Legal Opinion
James P. Wickstrom v. Walter Schardt
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 19, 1986No. 85-3224PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Per curiam
No man is an island, John Donne wrote. Likewise, no man is a municipality. James Wickstrom discovered this in a most unpleasant manner. He was sentenced to two consecutive nine-month sentences for violations of Wis.Stat. § 946.69(1) which prohibits “assuming to act as [a] public officer”. 1
This story begins in January 1982. After being overwhelmingly defeated in an election for chairman of the town of Fairbanks, Wisconsin, Wickstrom decided to secede from Fairbanks and form his own municipality. 2 He had a local newspaper print a “public notice” of the creation of the “Constitutional Township…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Wainwright v. SykesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Rose v. LundySupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Engle v. IsaacSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Carafas v. LaValleeSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Lane v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
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3Cited by15 opinions
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- D.S.A. v. Circuit Court Branch 1, Rock County Juvenile Probation Department, John Whitcomb and Donald HanawayCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1991
- Talbert L. McClendon v. Clarence E. Trigg, SuperintendentCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1996
- State v. GomesSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2021
- United States v. WilliamsDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 2016
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