Legal Opinion
Lassa v. Rongstad
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Decided July 13, 2006No. 2004AP377PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAnn Walsh Bradley, J.
¶ 1. This case comes to us on certification from the court of appeals. It requires that we address the propriety of discovery and contempt sanctions. Although the underlying defamation lawsuit has been dismissed with prejudice, we must nevertheless address on appeal issues that arose while the defamation case was pending.
¶ 2. The underlying defamation suit was brought by Julie Lassa against Todd Rongstad and others, including unknown defendants, based on a political mailer that criticized Lassa. An organization headed by Rongstad, the Alliance for Working Wisconsin, sent the mailer. Rongstad,…
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