Supreme Court accepts six new cases, October 13, 2006

The Wisconsin Supreme Court voted to accept the following cases.

State v. Schweda (right to trial by jury in action for violation of waste disposal regulations)

State v. Townsend 2006 WI App 177 (dismissal of Wisconsin charges as remedy for Illinois violation of Interstate Agreement on Detainers)

Avery v. Diedrich 2006 WI App 144 (whether an insurance agent who has agreed to procure insurance coverage for a client on an ongoing basis has a duty to procure an increase in coverage requested)

State v. Post (deviation within lane of travel as probable cause for police stop and search leading to drunk driving conviction)

Leitinger v. Van Buren 2006 WI App 146 (admissibility of evidence of the amount of medical expenses actually paid, as opposed to the amount of expenses billed, in order to prove the reasonable value of the services rendered)

Milwaukee Co. v. Williams and Hegney 2006 WI App 153 (whether the ordinance that requires taxicab drivers to hold special permits to pick up fares at the Milwaukee airport is an unnecessarily anticompetitive regulation)

The court also voted to deny three petitions for writs, four petitions to bypass the Court of Appeals, and 56 petitions for review.