City of Milwaukee v. Tanya M. Bean, et al., 2001 WI App 258, PFR filed 11/8/01 For Bean: Jerome F. Buting, Pamela S. Moorshead Issue1: Whether prostitution activities in the area encompassed by the injunction were shown sufficiently to constitute a nuisance. Holding: ¶13. Although it is true, as the appellants argue, that the infusion of… Read more
19. First Amendment
State v. Murle E. Perkins, 2001 WI 46, 243 Wis. 2d 141, 626 N.W.2d 762, reversing 2000 WI App 137, 237 Wis. 2d 313, 614 N.W.2d 25 For Perkins: William E. Schmaal, SPD, Madison Appellate Issue: Whether and to what extent threats are protected from prosecution under the first amendment. Holding: ¶17 This court agrees with the… Read more
State v. Douglas D., 2001 WI 47, 243 Wis. 2d 204, 626 N.W.2d 725, reversing unpublished court of appeals decision For Douglas D.: Eileen A. Hirsch, SPD, Madison Appellate Issue: Whether purely written speech may be punished as disorderly conduct, § 947.01, even where no disturbance results. Holding: The disorderly conduct statute, applied to speech… Read more
State v. Lane R. Weidner, 2000 WI 52, 235 Wis. 2d 306, 611 N.W.2d 684, on certification For Weidner: Steven D. Phillips, SPD, Madison Appellate Issue: Whether § 948.11(2) is unconstitutional. Holding: ¶43 In sum, we determine that Wis. Stat. § 948.11(2) is unconstitutional in the context of the internet and other situations that do not involve face-to-face… Read more
State v. Scott L. Stevenson, 2000 WI 71, 236 Wis. 2d 86, 613 N.W.2d 72, on certification For Stevenson: Elizabeth Cavendish-Sosinski, Daniel P. Fay Issue: Whether § 944.205(2)(a) is overbroad. Holding: Yes. § 944.205(a) (a) prohibits depictions of nudity without the person’s knowledge and consent. Because this statute implicates first amendment rights, the state assumes the… Read more
State v. Matthew C. Janssen, 219 Wis.2d 362, 580 N.W.2d 260 (1998), affirming 213 Wis. 2d 471, 570 N.W.2d 746 (Ct. App. 1997) For Janssen: Eugene A. Bartman, Brian G. Figy, SPD, Appleton Trial Issue: Whether the flag desecration statute is constitutional. Holding: The flag desecration statute, sec. 946.05, violates first amendment overbreadth principles, and can’t be… Read more
