State v. Juan F. Milanes, 2006 WI App 259, PFR filed 12/7/06For Milanes: Joan M. Boyd Issue/Holding: ¶21 … Further, appellate counsel cited an unpublished case in her opening brief, contrary to Wis. Stat. Rule 809.23(3). This does not appear to be inadvertent, since the citation ends with the parenthetical “(unpublished).” Our supreme court has… Read more
h. Unpublished authority
City of Sheboygan v. Steven Nytsch, 2006 WI App 191, PFR filed 9/11/06 For Nytsch: Chad A. Lanning Issue/Holding: ¶18 n. 6: …This court is not so naïve as to believe that unpublished opinions, whether one-judge opinions, per curiam opinions or authored opinions sit in a file serving as dinner for book lice. [A tiny… Read more
State v. Wallace I. Stenzel, 2004 WI App 181For Stenzel: Martin E. Kohler Issue/Holding: Citation to an unpublished 7th Circuit case is proper, ¶18 n. 6: Wisconsin Stat. Rule 809.23(3) does not prohibit us from citing unpublished opinions from other jurisdictions. Predick v. O’Connor, 2003 WI App 46, ¶12 n.7, 260 Wis. 2d 323, 660… Read more
Predick v. O’Connor, 2003 WI App 46 Issue/Holding: ¶12 n. 7: We note that in this opinion we do cite to two unpublished opinions from other states. Wisconsin Stat. § 809.23(3) does not prohibit us from doing so. In Brandt v. LIRC, 160 Wis. 2d 353, 466 N.W.2d 673 (Ct. App. 1991), aff’d, 166 Wis… Read more
State v. John S. Cooper, 2003 WI App 227, PFR filed 11/14/03 For Cooper: John A. Birdsall Issue/Holding: ¶23. As a final matter, this court notes with dismay the multiple citations to unpublished opinions contained in Cooper’s appellate brief. The Rules of Appellate Procedure proscribe as follows: Unpublished opinions not cited. An unpublished opinion is… Read more
State ex rel. Michael J. Gendrich v. Litscher, 2001 WI App 163 Issue: Whether an unpublished decision may be cited for its “persuasive” value. Holding: ¶7 n. 6: We acknowledge that the cited order from the Seventh Circuit is an ‘unpublished opinion.’ However, the Seventh Circuit’s rule only prohibits citation of an ‘unpublished opinion’ as… Read more
