State v. Ryan

¶ 1. Defendant Basil E. Ryan, Jr. seeks review of a published decision of the court of appeals affirming orders of the circuit court.1 This is a forfeiture action in which the State alleged that Ryan unlawfully placed and maintained a sunken barge on the bed of the Menomonee River in violation of Wis. Stat. ch. 30 (2009-10).2 The circuit court concluded that the doctrine of judicial estoppel precluded Ryan from asserting that he did not own the barge, and it granted summary judgment in favor of the State.

¶ 2. The State contends that the elements of judicial estoppel are satisfied and the…