Town of Seymour v. City of Eau Claire

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• concluding WIS. STAT. § 785.04(1)(a) authorizes circuit court to award attorney fees “and other litigation costs”
• recognizing attorney’s fees are recoverable as damages for contempt
• \[A]ttorney's fees that a person incurs while prosecuting a contempt action [are] losses and damages within the meaning of the contempt statute.\
• the “[p]ayment of a sum of money” under § 785.04(1)(a) includes an award of attorney fees and other litigation costs
• stipulation requiring certain action by city incorporated in judgment can be enforced by contempt
• “This court independently reviews attorney[] fees whenever they are challenged on appeal.”

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