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CITY OF SUN PRAIRIE v. DAVIS

No. 97-1651.

226 Wis.2d 738 (1999)

595 N.W.2d 635

CITY OF SUN PRAIRIE, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. William D. DAVIS, Defendant-Appellant-Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided June 18, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the defendant-appellant-petitioner there were briefs by Stephen E. Mays, formerly of Kalal & Associates and now of Thomas, Kelly, Habermehl & Wood, S.C. Madison and oral argument by Stephen E. Mays.

For the plaintiff-respondent there was a brief by Richard K. Nordeng, Peter T. Julka, Matthew P. Dregne and Stafford, Rosenbaum, Rieser & Hansen, Madison and oral argument by Richard K. Nordeng.

¶ 1. WILLIAM A. BABLITCH, J.

The City of Sun Prairie Municipal Court entered a default judgment against petitioner, William D. Davis (Davis), an Illinois resident, for his failure to comply with a municipal court order requiring Davis to personally appear at trial on a civil forfeiture action. The issue presented is whether the municipal court has inherent authority to enter such an order. Because we hold that a municipal court does not have inherent authority...

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