For Immediate Release
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Supreme Court Accepts Five New Cases
Madison, Wis. (July 16) - The Wisconsin Supreme
Court has voted to grant review in five new cases. The case numbers,
issue, and county of origin are listed below. Please note that the
statement of the issue is cursory. To read the full record, go to the
Supreme Court Clerkís office, Ste. 215, Tenney Building, 110 E.
Main St., Madison.
W. Vincent et al v. J. Voight
et al
97-3174
County of Origin: Dane
Issues: Does the state school finance system violate
the state constitutional provisions requiring equal protection (Art. I,
§ 1) and a school system which is to be "as nearly uniform as
practicable" (Art. X, § 3)?
State v. J. Byrge
97-3217-CR
County of Origin: Calumet
Issues: What is the correct standard of review of a
trial courtís competency to proceed determination? Must a trial
court in the plea colloquy in a first-degree homicide case include a
warning that the court may impose the mandatory life sentence without
any possibility of parole?
R. Roth et al v. City of
Glendale
97-3467
County of Origin: Milwaukee
Issues: Do employers (municipalities) have the right
to negotiate a change in retiree health insurance benefits with the
union and then impose that negotiated change on employees who earlier
retired when other agreements were in full force and effect without an
agreement by the retirees to have the union represent them? Schlosser
v. Allis Chalmers Corp., 86 Wis. 2d 226, 271 N.W.2d 879 (1978);
Senn v. United Dominion Industries, Inc., 951 F.2d 806
(7th Cir. 1992).
S. Einhorn v. J. Culea,
Northern Labs, Inc. et al
97-3592
County of Origin: Ozaukee
Issues: Must a director be objectively "independent"
under Wis. Stat. § 180.744, when a special litigation
committee (SLC) is created? From Ozaukee County.
State v. P. Magnuson
98-1105-CR
County of Origin: Dane
Issues: Is a defendant who is released on a
signature bond containing several restricting conditions, including a
curfew and electronic monitoring during curfew hours in custody, within
the meaning of Wis. Stat. § 973.155(1)(a) such that the
defendant is entitled to sentence credit? What is the definition of
"custody" for purposes of sentence credit? Should this court create a
"bright-line" rule on what constitutes "custody" for sentence credit
purposes? State v. Gilbert, 115 Wis. 2d 371, 340 N.W.2d 511
(1983); State v. Collett, 207 Wis. 2d 319, 558 N.W.2d 642
(Ct. App. 1996).
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