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> <... More...
$0 (08-15-2025 - WI)<h1> United States of America v. Mario Govea-Monarca, Edward L. Jackson III, Christopher Harter, Mario Govea-Monarca </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Madison, Wisconsin criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with possessing fentanyl and methamphetamine for distribution, possessing a firearm as a felon, </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Grand Jury Returns Four Indictments </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A federal grand jury in... More...
$0 (04-24-2025 - WI)State of Wisconsin v. Dimitri A. Kamolov
Milwaukee, Wisconsin criminal defense lawyer represented the defendant charged with using a hidden camera to take pictures of a student.<br> <br> Dimitri Kamolov was charged with:<br> <br> 1 942.08(2)(a) Invade Privacy - Use Surveillance Device (Victim < 18 years old) Felony I <br> 2 942.09(2)(am)1 Attempt Capture an Intimate Representation (Victim < 18 years old) Felony H<br> <br> ... More...
$0 (04-18-2025 - WI)Garrett Watton v. Upgrade, Inc.
<h2><br> Madison, Wisconsin consumer credit lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a Fair Credit Reporting Act violation theory.<br> </h2> <br> <br> This case was filed in the Chippewa County Circuit Court, 2023SC000695, and was removed to federal court by the Defenant.<br> <br> The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) , 15 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq., governs access to consumer credit report reco... More...
$1 (07-15-2024 - WI)Welsh v. Wisconsin
Invasion of a home w/o a warrant absent exigent is invalid given presumption of unreasonableness that attaches to all warrantless home searches.... More...
$0 (05-15-1984 - WI)Lanita Dotson v. James Faulkner, et al.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin civil rights lawyers represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendants on<br> Right to Privacy Act violation theories.<br> <br> <br> LaNita Dotson, who is incarcerated and represented by counsel, brings this lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Dotson was allowed to proceed on an Eighth Amendment claim and a state law claim against James Faulkner for sexual assault. She was also allowe... More...
$0 (06-02-2022 - WI)Annie Laurie Gaylor v. Steven T. Mnuchin
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.gsa.gov/ephox_images/KastenmeierUSCT_Madison_WI_exterior_941675052106904545_1435163225376.jpg"><br> </center><br> Since the Founders crafted the Religion<br> Clauses of the First Amendment, courts have grappled<br> 2 Nos. 18-1277 & 18-1280<br> with the “play in the joints” between them. Walz v. Tax Comm.<br> of City of N.Y., 397 U.S. 664, 669 (197... More...
$0 (03-16-2019 - 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)State of Wisconsin v. Lamont Donnell Sholar <table> <td>
In late September 2011, Sholar and his life-long <br> friend, Shawnrell Simmons, were arrested after two victims, E.C. <br> and S.G., separately reported to police that they had been <br> victims of sex trafficking by Sholar (and that other girls had <br> been trafficked by Simmons) out of several motel rooms near the <br> Milwaukee airport, including the Econolodge on 13th Street. The <br> State... More...
$0 (05-19-2018 - WI)State of Wisconsin v. Dan J. Dopp
Milwaukee, WI - Jury Finds Man Mentally Ill When He Committed Triple Murder<br> <br> The State of Wisconsin charged Dan Popp with three counts of first-degree intentional homicide for killing Mai Vue and Phia Vue and Jesus Panso-Perez.<br> <br> Popp claimed insanity as his defense.<br> <br> Charge(s)<br> Count No.<br> <br> 1<br> <br> 940.01(1)(a)<br> <br> 1st-Degree Intentional Homicide<br> <... More...
$0 (11-10-2017 - WI)Ashton Whitaker v. Kenosha Unified School District No. 1 Board of Education
Ashton (“Ash”) Whitaker is a 17<br> year‐old high school senior who has what would seem like a<br> simple request: to use the boys’ restroom while at school.<br> 2 No. 16‐3522<br> However, the Defendants, the Kenosha Unified School District<br> and its superintendent, Sue Savaglio, (the “School District”)<br> believe that the request is not so simple because Ash1 is<br> a tra... More...
$0 (06-06-2017 - WI)<b>State of Wisconsin v. Patrick K. Kozel</b>
On August 20, 2013, at about 2:10 a.m., while "sitting <br> stationary" at the Greenfield Town Hall in Sauk County, <br> Wisconsin, Deputy Brian Slough ("Deputy Schlough") of the Sauk 2 All subsequent references to the Wisconsin Statutes are to the 2011-12 version unless otherwise indicated. <br> County sheriff's department allegedly observed a veh... More...
