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COURT GESTURES: It’ll be hard to level manslaughter charges against Wisconsin co-sleepers
I know parents sharing a bed with their kids is a hotly contested issue. When I lived in Pensacola, Fla., the area’s medical examiner put her face on multiple billboards that essentially said “Don’t do it. It’s dangerous and I should know, I do the autopsies.”
Opt out tax law struck down (UPDATE)
Property owners, wherever they live in Wisconsin, will be able to obtain de novo review of their tax assessments. For the city of Milwaukee, that could be very expensive. On Friday, the Wisconsin Supreme Court struck down 2007 Wis. Act 86, which allowed municipalities to limit their taxpayers to certiorari review on the record. Writing […]
Boundary dispute sheds light on complex issue
By David Ziemer Wisconsin Law Journal Where a property line cannot be determined by reference to the deed or original markers, courts should rely on the “best evidence available,” or what is the longest continued occupation. The Wisconsin Supreme Court held on Feb. 3 that a century-old road is the boundary between two properties, because […]
Ziegler in majority most often
The popular perception of the Wisconsin Supreme Court is that of a court deeply divided on personal grounds, with Chief Justice Shirley S. Abrahamson and Justices Ann Walsh Bradley and N. Patrick Crooks in the minority.
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- Former law enforcement praise state’s response brief in Steven Avery case
- Eric Toney announces re-election bid for Fond du Lac County District Attorney
- Former Wisconsin Democratic Rep. Peter Barca announces new bid for Congress
- Republicans file lawsuit challenging Evers’s partial vetoes to literacy bill
- More human remains believed those of missing woman wash up on Milwaukee Co. beach
- Vice President Harris returning to Wisconsin for third visit this year
- Wisconsin joins Feds, dozens of states to hold airlines accountable for bad behavior
- Trump ahead of Biden in new Marquette poll
- Bankruptcy court approves Milwaukee Marriott Downtown ‘business as usual’ motion
- New Crime Gun Intelligence Center to launch in Chicago
- Arrest warrant proposed for Minocqua Brewing owner who filed Lawsuit against Town of Minocqua
- Wisconsin Supreme Court justices question how much power Legislature should have
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