In an attempt to make the Wisconsin Supreme Court more nonpartisan, the Wisconsin State Bar is in the early stages of a potential push to limit state justices to single, 16-year terms.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has decided to hear a challenge to the state’s domestic partner registry.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has agreed to hear a lawsuit brought by two unions challenging the constitutionality of Gov. Scott Walker’s law effectively ending collective bargaining for most public workers.
The owner of a ramshackle house in the town of Neenah has petitioned the state Supreme Court to rule on his fight against razing the structure.
If a woman claims she was going faster than 90 mph in a 55 mph zone to get away from an unknown vehicle that was terrorizing her and following her every move, can the trial court legally recognize this as a “necessity” defense for speeding?
One Wisconsin franchise of Jacksonville, Fla.-based Paul Davis Restoration Inc. can be forced to pay more than $100,000 in fees and penalties to another branch in state, the Wisconsin Supreme Court decided Tuesday.
The chief justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court received only partial satisfaction Wednesday in response to her concern that a technical matter would cost the court millions of dollars over the next two years.
Ten years after his license was revoked by the Wisconsin Supreme Court, attorney Boris Ouchakof has been reinstated.
Six hard-fought inches of extra lake water during the hot summer months have embroiled property owners and businesses around southern Wisconsin’s Lake Koshkonong in a nine-year court battle with the state Department of Natural Resources.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has voted to accept three new cases and reject 22 others.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Friday handed out a suspension, license revocation and reinstatement.
One way or another, the approximately 300 judges in Minnesota are getting a raise next year. There are no such raises, however, planned for Wisconsin judges.
The state Assembly on Wednesday passed a bill supported by many in the medical community that would no longer require doctors to give patients as much information about available alternative treatments.
Attorney Alan Eisenberg, who had his law license revoked in April 2010, can’t petition for reinstatement until 2017, but he’s not interested.
Doctors would not be required to give patients as much information about alternative treatments available to them under a bill scheduled for a vote in the state Assembly.
A lawyer convicted of 14 crimes during a three-year period has been suspended from practicing law for 30 months.
The state Supreme Court has revoked an attorney’s law license for having sex with a teenage girl.
Doctors would not be required to give patients as much information about alternative treatments available to them under a bill passed by an Assembly committee.
A state appeals court on Thursday urged the Wisconsin Supreme Court to take a case brought by two unions challenging the constitutionality of Gov. Scott Walker’s law effectively ending collective bargaining for most public workers.
Could the threat of a lawsuit slow down a fireman racing to the scene of a blazing home or discourage a fledgling paramedic from entering his chosen profession?
The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Monday voted to accept three cases and to deny review of 39.
Lawmakers are arguing a recent Wisconsin Supreme Court decision warrants a change in decades-old law to prevent rises in malpractice suits filed and the practice of “defensive medicine.”
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.
Doctors would not be required to give patients as much information about alternative treatments available to them under a Republican-sponsored bill on a fast track in the Legislature.
A Wisconsin Supreme Court justice says discord on the high court is greatly exaggerated.
Spending on television advertising in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race won by Justice Pat Roggensack topped $1 million.
It was out with the new and in with the old in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race, which saw the incumbent easily defeat a challenger who was not as well-funded.
The state Supreme Court has suspended Jeffrey Reitz’s law license for 10 months, primarily for trust account rules violations.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court voted to accept six new cases, four of which originated in Milwaukee County. The court also acted to deny review in 53 cases.
What if they held a Wisconsin Supreme Court election and nobody spent staggering sums trying to influence its outcome?