$0 (01-16-2017 - WI)State of Wisconsin v. Patrick J. Lynch
This is a review of a <br> published decision of the court of appeals2 that affirmed the <br> Dodge County Circuit Court's3 findings that (1) Patrick Lynch <br> ("Lynch"), the defendant, made an adequate showing for an in <br> camera review of the complainant's privileged mental health <br> treatment records and (2) the complainant's testimony must be <br> excluded at trial because the complaina... More...
$0 (07-13-2016 - 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)Marilyn Rae Baskin v. Penny Bogan
Indiana and Wisconsin are among the shrinking majority of states that do not recognize the va-lidity of same-sex marriages, whether contracted in these states or in states (or foreign countries) where they are law-ful. The states have appealed from district court decisions invalidating the states' laws that ordain such refusal.<br> Formally these cases are about discrimination against the small ho... More...
$0 (09-04-2014 - WI)Tobin J. Mueller v. Rich Raemisch, Secretary of Wisconsin Department of Corrections
Before us are crossâ€appeals in a case in which two convicted sex offenders challenge aspects of Wisconsin's statutory scheme of sex offender registration, notification, and monitoring as violating the prohibition in Article I, section 10 of the federal Constitution against states' enacting ex post facto laws, that is, retroactive criminal punishments. The scheme, which we'll call the monitor... More...
$0 (01-24-2014 - WI)Karl Swanson v. City of Chetek
This is a case about a class-of-one equal protection claim in which the plaintiff has demonstrated hostility, but may have failed to identify a similarly situated individual who received more favorable conduct. The magistrate judge granted summary judgment for defendants because, though there<br><br>2 No. 10-1658<br><br>Swanson was 1 given contradictory information regarding where the fence could ... More...
$0 (06-19-2013 - WI)Beverly Stayart, d/k/a Bev Stayart v. Google, Inc.
Dissatisfied with the results of internet searches for her name, Beverly Stayart has launched a legal campaign against internet search engines. In this, her third lawsuit, she contends that Google is in violation of Wisconsin misappropriation laws because a search for "bev stayart†may lead to a search for "bev stayart levitra,†which in turn may lead to websites advertising drugs to t... More...
$0 (03-06-2013 - WI)Julianne K. Hastings v. Andres Taylor Williams
¶1 PER CURIAM. Julianne Hastings Taylor appeals a supplemental divorce judgment, alleging errors concerning property division, maintenance and child support. We affirm.<br><br>¶2 Julianne and Andres Taylor Williams were married on January 6, 1997. They were divorced on September 21, 2010. Three minor children were born to the marriage. At the time of the divorce, Julianne was... More...
$0 (04-03-2012 - WI)Thomas W. Jandre v. Wisconsin Injured Patients and Families Compensation Fund
¶1 SHIRLEY S. ABRAHAMSON, C.J. This is a review of a published decision of the court of appeals in a medical malpractice case.[1] The court of appeals affirmed a judgment of the Circuit Court for Fond du Lac County, Robert J. Wirtz, Judge, entered on a jury verdict in favor of Thomas W. Jandre (Jandre) and his wife, Barbara J. Jandre (collectively, the Jandres), against Dr. Therese J. Bullis... More...
$0 (04-17-2012 - WI)Jesus Gonzalez v. Village of West Milwaukee
Jesus Gonzalez was active in Wisconsin's "open carry†movement, which advocates for the right to carry unconcealed firearms in public. On two occasions in 2008 and 2009, he openly carried a holstered handgun into retail stores in the Village of West Milwaukee and the City of Chilton, Wisconsin. On each occasion he was arrested for disorderly conduct and his gun was confiscated. He was not pr... More...
$0 (02-02-2012 - WI)David Hutchins v. David A. Clarke, Jr.
Milwaukee County Deputy Sheriff David Hutchins brought an action for comments made by Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke regarding Hutchins' disciplinary history with the sheriff's department. The district court granted the plaintiffs' motions for summary judgment, finding that Sheriff Clarke violated (1) Wisconsin's Open Records Law, Wis. Stat. §§ 19.31-19.39; (2) Wisconsin's Right of Pr... More...
$0 (10-24-2011 - WI)John Doe, 3 v. Elmbrook School District
A group of pseudonymous plaintiffs, referring to themselves as Does 1 through 9, brought this action against the Elmbrook School District ("the Districtâ€) in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. They alleged that the District's practice of holding high school graduation ceremonies and related events at a Christian church rented by the District for the occas... More...
