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7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

May 13, 2019

Assembly Speaker Vos fights redistricting deposition order

Wisconsin Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos has appealed a ruling that would force him to be questioned by attorneys representing Democratic voters in a federal redistricting lawsuit.

Sep 9, 2015

Appeals court affirms voided conviction in poisoning death

A federal appeals court has affirmed a lower court's decision to void the conviction of a Pleasant Prairie man accused of fatally poisoning his wife with antifreeze.

Jul 10, 2014

Wisconsin appeals ruling allowing gay marriages (UPDATE)

Wisconsin's attorney general on Thursday appealed a federal judge's ruling from last month striking down the state's ban on same-sex marriages as unconstitutional.

Jun 12, 2014

US high court: Inherited IRAs not protected in bankruptcy (UPDATE)

A unanimous U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that inherited Individual Retirement Accounts are not shielded from creditors in bankruptcy proceedings, a decision that clears up confusion about the status of unspent IRAs that parents leave to their children.

May 12, 2014

Ruling striking down voter ID is appealed

A federal court ruling striking down Wisconsin's voter identification law as unconstitutional has been appealed.

May 5, 2014

EDITORIAL: Break the cycle of vexatious litigation

Trust is at the heart of the court system.

May 5, 2014

Judges, attorneys fed up with trio’s onslaught of litigation

An emerging pattern of aggressive and often baseless lawsuits from three litigious Madison residents is irritating judges and lawyers in state and federal courts.

Apr 15, 2014

Donning and Doffing: What would Cardozo do?

Seventh U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Richard Posner is raising eyebrows with this opinion, in which he gleefully admits that he went out and bought safety equipment and timed three clerks as they put it on and took it off in chambers in order to test the reasonableness of the poultry-plant workers’ claims in a “donning and doffing” case.

Mar 27, 2014

7th Circuit upholds conviction of man who set Planned Parenthood clinic ablaze

The conviction of a Grand Chute man who set a Planned Parenthood clinic on fire will stand, despite protests that instructions to the jury tainted to the case, the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday.

Mar 14, 2014

Indemnity clause at center of dispute (UPDATE)

A Kenosha-based construction company might be on the hook for more than $1 million in settlement and legal fees stemming from a 2009 injury at the St. Catherine’s Medical Center construction site.

Mar 5, 2014

Four years later, no progress on filling 7th Circuit seat

Though more than four years have passed since Terence Evans vacated his seat on the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, a U.S. Senator said he and a nominating committee still need to discuss the nomination procedure before they can begin the process of filling the spot.

Mar 4, 2014

7th Circuit judge to retire in 2015

John Tinder, a longtime judge who is on the Chicago-based 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, will retire by June of next year, he said in an interview Tuesday.

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