Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson became the longest-serving Wisconsin Supreme Court justice in state history Wednesday after 36 years, seven months and four days on the job.
By a 4-3 vote Tuesday, the Wisconsin Supreme Court removed a hurdle to writing appellate briefs in criminal cases.
What if they held a Wisconsin Supreme Court election and nobody spent staggering sums trying to influence its outcome?
An attorney with a history of professional misconduct was handed a 60-day suspension Thursday, but it didn’t come without some discord among justices.
Though officials with Gov. Scott Walker’s administration said Thursday there is no evidence to support Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Ann Walsh Bradley’s claim that Capitol Police set up extra security to protect her from a fellow justice, Supreme Court Marshal Tina Nodolf acknowledged plans were in place after all.
An attorney known for outlandish satirical videos and provocative statements, a law professor with an expertise in complicated corporate litigation and an incumbent justice are trying to capture voters’ attention in the race for Wisconsin Supreme Court.
Police did not violate a Wisconsin man’s constitutional protections against unreasonable search and seizure when they impounded his car and secretly installed a GPS device on it, the state Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.
The financial partnership between Wisconsin counties and the state court system provides a justice system with a high rate of return on investment for the people of Wisconsin, state Supreme Court Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson told members of the Wisconsin Counties Association on Wednesday.
A divided Wisconsin Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned an appeals court ruling that granted a new trial to a man convicted of robbing two Milwaukee grocery stores nearly 20 years ago.
Candidates for the Wisconsin Supreme Court jabbed at each other Wednesday as they filed their nomination signatures, attacking each other’s tactics and trading barbs over experience.
A couple who prayed instead of taking their daughter to the hospital as she lay dying at their home were rightfully convicted of homicide, a state attorney told the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Tuesday in a case that raises questions about when prayer healing turns criminal.
Former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice John L. Coffey died Saturday at the age of 90.
State circuit court judges are getting a firsthand look at how the court system affects foster children.
A Dane County judge who struck down parts of Act 10, the state’s law weakening collective bargaining for some public workers, has drawn a spate of letters and phone messages expressing outrage in colorful, at times vitriolic language.
Although it appears Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice David Prosser is about to win the biggest legal battle of his career, he should be worried, even embarrassed, about the cost.
Wisconsin regulators properly approved a Madison-based utility’s plan to build a wind farm in southern Minnesota, the state Supreme Court ruled Wednesday in a decision that dramatically lightens the regulatory burden for utilities’ out-of-state projects.
The state Supreme Court won’t reconsider a lawsuit challenging Gov. Scott Walker’s collective bargaining law without Justice Michael Gableman.
Government entities can’t charge the public for time spent deleting confidential information from records, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.
I recently received a very nice letter from Chief Justice Abrahamson, thanking me for my service on the Supreme Court’s committee to study citation to unpublished opinions.
Bridget Boyle, a partner at Boyle, Boyle & Boyle SC, Milwaukee, has had her Wisconsin law license suspended for 60 days.
Campaign contributions, arrest records and recall petition signatures are all available for public view in Wisconsin, but the state’s Board of Bars Examiners is not subject to the same visibility when it comes to supplying information on bar exam applicants.
The state Supreme Court delayed a decision Wednesday on a proposal to formalize a process in which foreign-educated lawyers would be eligible to take the Wisconsin bar exam, pending further review of the criteria.
Milwaukee attorney John Dawson, head of the commission working to discipline state Justice David Prosser, won’t be returning once his term expires Aug. 1.
In a letter (PDF) filed Friday with the Wisconsin Supreme Court, Milwaukee attorney Frank Gimbel argued in favor of a public forum for handling the pending ethics case against state Justice David Prosser.
An attorney convicted of misdemeanor theft in California has lost his Wisconsin law license for 60 days.
Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice David Prosser has asked another colleague to step out of his discipline case.
It is bad enough that the Wisconsin Supreme Court is wrong on the public policy regarding the modifiability of child support. Now, thanks to an April decision, the justices not only continue to be wrong about the public policy involved — they also have confused what should be simple law.
The first of four Wisconsin Supreme Court justices asked to step aside in the pending ethics case against Justice David Prosser has agreed to do so.
Wisconsin lawyers and judges will educate students throughout the state Tuesday on various aspects of the legal profession in recognition of Law Day.
A Wednesday afternoon boycott staged by four state justices enhanced the fractured image of the Supreme Court and could happen again if its leader doesn’t conform to a new protocol.
