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Wisconsin Supreme Court

Jul 8, 2021

Court: DNR can impose farm conditions, consider well effects (UPDATE)

Wisconsin regulators can impose operating conditions on factory farms and consider high-capacity wells' cumulative environmental impacts when deciding whether to grant permits, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday.

Jul 8, 2021

Mailer sent to 100,000 Wisconsin voters who may have moved

Nearly 100,000 Wisconsin voters identified as potentially having moved since the fall of 2019 are being mailed post cards from the state Elections Commission this week telling them how to ensure their registration address is up to date.

Jul 6, 2021

After split reasoning on certified question, private-school busing lawsuit to return to 7th Circuit

A lawsuit over busing requirements for private, religious schools in Wisconsin will return to the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals.

Judge William W. Brash III. Photo from the Wisconsin Court System website
Jul 1, 2021

Brash appointed as Court of Appeals chief judge

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has appointed Judge William Brash III as chief judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals.

Jun 29, 2021

Court: Police lawfully used phone data to solve homicide

Police were within their rights when they used data from a man's cellphone to link him to a northeastern Wisconsin homicide, the state Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.

Jun 22, 2021

Supreme Court: Withdrawal may satisfy favorable-termination element of malicious-prosecution action

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled that a withdrawal may satisfy the favorable-termination element of a tort of malicious prosecution.

Jun 18, 2021

Wisconsin high court strikes down incapacitated driver law

A unanimous Wisconsin Supreme Court struck down a state law Friday that allowed for taking blood samples from suspected drunken drivers who are incapacitated, ruling that it is unconstitutional.

Jun 17, 2021

Necessary instructions or ‘limitless loophole’?: Court splits on decision in break-in-gone-bad case

A majority of justices on the Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled in favor of a defendant who shot his brother-in-law after breaking into his house.

Jun 16, 2021

Wisconsin justices order new trial in brother-in-law’s death

A man convicted of killing his brother-in-law after he allegedly discovered child pornography on his computer deserves a new trial because a jury could decide he acted in self-defense, a divided Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday.

Jun 11, 2021

Court: Wisconsin health departments can’t close schools

The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Friday that local health departments do not have the authority to close schools due emergencies like the coronavirus pandemic.

Jun 10, 2021

Supreme Court opts not to act on proposed videoconferencing rule change

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has opted not to act on proposed rule change that aimed to expand state courts' ability to use videoconferencing but, in doing so, raised concerns about defendants' rights.

Wisconsin Supreme Court
Jun 8, 2021

Plain meaning or ’causes confusion’: Supreme Court disagrees on DOT property damage case

Although the majority of the Wisconsin Supreme Court agreed a Kenosha company didn't have a claim against the Wisconsin Department of Transportation for property damage in a recent decision, the three dissenting justices said the majority's opinion is going to cause confusion throughout the court system.

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