$0 (09-09-2011 - WI)Freedom From Religion Foundation, Inc., et al. v. Barack Obama, President of the United States
Since the founding of the Republic, Congress has requested Presidents to call on the citizens to pray. Every President except Thomas Jefferson, who deemed such proclamations inconsistent with the Constitution's first amendment, has complied.<br><br>See Lynch v. Donnelly, 465 U.S. 668, 674–78 (1984). The first of these proclamations, establishing Thanksgiving Day, was issued by President Was... More...
$0 (04-15-2011 - WI)Roland Johnson v. Manitowoc County
A landlord is lucky when he rents a dwelling he owns to a tenant who turns out to be pretty good. When he rents to a tenant who turns out to be fairly bad, he's unlucky. And then there's a landlord like Roland Johnson who goes far beyond being merely unlucky. Johnson picked a doozy of a tenant—he rented to a fellow named Steven Avery. Mr. Avery, as most anyone who lives in Wisconsin knows, ... More...
$0 (03-10-2011 - WI)Beverly Stayart v. Yahoo! Inc.
Like many, Beverly Stayart was curious about what she would find when she put her name into a search engine. In this case it was Yahoo. To her dismay, the comprehensive search results eventually contained links to websites and advertisements that she found shameful. She then sued Yahoo and the other defendants alleging trademark infringement and a host of state law claims. The district court dismi... More...
$0 (10-06-2010 - WI)Colleen Pawlowski v. American Family Mutual Ins. Co. and Nancy L. Seefeldt
¶1 This is a review of a published decision of the court of appeals[1] reversing a judgment of the Circuit Court for Winnebago County, Thomas J. Gritton, Judge. The circuit court granted summary judgment to the defendants, American Family Mutual Insurance Company and their insured, Nancy L. Seefeldt (collectively referred to as Ms. Seefeldt), against the plaintiffs, Colleen Pawlowski and her hus... More...
$0 (12-29-2009 - WI)Lori L. Maypark v. Securitas Security Services, USA, Inc.
Securitas Security Services USA, Inc. appeals judgments awarding money damages for severe emotional distress caused by its negligent training and supervision of its employee, Troy Schmidt. Securitas argues it was not negligent because it was not foreseeable that allowing its employees to access the internet would create an unreasonable risk of harm to others. Securitas also contends public polic... More...
$0 (09-01-2009 - WI)Michael Gideo v. City of Cumberland and Community Insurance Corporation c/o Wisconsin Counties Association
Michael and Jonelle Gideo appeal a summary judgment dismissing their nuisance claim against the City of Cumberland. The basis for their claim was a sewer backup into their basement. The Gideos argue the circuit court erred when it concluded the City was not liable because it had no notice of the blockage that allegedly caused the backup. We affirm.<br><br>BACKGROUND<br><br>¶2 On Februar... More...
$0 (09-01-2009 - WI)Grace Gumz, et al. v. Northern States Power Company d/b/a Xcel Energy
<P>1 ANN WALSH BRADLEY, J. The petitioner, Northern States Power Company ("Northern States"), seeks review of a published court of appeals decision affirming a judgment of the circuit court for Marathon County entered in favor of James, Grace, Michael, and Susan Gumz.1 In this private nuisance action based on negligence, the Gumzs alleged that stray voltage from Northern States' distribution... More...
$533000 (12-07-2007 - WI)Laura A. Becker v. Paul Geiszler, et al.
<P>Laura A. Becker accused police Capt. Paul Geisler of violating the American With Disabilities Act (ADA) by denying her the bathroom breaks that she claimed that she needed and then tampering with a tape-recorded conversation between her and another supervisors about the problem. Becker claimed that she had an overactive bladder and needed have easy and frequent access to a bathroom. She also c... More...
$39000 (12-01-2005 - WI)<a href="http://www.wicourts.gov/html/ca/02/02-1685.htm" target="_new=">Lesaffre Yeast Corp. v. Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage</a>
<P>Lesaffre Yeast Corporation appeals from a summary judgment granted in favor of the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District (MMSD), dismissing its complaint against MMSD alleging inverse condemnation and nuisance. Lesaffre claims the trial court erred in granting summary judgment because it applied the wrong legal standards to reach its conclusion that MMSD was entitled to judgment as a matter ... More...
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