court of appeals certification; for Bryan Stanley: Kristin M. Kerschensteiner; case activity Open Records – Sealed Court File – NGI Condition Release Plan The appeal raises two significant issues at the intersection of Wisconsin’s Open Records Law and Mental Health Act, one procedural and one substantive. The procedural issue involves the proper mechanism to pursue an open records… Read more
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Scope of review on certification; open records appeals Click here for supreme court decision Click here for certification Issue/Holding: ¶3 … In this court’s standard order accepting the certification, we stated that “the appeal is accepted for consideration of all issues raised before the court of appeals.” See State v. Stoehr, 134 Wis. 2d 66… Read more
Portage Daily Register v. Columbia Co. Sh. Dept., 2008 WI App 30 Issue/Holding: ¶8 We will generally not consider issues that are moot on appeal. See Hernandez v. Allen, 2005 WI App 247, ¶10, 288 Wis. 2d 111, 707 N.W.2d 557. However, the present appeal is not moot because our ruling will have the practical… Read more